CRIM 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Serial Killer, Mass Murder, Criminal Negligence
27 Nov 2020
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De nitions: reactive versus instrumental violence, reactive- impulsive reaction to some real or perceived provocation or threat. Instrumental- premeditated and aimed at achieving some secondary goal: homicide: Fox and levin- types of mass/serial murders re ected in 5 categories of motivation: power revenge loyalty terror pro t. Theories of violent offending: social learning theory, aggression is learned, aggression is more likely to occur when it is expected to be more rewarding than non-aggressive alternatives. Integration of a number of other aggression theories combined. Less skills and abilities to achieve through legitimate means (eg: low. Iq: psychopaths, psychopaths are also life course persistent, not competitively disadvantaged, select short term high risk strategies as an alternate approach. I am the law: normalization of violence, beat or be beaten. I get out of control: association between beliefs and violent offending, child abuse associated with higher likelihood of violent offending, depleted self control causes greater aggressive behaviour.
