Kohlberg- cognitive Flashcards
Who proposed cognitive explanations of offending, What was he the first to do?
Kohlberg- first to look into moral reasoning causing offendinb
How did Kohlberg come to this conclusion
He used the Hienz dilema on group of violent youths and found they had lower moral development than non violent groups
what level are offenders more likely to be classified at?
Preconvential morality-
1. Punishment orientation
2. Instrumental punishment
what is conventional level of morality
stage 3- good boy or good girl
stage 4- maintenance of social order
what stages of post conventional morality
stage 5- morality of contract and individual right
Stage 6- morality of conscience
what is a strength of the cognitive approach to offending?
Level of moral reasoning evidence - Palmer and Hollin (1998) compared 332 female non offenders paired with 126 offenders answered 11 moral dilemma questions. Non delinquent group showed less mature moral reasoning than non delinquent
What is a strength of Kohlbergs theory
Application of research- cognitive distortions has been beneficial in treatment of criminals. Rehabilitation of sex offenders is CBT- face up to what they have done and is less distorted view of what they have done.
