found violent offenders had low serotonin turnover (quickly neurotransmitter is recycled after use). also more likely to commit further violent crimes after release from prision.(BIOLOGICAL)
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Card 7
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3 body types- certain temperaments.Endomorphy: relaxed, sociable with love for comfort, food and affection.Mesomorphy: active,assertive, desire for physical activity.Ectomorphy: restrained, inhibited, hyper-attentive -ascribed a number from low-high.
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classification system was problematic as many people couldnt be classified into a single component.
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essential that children experience warm, intimate and continious relationships with their primary carers to avoid negative effects of maternal deprivation.44 thieves-1/4 experienced major seperation in early childhood.12/14 juvenille's experienced MD
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90% of youths who endured 5 or more parental disruptions engaged in criminal behaviour.(PSYCHOLOGICAL)
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followed 1500 boys from childhood to 30 years, found children who experienced 2 or more disruptions by age of 10 were almost twice as likely to commit violent crimes as those who did not.(PSYCHOLOGICAL)
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the observer must pay attention, able to remember and reproduce their observation, motivated.External(direct) reinforcment-gains from theft or vicarious reinforcement-see model benefit.internal identified with model.Children likely to imitate samesex
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Social Disorganisation - examined distribution of delinquents addresses. observed they were more likely to live in Zone2:residential areas invaded by business.A few living in Zone4&5:middle class on edge of city&upper class outside city.
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most people dont commit crime because their ego is able to manage the competing demands of the id and superego.sometimes, superego fails to develop properly,causing criminal behaviour-overdeveloped,underdeveloped & deviant superego(PSYCHOLOGICAL)
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criminal justice systems treatment of people as 'generally criminal' increases likelihood of future criminal involvement. it occurs as people labelled as criminal are treated accordingly by community.(SOCIAL)
