biological treatment of offenders

Question 1

what is the biological treatment of offenders

Answer 1

hormone treatment

Question 2

what are the three drugs that can great anger in criminals

Answer 2

risperidone
ssri
mpa

Question 3

what hormone does respiridone work on

Answer 3

dopmaine

Question 4

what hormone does ssri work on

Answer 4

seretonin

Question 5

what hormone does mpa work on

Answer 5

testosterone

Question 6

how does respiridone work

Answer 6

blocking receptors in the brain that dopamine binds to. this prevents excess activity increasing symptoms such as anxiety and depression

Question 7

how do sir’s work

Answer 7

inhibit seretonin reuptake pump meaning more seretonin is availiable to bind to receptors

Question 8

how does mpa work

Answer 8

decreases the bodys of gonadotropin and can supress sex hormone levels

Question 9

what is a supporting research for hormone treatment

Answer 9

le blanc

Question 10

what did le blanc find

Answer 10

found that adolescent bioys diagnosed with either conduct disorders or opppositional disorder who took respiridone experianced a 56.4% reduction in theri aggressive behaviour wich was statistically significant at the level 0.1 %

Question 11

what is an opposing evidance to hormone treatment

Answer 11

couppis and kennedy

Question 12

what did couppis and kennedy find

Answer 12

found that dopamine might be a consequence of aggressive behaviour rather than a cause

Question 13

how does couppis and kennedys evidance oppose hormones

Answer 13

t/f treating the high levels of dopamine is not addressing the cause of the aggression

Question 14

what is anouther supporting evidance for hormones

Answer 14

maletzky

Question 15

what is anouther weakness of hormone therapy

Answer 15

side effects

Question 16

why is side effects a weakness

Answer 16

hormone therapy and alternate drugs can cuase side effects such as dizziness headaches abd loss of appitate

Question 17

what does side effects mean for homones

Answer 17

t/f there may be high drop out rates from criminals due to side effects thus not knowing the effectivness

Question 18

what is anouther strength of hormone therapy

Answer 18

lievesly et al

Question 19

what did lievesly et al find

Answer 19

research using semi-strucutred interviews with 13 sex offenders and after taking ssri they reported a noticable reduction in sexual urges allowing them to start to adress their sexual fanatasies

Question 20

what does lievetsly supporting evidance mean

Answer 20

t/f supporting the idea that hormones can drecrease criminal behaviour in offenders

Question 21

what is a weakness of hormone therapy

Answer 21

it’s reductionist

Question 22

how is hormone therapy reductionist

Answer 22

hormone therapy only accounts for the role of nature and chemical imbalnces causing criminal behaviour, it discounts the role of nature and nature factors such as self fullfilling prophecy in contributing to criminal behaviour

Question 23

what does it being reductionist mean for biological treatment

Answer 23

t/f hormone treatment is not a holistic approach to treating criminals as it doesn’t consider the role of nurture in criminal behaviuor