outline of criminal psychology

Question 1

define anti-social behaviour

Answer 1

behaviour that causes distress, alarm or harrassment to anouther person

Question 2

what is recidivism

Answer 2

reoffending for the same crime

Question 3

what are the factors that affect our defenition of crime

Answer 3

culture
age
specific circumstance
historical context

Question 4

how might culture affect crime

Answer 4

differen actions are considered legal or illegal in different cultures. e.g being gay is legal in some places like britian but illegal in others

Question 5

how may age affect crime

Answer 5

the age of criminal responsability ranges from countrie to countrie

Question 6

how may specific circumstance effect crime

Answer 6

individuals are deemed to have commited a criminal act only if they can be shown to have has the intention of doing so e.g accidental man slaughter

Question 7

how might historical context affect crime

Answer 7

time is anouther factour wich determines wheter or not a crime has been commited