PSY 622 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mens Rea, Meta-Analysis, 6 Years
15 Dec 2015
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Psychology focuses on intra and inter individual differences: the interactions between people and within a person. Consideration of factors that influence criminal behaviour. Combination of personal, interpersonal, community reinforcement model: interplay of many factors, no one factor is a cause for criminal behaviour. Definition is dynamic: most cultures have similar definitions, most are based on legal, moral, social, psychological, changes as our understanding/belief of what are acceptable norms in society change. Working definition of criminal behaviour: criminal behaviour refers to intentional behaviour that violates a criminal code intentional in that it didn"t occur by accident or without justification of excuse, criminal law. Normal behaviour may result in a violation of criminal. Accidentally pushing someone down the stairs (cid:1) (cid:1) determinants of crime. Childhood abuse, criminal history: immediate, situational. Someone"s drunk, angry identification of factors that are most strongly associated with criminal behaviour. Groups everything and pull out stat importance on: use of meta-analysis things that count, correlations.
