Criminal Psychology Flashcards
What are the different types of crime
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Violent offences - aggressive crimes resulting in physical harm or death to the victim.
Drug related offences - crimes involving trading in or using illegal substances.
Acquisitive offences - crimes where capital or belonging are acquired through illegal means e.g theft
Sexual offences - crimes where a victim is forced to commit or submit to a sexual act against their will
Anti-social offences - criminal acts that causes harassment, alarm or distress to people who you don’t share a home the perpetrator
Social learning theory
Social learning theory considers how both environmental and cognitive factors interact to influence human learning and behavior.
What was Eyesenck theory
Eysenck’s theory is that criminals and psychopaths exhibit distinctive personality traits or behavioural patterns like:
extraversion/ introversion
Neuroticism
Psychoticism
What is extraversion/ introversion
an introvert is a person whose interest is generally directed inward toward his own feelings and thought,
extravert, whose attention is directed toward other people and the outside world
What is traits does neuroticism show
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Neuroticisms is the trait disposition to experience negative effects, including anger, anxiety, self‐consciousness, irritability, emotional instability, and depression
What traits does Psychoticism show
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Psychoticism traits such as aggressiveness, manipulation, tough-mindedness, risk taking, irresponsibility, and impulsivity versus their opposites.
what was Heaven theory
A study to see if self esteem and certain traits cause delinquency
Is crime a social construct.
if so how?
In every society we have written/unwritten rules and norms, Breaking unwritten rules would be frowned upon, but is unlikely to be classed as a criminal or antisocial behavior. Sometimes these norms are the law and are therefore categorisedas criminal behaviour e.g., in some cultures abortion, drinking alcohol and homosexuality are defined as criminal acts.
What is Classical and operant conditioning
Classical conditioning pairs two stimuli,
Operant conditioning is where humans and animals learn to behave in such a way as to obtain rewards and avoid punishments
