Forensic Psychology

Treatments of Crime

Offender Profiling

Psychological Theories of Crime

Measuring Crime

Biological Theories of Crime

Social Construction

Hidden Figure of Crime

Official statistics/victim surveys

Offender surveys

Crime survey of England and Wales (CSEW)

Role to narrow down suspects and think of interview questions.

TOP DOWN Profiling- developed by the FBI, based on 54 previous serial killers. Sorted into organised and disorganised criminals.

BOTTOM UP Profiling- Developed in the UK. Crime scene first stage. Personal coherence/psychological dissonance in relation to the scene.

Genes

Twin Study Elements

Warrior Gene

Extra Y chromosones

Neural correlates

11% less grey matter in frontal cortex

Brain scan evidence

Smaller amygula

Kohlberg's Pre-conventional theory #

Psychodynamic- inadequate superego

DAT- Pro-crime role models

Eyesenck's personality theory

Token Economy

Restorative Crime

Anger Management

Custodial Sentencing

Deterrence

Retribution

Rehabilitation

Atavistic Form

Canter

Freud

Mednick

Lombroso

Consists solely of correlations

Gender bias- Only studied boys. Assumed women as morally underdeveloped. # # #

Farrington- longtitudinal study

Study has very racist connotations.

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