Approaches to criminality part 1

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According to psychoanalytic theories, criminality is
caused by deep psychological conflict
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Give a characteristic of biological theories
they see criminnality as a pathological disorder
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Give one detail about Hartl et al's 1982 experiment
they added further support to Sheldon's experiment
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What are eugenic theories?
theories involving genetics
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Who conducted an experimennt in 1961 looking at chromosome disorders in criminals?
Sandberg et al
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Give one critique of the experiments conducted on chromosome disorders in criminals
all participants were institutionalised
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There is a higher concordance rate for criminality in
monozygotic twins
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Which year was Gottmann's twin study showing environment was a more important factor for criminality than biology?
1985
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