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psychological explanations
criminal personality
eysenck
behaviour has 3 dimensions
extraversion
underactive nervous system
seek excitement
risk taking
don't learn from mistakes
hard to condititon
vs introversion
psychoticism
cold
aggressive
violent crimes
neuroticism
unpredictable
over-anxious
= impulsive deviant acts
vs emotional stability
role of socialisation
children learn from parents
should learn to resist immediate desires
criminality is developmentally immature
measurement of criminality
EPI
Eysenck Personality Inventory
measured extraversion and neuroticism
EPQ
Eyesnck Personality Questionnaire
measures psychoticism too
research
eysenck+eysenck
compared 2070 prisoners' scores on EPQ
2422 in control group
all age groups
prisoners averaged higher
methodological flaws
personality cant be measured empiracally
not falsifiable
unscientific
personality type isn't reducible to a score
too complex/dynamic to quantify