Biochemical (Physiological)

Question 1

What is the role of seratonin?

Answer 1

Keep our mood stable and has a calming effect

Question 2

What will a lack of seratonin do to someone’s mood?

Answer 2

Make them likely to feel angry as they don’t have the calming chemical

Question 3

What sort or behaviour is argued that low levels of seratonin causes?

Answer 3

Aggressive and impulsive behaviour, which could lead to crime being committed

Question 4

What did Scerbo and Raine (1993) find?

Answer 4

Carried out 29 studies of antisocial adults and children, in all 29 they found low levels of seratonin was linked to anti-social behaviour

Question 5

How can sex hormones be linked to crime?

Answer 5

Testosterone can be linked to aggression, which could lead to violent crimes being committed of a physical or sexual nature

Question 6

What did Dabbs (1995) conclude?

Answer 6

Took saliva samples of 692 male prison inmates to measure testosterone levels, people with highest levels committed violent crimes and low levels committed non-violent crimes

Question 7

What do steroids increase and what can this cause?

Answer 7

Muscle growth and testosterone, which can cause people to become violent or aggressive known as roid rage

Question 8

What did Horace Williams do?

Answer 8

Beat a man to death after taking 2000 times the recommended dose of steroids