Sociology 2266A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Psychopathy Checklist, Counterculture, Juvenile Delinquency
18 Apr 2017
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What is the reason for theorizing social phenomena? o o o. To evaluate and inform criminal justice system policy. Meta-paradigms: positivist, interpretivisit, constructivist, feminist, marxist, post- Examines criminality through theories of personality or learning that account for a person"s behaviour in a specific situation. Most theories entail one of two assumptions (reppucci and clingempeel, 1978): assumption of offender deficit. The view that offenders who break the law have some psychological deficit that distinguishes them from normal law-abiding citizens: assumption of discriminating traits. The view that offenders are distinguished from non-offenders by, for example, their high levels of impulsiveness and aggression. Critiques of the psychological approach: o o. Ignores the importance of situational and environmental factors on individual behaviours o. Farrington: it"s important to understand the individual differences between offenders and non- offenders and psychological factors o o. Criminality = outcome of different social and psychological risk factors.
