role of the brain in criminal behaviour AO3

Question 1

what is a suppoting evidance for the role of the brain

Answer 1

raine et alw

Question 2

what did raine et al find

Answer 2

raine used 110 pp to test the effects of brain damage on those who pleaded NGRI and those who didn’t. used PET scans. those who pleaded NGRI had less activity in the PFC and the fronatl lobe aswell as amgdyla

Question 3

how does this then suppport the idea that the brain is responsible for criminal behaviour

Answer 3

t/f suggesting that the brain is linked to criminal behaviour as those who pleaded NGRI had less frequent activity in the pfc and amgdala

Question 4

what is anouther supporting research for the role of the brain

Answer 4

pardini

Question 5

what did pardini find

Answer 5

found that 26 yr old men showed lower amygdala volumes were three times more aggressive than men with normal amygdala

Question 6

how does pardini’s research then support the idea of the brain contributing to aggressive behaviour

Answer 6

t/f there is supporting evidance for the volume of amgdala explaining that criminal acts can be attributed to differences in the brain increasing the valifity of the theory

Question 7

what is a weakness of the role of the brain

Answer 7

it’s reductionist

Question 8

how is it reductionist

Answer 8

its reductionist as it only accounts for nature and not nurture where as criminal behaviour could be due to nurture factors such as enviroment and SLT suggesting other factors also attribute to crime

Question 9

what does reductionist mean for the theory

Answer 9

t/f this is not a holistic explination of criminal behaviour and doesn’t account for the complexity and enviromentl factors that attribute to criminal beaviour

Question 10

what is a further weakness of criminal behaviour

Answer 10

kreutzer

Question 11

what did kreutzer find

Answer 11

found that without the presence of substance use historu, traumatic brain injury was not a risk factor in criminal behaviour

Question 12

what does kreutzers research mean interms of the role of the brain on agression

Answer 12

t/f there are no other explinations to explain aggressive behaviour

Question 13

what is anouther strength of the role of the brain

Answer 13

williams et al
found 60% of 196 prisoners had recived some form of brain injury due to falling. those who had a brain injury where more likely to enter prison when they where younger and reoffend than those who did not have a brain injury

Question 14

what is anouther weakness of the role of the brain

Answer 14

raine et els study data is only correlational