CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: B. F. Skinner, Neurosis, Interpersonal Communication

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Michael Kempa

Document Summary

We are talking about a correlation between individual characteristics and a socially defined phenomenon: much of this domain of research is thereby concerned with identifying reliable. *subgroups of people defined as criminal . Biological theories are for the most part individualistic and assume a fundamentally consensual model of society. Certain rare forms of epilepsy, have been associated with aggressive behavior where there is extensive brain damage. Endocrine disorders: hormonal imbalance: high testosterone is associated with socially-dominant behaviour, not necessarily crime. Most biological factors are related to criminal behavior in indirect ways: tendencies or proclivities that are brought out or suppressed through physical environment (e. g. , perinatal factors), or social influences (e. g. , social class of parents) Psychopathic offenders additionally demonstrate language processing abnormalities that suggest lack of connection between communication and emotion. In the particular case of psychopathy: a lack of ability to empathize with others; a sense of personal grandiosity.