Textbook Notes for Ralph Serin

Psyc 3402 chapter 10 mentally disordered offenders. Dsm first published in 1952 in order to facilitate the diagnosis of mental disorders and collect st

Emphasis on research findings, critical evaluation, & application. You can"t look at outliers (i. e. homolka) not good predictors of criminal behavior;

They assert that criminality can be decreased when the rewards for crime are reduced and the costs for crime are increased while the rewards for prosoc

In some cases children that experience abuse become abusers themselves. Most prevalent form of violence in society. Distinct from other types of violen

There are various factors that place an individual on a criminal trajectory. The factors are conjoined with one another across many spheres. Interperso

Children under the age of 12 may not be charged with an offense even if they commit violent acts such as murder. Children s behaviour in this age categ

Although, not all paraphilias involve illegal behavior (e. g. fetishism), but many manifest as sexually offending; specifically, pedophilia, sexual sad

A theory is simply an explanation of a particular phenomenon. Clearly identifies the casual mechanisms and corresponding mediator and moderators underl