3.5.1 Characteristics of criminal behaviour

Question 1

Psychologists that suggested the 7 categories of different types of crime

Answer 1

Farr and Gibbons

Question 2

What are the 7 categories

Answer 2

. Property predatory crime
. Property fraudulent crime
. Interpersonal violence general
. Interpersonal violence sexual
. Transactional vice
. Order disruption
. Folk/mundane crime

Question 3

. Property predatory crime 2 examples

Answer 3

Burglary/robbery

Question 4

. Property fraudulent crime 2 examples

Answer 4

fraud/ bribery

Question 5

. Interpersonal violence general 3 examples

Answer 5

Murder, assault, kidnapping

Question 6

. Interpersonal violence sexual 3 examples

Answer 6

Rape, sexual abuse, incest

Question 7

. Transactional vice 3 examples

Answer 7

Prostitution, illegal gambling, drugs

Question 8

Order disruption 2 examples

Answer 8

Resisting arrest, rioting

Question 9

. Folk/mundane crime

Answer 9

Load regulations, fishing without license

Question 10

What are 2 primary offence groups of criminal behaviour

Answer 10

. Victim based crimes

. Crimes against society

Question 11

Victim based crimes 3 examples

Answer 11

murder, violence, theft

Question 12

Crimes against society 3 examples

Answer 12

public order offences, drug offences, possession of weapons

Question 13

What did Muncie and McLaughlin find

Answer 13

Although most people consider themselves ‘law abiding citizens’ the average person in the UK, if convicted only once for each type of crime they had recently committed, would have spent a total of 6 years in jail and been fined up to £61,000. Highlights problems psychologists have when investigating criminal behaviour

Question 14

Who is a criminal

Answer 14

Any one who commits an act that violates the law as determined by the state

Question 15

Describe Criminal behaviour through history

Answer 15

Previously certain behaviours may have been considered illegal that are no longer seen this way. In UK homosexuality was considered illegal until 1969 and it remains illegal in some countries (Egypt).
The definition of crime has an impact on what psychologists study when they conduct research on criminal behaviour

Question 16

Is criminal behaviour always wrong?

Answer 16

There are occasions when criminal behaviour is actually morally right. Sometimes people break the law to highlight a problem with the law.
Nelson Mandela was convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state in 1962. Although what he did was illegal people see him as an inspiration due to what he did