GCSE PSYCHOLOGY - CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR

CRIME

CRIME CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DEFINE BECAUSE OF TIME

CRIME CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DEFINE BECAUSE OF CULTURE

THERE ARE THREE MAIN REASONS WHY CRIME IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE...

CRIMINAL PERSONALITY

COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF A CRIMINAL PERSONALITY

CORE THEORY: BIOLOGICAL THEORY

PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX

LIMBIC SYSTEM

CORPUS CALLOSUM

TEMPORAL LOBE

Biological psychologists also believe that criminal genes effect facial features

CRITICISMS OF THE CORE THEORY

CRITICISMS OF THE CORE THEORY

CRITICISMS OF THE CORE THEORY

CRITICISMS OF THE CORE THEORY

ALTERNATIVE THEORY: SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT

THE NATURE-NURTURE DEBATE

ADOPTION STUDIES

CORE STUDY: MEDNICK ET AL. (1984)

CRITICISMS OF MEDNICK ET AL. (1984)

CRITICISMS OF MEDNICK ET AL. (1984)

CRITICISMS OF MEDNICK ET AL. (1984)

APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH INTO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR: CRIME REDUCTION

APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH INTO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR: CRIME REDUCTION

APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH INTO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR: CRIME REDUCTION

CORE STUDY: MEDNICK ET AL. (1984)

CORE STUDY: MEDNICK ET AL. (1984)

CORE STUDY: MEDNICK ET AL. (1984)