TREATMENTS FOR OFFENDERS: BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT

Question 1

What will a baseline measure of diet involve to improve diet of offenders?
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Answer 1

• What particular minerals/vitamins offender is lacking
• Multivitamin added to their diet
• After which any behaviour effects monitored

Question 2

Evaluate biological treatment for offending

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Answer 2

Schoenthaler found 48% reduction in formal disciplinary incidents in 276 young offenders when >sugar consumed

Reductionist. Individuals in society w poorest diets, likely living in poor socioeconomic circumstances, may be the root cause of offending

Focus mostly on controlling aggro urges. Not all criminal acts result from aggro e.g. offenders serving time for fraud are unlikely to be helped by change of diet (Loza et al.)

Question 3

What effect does junk food have on the body?

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Answer 3

• ^Glucose lvls, trigger major insulin secretions to soak these up
• Shortage of glucose (hypoglycaemia) = Irritability and violent outbursts

Question 4

What did Benton et al. find?

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Answer 4

• Children playing video game = ^aggro as blood sugar level decreased

Question 5

What does brain function rely on?

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Answer 5

• Biochemical processes

- Which rely on steady supply of right vitamins/minerals (unsaturated fatty acids e.g. omega 3)

Question 6

What effect does junk food have on mental health?

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Answer 6

• Less space in diet for healthier nutritional content

- Lack of nutrients linked w behavioural problems (aggro)