CRIM 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Prefrontal Cortex, Conduct Disorder, Hypoglycemia
27 Nov 2020
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Chp 2- theories of crime: biological and evolutionary explanations. Magic bullet approach to mental illness- drugging people with mental illness. In north america we believe you will never not be diagnosed once diagnosed. when their symptoms go away they are just in remission . The study where the students said they were hearing voices and pretended to get schizophrenia to get admitted into a psych ward and couldn"t get out after. needed a court order. Founded eugenics- forced sterilization/ killing of thousands of un t to reportoduce in us in early 20th century: also forced abortion, sterilization and concentration camps from hitler"s regime. De nitions: researchers often de ne crime by legal de nitions and examine whether biological factors correlate or predict criminal offending in the form of arrests and convictions. Theory an explanation of a particular phenomenon: a strong theory. Is parsimonious clearly identi es the causal mechanisms and corresponding mediators and moderators underlying the phenomenon of interest.
