CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Longitudinal Study, Social Learning Theory, Classical Conditioning

• 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. Start with the crime or crime type, and you look at what"s peculiar. Biological theories are for the most part individualistic and assume fundamentally consensual model of society. Epilepsy was seen as a driver of crime in the past. High testosterone is associated with socially dominant behavior, not necessary crime. Most biological factors are related to criminal behaviors in indirect ways: tendencies or proclivities that are brought out or suppressed through physical environment or social influences. Herditory factors: twin studies and adoption studies confirm higher rates of criminality amongst siblings and offspring who shared the greater degree of genetic similarity. We tend to instruct girls to be less violence than boys. Psychopathic offenders additionally demonstrate language processing abnormalities that suggest lack of connection between communication and emotion.