psychology topic E causes of criminality
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- causes of criminality
- social
- self- fulfilling prophecy
- this theory is that if someone expects us and treats us like a criminal, then we would be a criminal.
- Rosenthal and Jacobson examined whether school achievement could be self-fulfilling
- family patterns
- DIVORCE could lead to criminality because when a parent leave the boy or girl had now mother/father figure.
- SEPERATION FROM BIRTH MUM BEFORE AGE OF 2 - Bowlby (1946) questioned 44 boy offenders about their crimes.
- BIG FAMILYS - Farrigton (2002) found that you are more likely to be a criminal if you have a bigger family size.
- reasons are - have a lack of attention - low income - and less educational opportunities
- childrearing strategies
- INDUCTION - this is when you explain to a child what they have done wrong and the consequences of their actions
- LOVE WITHDRAWL- this is when a parent stops showing their child affection to make them feel guilty.
- POWER ASSERTION - this is when a parent shouts or is aggressive . this could lead to low self-esteem
- self- fulfilling prophecy
- biological
- genetics
- family studies, family trees allows us to compare.
- adoption studies support this - Medmick (1984)
- XXY chromosomes
- Theeilguard - (1984) - isn't a clear link between XXY and criminal, they are rear and hard to examine - XXY leads to slower learing so could be to do with their lack of education.
- Twin studies
- Christiansen (1977), found that if one identical twin was a criminal there would be 52% the other one would be too.
- genetics
- social
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