Psychological explanations for offending behaviour

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  • Created on: 28-05-23 22:32

1. Who asked criminals 11 moral reasoning questions and found their answers to be in line with Kohlberg's theory?

  • Palmer and Hollin
  • Thornton and Reid
  • Howitt and Sheldon
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2. What is a strength of differential association theory?

  • Shows that women can commit crimes too
  • Shows that elderly people are all criminals
  • Shows that it is not just working-class people who commit crimes
  • Shows that rich people do not commit crimes

3. Who stated that the conditions which are said to cause crime must be present when crime is present, and they should be absent when crime is absent?

  • Thornton and Reid
  • Sutherland
  • Howitt and Sheldon

4. Who found that offenders were more likely to perceive ambiguous facial expressions as hostile?

  • Barbaree
  • Schonenberg and Jusyte
  • Dodge and Frame

5. How does offending arise from learning attitudes?

  • A person may adopt the more prevalent opinions in a social group, whether they are pro-crime or anti-crime
  • A person may learn techniques to carry out a crime from the people they associate with

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