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Planning: Essay Does child abuse cause crime?
Introduction:
Why I decided to research this specific area
References to other studies that have shown similar or contradicting results to the working title
Justifications
Crime rates have risen in the UK and other areas
Examples of areas with high crime
Conclusion:
Decision based off all of the research considered
May be a factor
BUT isnt the single factor
Child abuse IS a correlative element
Biological Implications
Psychological Influences
Sociological Implications
How these implications may create a predispose to crime
The cycle of abuse
Repeating itself
Reference to nature v nurture
Is crime deterministic?
Child abuse is NOT a correlative element
High profile Murderers who haven't suffered child abuse
Possible Area: Other causes of crime
Poverty
Genetics/Hereditary
Location
Bullying
Relationships with parents
Not ethical to say these children will resort to crime
Nurture v Nature debate
Case studies
Psychological approaches
Psychodynamic
Bowlby's 44 Juvenile Thieves
ID, Ego, Superego
Biological
Adrian Raine: Murders pleading NGRI
Brain scans
Neurotransmitters: Serotonin
Areas of the brain: for example amygdala, found that murderers had lower activity in areas of reasoning, higher activity than control in areas associated with fight or flight.
Potential Involvement of Child Protective Services: Does this affect a child?
YES - it may affect a child
Foster care
Implications of foster care & system
Potential adult poverty?
NO - no concrete evidence to suggest that it does
Facts and statistics
Media
Influence on crime
Negative Stereotypes
Types of reporting