Psychology Criminology Key Words 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCriminal behaviourGCSEOCR Created by: Milly2165Created on: 09-09-20 20:41 Violent offences Aggressive crimes resulting in physical harm or death to the victim 1 of 34 Drug related offenses Crimes involving trading in or using illegal substances 2 of 34 Acquisitive offenses Crimes where capital or belongings are acquired through illegal means 3 of 34 Sexual offenses Crimes where a victim is forced to commit to a sexual act against their will 4 of 34 Anti-social offenses Criminal acts that cause harassment, alarm or distress to people who do not share a home with the perpetrator 5 of 34 Subjectivity Based on personal opinion rather than fact 6 of 34 Social construct A concept that exists as the result of interactions between people who make up a society 7 of 34 Deviation from norms When an act or behaviour goes against the accepted standards of a society 8 of 34 Culture A collective set of norms and values that determine the way of life for a group of people 9 of 34 Nature Relates to behaviours that people are born with or develop naturally 10 of 34 Nurture Refers to behaviours people learn through experience 11 of 34 Criminal personality A set of relatively fixed traits associated with people who commit crimes 12 of 34 Genetic inheritance When genetic information is passed on from parents to child through the pairing of chromosomes at contraception 13 of 34 Extraversion A trait measuring how out-going an individual is 14 of 34 Neuroticism A trait measuring how anxious an individual is 15 of 34 Psychoticism A trait measuring how impulsive and aggressive an individual is 16 of 34 Biological Relating to the brain and body 17 of 34 CNS A system consisting of the brain and spinal cord to which sensory impulses are transmitted and from which motor impulses pass out 18 of 34 RAS A neutral network that mediates consciousness and alertness 19 of 34 Cerebral cortex The outer layer of the brain, which is important for conscious awareness 20 of 34 Dopamine reward system A neutral network that is responsible for unconscious control of the body's internal organs 21 of 34 ANS The system responsible for unconscious control of the body's internal organs 22 of 34 Limbic system A neural network that controls emotional expression 23 of 34 Dopaminergic neurons Nerve cells that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine 24 of 34 Synaptic transmission The process where neurotransmitters are released by a presynaptic neuron and bind to and activate the receptors of postsynaptic neuron 25 of 34 Conditioning Learning by association and consequence 26 of 34 Early socialisation The process where young children are conditioned to accept the norms and values of their family and wider society 27 of 34 Punishment When negative consequences follow a certain behvaiour and reduce the chance of that behaviour happening again 28 of 34 Prison A place where people are confined as punishment 29 of 34 Fine A monetary charge imposed on an individual who has committed an offence 30 of 34 Community sentence Time that has to be given back to the community in the form of unpaid work 31 of 34 Deterrent Something that reduces the likelihood of a crime being committed 32 of 34 Rehabilitation The process of reintegrating a convicted person back into society, with the aim that they will no longer want to commit crimes 33 of 34 Restorative justice A way of rehabilitating offenders by giving them the choice to be aware of the consequences of their actions 34 of 34
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