Turning To Crime
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- Turning To Crime
- Theories Of Upbringing
- Farrington: Cambridge Study In Delinquent Development.
- Social: Parental Influence
- Longitudinal Study Using Interviews.
- 411 boys at the start but age 48 365 were interviewed.
- Chronic Offenders: Convicted before 21, high daring...
- 411 boys at the start but age 48 365 were interviewed.
- Quantitative: No. of offences. Qualitative: Characteristics of offenders
- Bandura: Social Learning Theory and Transmission Of Aggression.
- Behavioural.
- Lab experiment using matched pairs design.
- 72 Children from Stanford University Nursery School.
- - Boys more physically aggressive than girls. - More aggressive response in the aggressive model condition than non aggressive model condition.
- Wikstrom & Tafel: Peterborough Youth Study.
- Social.
- Cross-sectional study on 2000 year 10 students from 13 schools.
- Data collected from official records and the students were interviewed.
- Propensity induced: risk factors. Lifestyle dependent: social adjustment. Situationally limited: offend when exposed to situational risks
- Farrington: Cambridge Study In Delinquent Development.
- Theories Of Cognition
- Yochelson & Samenow: Thinking Patterns In Criminals
- Longitudinal study done over 14 years. 255 male participants. Population mainly of those who pleaded insanity and those who didn't.
- 52 thinking patterns known as errors in thinking.
- Kohlberg: Moral Development in Children
- 58 boys aged 7,10,13 &16 given 2 hr interview with 10 dilemmas.
- Level 1: Pre- morality. Stages 1&2. Level 2: Conventional morality. Stages 3&4. Level 3: Post-conventional morality. Stages 5&6
- Repeated in UK, Mexico, Taiwan, USA & Yucatan.
- Supports stage theory.
- 58 boys aged 7,10,13 &16 given 2 hr interview with 10 dilemmas.
- Gudjohnsson & Bownes: Blame Attribution & Type Of Crime Committed
- Quantitative : Psychometric test
- 80 criminals. 20 violent offenders, 40 sex offenders & 20 crimes against property.
- Sexual offenders show the most remorse followed by those who did violent acts against the person.
- Yochelson & Samenow: Thinking Patterns In Criminals
- Theories Of Biology
- Raine: Brain Abnormalities
- Bruner: Genetic Abnormality
- Theories Of Upbringing
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