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SOC225: module 3 psychological and biological perspective
- Course
- Soc225 (SOC225)
- Institution
- University Of Alberta (UofA)
Objectives: Psychological explanation of crime Mental disorder and crime Relevance of iq
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Psychologicaland Biological
Perspectives
©2012 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
, Learning Objectives
1. Compare and contrast the various
psychological explanations for criminal
behaviours.
2. Discuss the possible links between mental
disorder and criminal behaviours.
3. Explain how biological approaches help to
explain criminal behaviour.
4. Debate the relevance of IQ to the explanation
of criminal behaviours.
5. Discuss the importance of biochemical and
neurophysiological factors as influences on
behaviours.
©2012 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
, Father of
criminology
Evownronary throw backs
Responses to Lombrosian Theory
1939 1940
➢ Charles Goring disproved
Lambroso
➢ Studied 3,000 convicts and compared
them to Oxford and Cambridge University
students, hospital patients, and soldiers
➢ Hooton: 13 000 subjects revived Lombroso
and found
➢ finding
Tautology conular reasoning eurdence her the theory
➢ Policy Implications? Segregation Steralization Death
defects
If aperson is criminal they have physical
a person has physical defects they are
criminal
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