CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Learning Theory, Longitudinal Study, Neurochemistry
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Biological causes of crime . Much of this domain of research is thereby concerned with identifying reliable *subgroups of people defined as criminal : test for measures of interest that set them apart of the rest of society. Biological theories are for the most part individualistic and assume a fundamentally consensual model of society: longitudinal. Cut through pop at same moment in time. 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) Don"t really learn forms of adaptive behavior the same way. In the particular case of psychopathy: a lack of ability to empathize with others; a sense of personal grandiosity. Given that most biological causes of crime are mediated through environmental and social influences, there are a variety of proposals for how this happens.
