Criminal Topic 1 Flashcards
1
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What is a psychological explanation for criminal behaviour?
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Brain dysfunction and genetics
2
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What is a non-physiological explanation for criminal behaviour?
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Upbringing, learning and cognitive
3
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What was the aim of Raines research?
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To build on previous research
4
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What did Raine hypothesise?
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Seriously violent individuals pleading NGRI have brain dysfunction in the pre-frontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus and corpus callosum
5
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What was the method used in Raine?
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Quasi experiment
6
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What was the experimental design?
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Matched pairs design
7
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Who were the sample used in Raine?
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41 individuals who been tried in California for either murder or manslaughter. Control group was 41 matched by age and gender (6 had schizophrenia like the sample of murderers)
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