Brain Injury/amygdala

Question 1

Claim of brain injury

Answer 1

• claims that damage to certain areas of the brain affect control, social judgment and temper

Question 2

Claim of amygdala

Answer 2

• a damaged amygdala or irregularly sized can lead to antisocial behaviour as it is involved in controlling emotions

Question 3

Supporting of brain injury and amygdala

Answer 3

• Raine found murderers we are more likely to show a symmetrical activity in the amygdala, hippocampus and thalamus and lower activity in the pre-frontal cortex
• this exclamation is largely based on evidence from brain scans, which is objective and highly reliable
• fazar found that amongst those with traumatic brain injury, 8.8% had committed a crime

Question 4

Opposing of brain injury and amygdala

Answer 4

• I was with green injury and not likely to engage in alcohol or drug misuse, it could be this that increases the antisocial behaviour
• not everyone with brain damage or atypical amygdala commit crime
• some of the evidence supporting this explanation is animal evidence which lacks generalisability to humans

Question 5

Different exp

Answer 5

The theory fails to. Recognise the importance of social causes of criminality, such as labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy and slt

Question 6

Application

Answer 6

Doesn’t explain gender differences in crime rates as both genders can experience brain injury