Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bobo Doll Experiment, Social Learning Theory, Antisocial Personality Disorder
20 Jan 2017
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Micro-level; personality/personality traits, characteristics that people possess, and what you"re born with. Views criminal behaviour as the outcome of several different psychological factors. The superego - regulates the two (mediator), morality principle, conscience, conscious. Crime occurs when the ego and superego are unable to control the aggressive, antisocial instincts of the id. The criminal seeks punishment to alleviate guilt over unconscious desires. Crime is a means of obtaining substitute gratification of needs and desires not obtained in the family. Crime is due to traumatic events which have been repressed. Crime may be an expression of displace hostility. Circular - aggressive acts are because of aggressive impulses, and back to aggressive acts; only reason we have aggressive impulses is because of actions. Not all offenders show guilt; typically don"t feel remorse or feel bad about what they"ve done. One of the first theories that looked at the role of personality.
