chapter 3: psychological approaches to crime

Question 1

epistemology

Answer 1

how do we know what we know

Question 2

what are the five areas of inquiry? (PBCPB)

Answer 2

1. psychodynamic theories
2. behavioural theories
3. cognitive theories
4. personality theories
5. biological theories

Question 3

areas of inquiry: psychodynamic theories

Answer 3

unresolved internal conflicts
example: childhood trauma

Question 4

areas of inquiry: behavioural theories

Answer 4

learning and conditioning

Question 5

areas of inquiry: cognitive theories

Answer 5

thought processes and decision making

Question 6

areas of inquiry: personality theories

Answer 6

personality traits prone to criminality

Question 7

areas of inquiry: biological theories

Answer 7

physiological, neurological and genetic factors that influence behaviour

Question 8

what is psychology interested in?

Answer 8

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE
1. persistence of behaviour
2. offender types
3. treatments

Question 9

michael-adler report 1933

Answer 9

criminology could not be defined to one thing so they said to hand it over to the scientists

Question 10

the gluecks 1933

Answer 10

two people that studied juvenile delinquency

Question 11

in the gluecks study, what was their main research question?

Answer 11

what factors in early childhood predict later delinquent behaviour

Question 12

what is the general theory of crime

Answer 12

interested in criminality, self control and positivism

Question 13

what was Moffits developmental theory?

Answer 13

why offenders commit crime at young ages

Question 14

according to Moffit, what were the 2 types of offenders?

Answer 14

1. adolescent limited offenders
2. life course persistent offenders

Question 15

whats the RNR

Answer 15

risks
needs
responsivity

Question 16

whats the problem with the RNR?

Answer 16

argues that risks and needs are blurred for criminals and it is focused on the individual too much, not the bigger picture