Psychology 2042A/B Lecture Notes - Nicotine, Comorbidity, Freaked

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2042A/B
• Professor: St Pierre Jeff

Document Summary

Crimes: possession of stolen property, break and entering, car theft, assault, narcotics. Young offenders aged 16 to 18 (after they are transfer to another place) possession, breach of probation, attempted murder, murder. Sentence range btn: 6 days and 30 months. The vast majority had a long history with the law. Data collection: content analysis of journal entries , the prisoners expressed thought and everything they want to say in the journal (family, violence, drugs, sex, world view/future, racism, friends, freedom, reform, influences of incarceration) Personal observations (guards, inmates, mental health specialists, administrators) He made a content analysis of the journal, they wrote a lot about drugs, violence, family. Provincial school records (available to the prof, he cans look at the history) Informal interview and conversations with psychologist, social workers, guards. Analysis of previous studies and forensic literature on the topics being studied.