THESE CONCLUSIONS ARE THE OUTCOME OF FINDINGS AFTER TWO YEARS' ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELDWORK IN A COMMUNITY OF MOROCCAN IMMIGRANTS IN AN ISRAELI NEW TOWN. FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE MOST COMMON KINDS OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE OBSERVED DURING THAT TIME, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES IN DETAIL INCIDENTS OF WIFE AND CHILD BEATING, THREATS, ASSAULTS, SHOPWRECKING AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. FROM PARTICULAR OBSERVATION OF THESE, HE MOVES TO COMMENT ON THE GENERAL SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF VIOLENCE AND PRESENTS HIS THEORIES ON VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. IN CONCLUSION THE AUTHOR SHOWS THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VIOLENCE, AND THAT FRUSTRATION/AGGRESSION THEORIES CAN EXPLAIN ONLY A LIMITED RANGE OF VIOLENCE. HE CONTENDS THAT THERE IS A MARKED CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SITUATION AND THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE WHICH IT PRODUCES, AND FROM THIS OBSERVATION FORMS A GENERAL SOCIAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TYPES OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND THEIR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....TWH