PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Prosocial Behavior, Differential Association, Sex And The Law
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Intra-individual: variations in criminal conduct within an individual across time and situations. Broader social context is an insufficient viewpoint to understand individual differences. In the uk, it"s called criminological psychology; us and canada correctional psychology. Correctional psychologists conduct crisis management and individual and group psychotherapy with general population inmates. The focus of the text is to focus on assessment and management of individuals who engage in criminal behavior. Preferred model by textbook is correctional psychology . Macro level crime as a large-scale social phenomenon reflecting strain theory. Differential association theory the perspective narrows and importance of socialization and the influence of community, family and peer groups become important. An even narrower focus looks at patterns of individual behaviour, first over time and situation and then psychological influences like thoughts, feelings, 70% of offenders follow some approximation of the age-crime curve. Phenomenon of decreased criminal activity crime desistance; must be informed by individual difference explanations.
