Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jean Piaget, Social Learning Theory, Community Psychology
1 Feb 2018
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Psychological theories of crime: focus on individual characteristics and di erences, value assumptions, 1. O ender de cit - something wrong with the person that needs to be xed: 2. Discriminating traits - there are traits that di erentiate between criminals and non criminals (ie. temperament) It is closely related to sociology. socialization - the interactive process whereby individuals come to learn and internalize the culture of their society or group. Superego: superego (conscience): ethical and moral dimensions of personality; an individuals conscience. It is very circular - aggressive acts are explained by aggressive impulses. No evidence that criminals seek to be punished. Psychoanalytic methods have been unsuccessful in rehabilitation. * major impact on cjs mainly because freud"s followers were around the era of the medical. Model and rehabilitation started to become a concern in prisons moral development: theories of individual psychology that investigate how moral reasoning emerges in the individual and develops as the individual matures.
