LAWS1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Acquired Brain Injury, Eugenics, John Bowlby
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Topic 4 has focused on individual explanations for crime. Positivism factors beyond the individual deterministic. Does seem to be some link between genetics and crime, but context still matters. Links between adhd, acquired brain injury, testosterone, poor nutrition and crime. Biochemistry matters, but context still important and directionality of relationship hard to separate. Complicated link directionality of relationship hard to separate. Topic 5 is going to explore the impact of context more broadly. To bridge the gap, let"s explore the importance of some other early-in-life factors that relate to criminality. Bridging the gap to social explanations for offending. Risk factors approach to reducing crime has gained ground over the last 25 years. Risk is determined based on robust correlates of offending behaviour. Hope that some of these cause" offending. Idea is to remove some of these correlates. Hope that the real cause" of offending is undermined in the process.
