Criminal Behaviour
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- Created on: 06-06-17 14:28
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- Key Concepts
- Criminal Behaviour
- Core Theory
- Nature ( biological) vs nurture ( social learning theory) debate
- Heritability= the proportion of behaviour that is due to genetic factors
- Biological Theory
- criminal personality and criminal behaviour is inherited, their DNA has programmed them to become a criminal. Criminal behaviour is passed down through families in genes. If your parent is a criminal you have a higher chance of becoming a criminal.
- As criminal behaviour is abnormal the biological theory argues that the brains of criminals are “abnormal” this is brain dysfunction.
- Brain Dysfunction
- Pre frontal cortex= the area is under active in some criminals which means criminals can’t from an association between fear and anti-social behaviour leading to not fearing the consequences of their behaviour
- Limbic system= criminals have increased activity in this area, this creates higher levels of aggression. Research shows the amygdala dos not function normally in psychopaths can lead to crimes such as ****
- Corpus callosum= less active in criminals therefore less communication between rational and irrational sides of the brain, leads to irrational crimes such as theft or mugging
- Temporal Lobe= in criminals activity is slower in aggressive psychopaths, leads to slower learning from their actions
- Core Theory
- Crime= a criminal act which breaks the law, intends to break the law
- Problems with measuring crime-
- 1. Statistics count the number of criminal acts rather than the number of criminals
- 2.People may not be aware that they are victims of crime
- 3. Victims do not always want to report crime for a number of reasons
- Criminal personality= a collection of traits that make a person different from a “normal” law abiding person
- Impulsivness
- Lack of feeling of guilt
- Pleasure seeking
- Over Optimistic
- Self importance
- Criminal Behaviour
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