CRI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gabrielle Giffords, Superiority Complex, Impulsivity
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Mental health disorders associated w/ crime: clinical diagnoses of several notable serial killers and mass murders. Prevalence of mental health disorders in jj and cjs, and policy options. Classical: humans are highly rational, and can make reasoned decisions: cost-bene t analysis uniform process in society. Psychology: acknowledges non-uniformity in people"s ability to make reasoned decisions: you may not know why you make the decisions you make. What is psychology: neuroscience: study of the mind by looking at the brain, developmental: how ppl develop, and grow, and learn, clinical: the study of mental health and mental illness. No bona de biological test for the known mental health disorders. We use behavioral criteria to diagnose mh disorder: set of symptoms and observations about a persons thoughts, feelings, and actions. Social/cultural norms: wearing black three piece suit on water slides (culture) Context: paranoid in aleppo syria v. vermont.
