CJ 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Henry Maudsley, Isaac Ray, Maternal Deprivation
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To be found guilty, two things must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt: mens rea: "guilty mind", criminal intent, actus rea: voluntary participation in overt willful behavior. *to date most juries have chosen to reject insanity defenses. Forensic psychology profiling: used to apprehend offenders and predict future strikes. Isaac ray: believed that it was pathological urges that drove some to commit crime. *freud argued that one outcome of the unconscious guilt complex was crime: theories, attachment theory. The importance of forming secure emotional base for subsequent personality development: frustration-aggression theory. Frustration caused by thwarted desires or by deprivations combined with the lack of nondelinquent channels. Trait-based personality theories: abnormal behavior stems from deviant/criminal personality traits, which may develop from the environment, brain injury, illness, drug abuse, etc, disorders, psychopathology. Asocial, aggressive, highly impulsive, feeling little or no guilt and unable to form lasting bonds of affection with others. Diagnosis depends on affective and personality traits: antisocial personality disorder.
