PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Recreational Drug Use, Social Learning Theory, Meta-Analysis
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Around 44 percent of canadians, believe that we should get tough on crime. Although they do not state where the funds should be allocated within the system: government information regarding crime had a moderate influence on canadians, and academic had none. Media was seen as the most important source. Forsenic psychology: any application of psychology to the legal system: the specific psychological study of criminal behaviour, is called correctional study in the us and. America (also criminological pychology: as many as 70% of offenders, follow age curved path of crime, crime desistance: crime decreasing, the personal, interpersonal, and commuinity reinforcment refelcts both immediate and historical factors immediate situation in that facors-temptations,facilators, inhihitators. Definitions of crime: typical definitions include moral, legal, social and psychological explanations, there is high agreement to what is criminal. For example, incest, robbery, theft were all seen as criminal: our definition incorporates intent, a definition of crime is critial as it influences prevalence.
