More Theories Flashcards
What is brain adnormality / experiment
-in the 1920s children with lethargica showed to have criminality
-Charles Whitman had a tumor in the frontal lobe and was aggressive
-murders have less brain waves
2 STREGNTH BRAIN ADNORMALITY
-prisoners are most likely to have brain injuries over civilians
-couple cases shows brain injuries change behavior
2 WEAKNESS brain adormality
-doesnt account for personailty deterministic
-more brain injuries for criminals because of there crimes
HWAT IS SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
Also the experiment
-children imitate role models (powerful, similar, reinforced)
-Bobo doll experiment CONTROL group children ages 4-5
2 STREGNTHS OF DOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
-experiment replicated slightly altered same results
-shows importance of role models
2 WEAKNESS of social learning theory
-based on lab studies
-free wil isnt involved
What is Sutherland diffrential theory
Edwin Sutherland
-learnt from family and peers, learned attitudes and imitation
-grouped criminality in a work place is normalised
TWO STREGNTHS OF SUTHERLAND
-mathews determined juviniels likely to hand out with delinquents
-Farringdon 45% of people he tested with anti social behavior had criminality
TEO WEAKNESS of Sutherland
Farrington also says there’s other factors such as money
Not everyone exposed to crime does it
WHAT is the ohyscodynamic theory by Freud
Human lersonlity
Id is desire
Superego is moral codes of society
And ego is mediator
TWO STRENGTH FRUED
-theory shows importance of childhood
-influence on police’s
TWO weakness Frued
-unscientific subjective
-physcodynmic theories not accredit by physiologist s
What is bowlbys maternal deprivation theory
John bowlby
-a child and a mothers bond is important especially between the ages 0-5
-out of 44 juvinelle thefies 39% had maternal deprivation TGE control group had 5%
Two stregnth of bowlby
-scientific
-childhood is important
2 WEAKNESS of bowlby
-restrospective study as subjects have to recall
-later he did another experiment and there was no correlation
What is the eyesneck personality test
-neurotic
Introverted
Extroverted
Stable
Criminals are neurotic and extroverted
STREGNTHS EYESNECK
-describes the chance of offending
Other studies support his prediction
WEAKNESS EYENECK
-Farrington found prisoners aren’t extroverted
-correlation between personality and criminality however criminality could cause personality
