CC210 Lecture Notes - Doctor Shopping, Factitious Disorder Imposed On Self, Child Slavery
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Psychology october 26th, 2012 week 7, class 2 blood relation, violence and murder in the family. Homicide: a highly serious crime, death ultimate victimizations. Yet rare (only 1-2% of total violent crime) Identify danger signals, dangerous circumstances fascination with violence: Desensitize to human suffering e. x observational learning theory. Continuous coverage make violence appear more widespread than in reality. Mental shortcuts used to make a quick inference about the world e. x judging frequency, probability of events. Judge odds of an event by the ease in which instances can be readily brought to mind. Event more likely if more examples thought of. Based heavily on the most recent information from media. Fbi crime classification manual typologies: four major catergories. Examples: contract killing, gang motivated murder, kidnap murder, product tampering, insurance motivated murder, murder committed during the commission of another crime (rape, burglary) Personal cause murder committed under emotional upheaval, conflict or passion. Examples: domestice violence, argument murder, revenge killing, hostage murder.
