CRIM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Matricide, Pathological Lying, Sexual Assault

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Karen Brown

Document Summary

These factors is believed to influence violent crimes, from traditional common-law crimes such as sexual assault, murder, assault, and robbery to. Violent offenders often display abnormal personality structures psychopathic tendencies: e. g. impulsivity, aggression, dishonesty, pathological lying, and lack of remorse. Murderous youths how signs of major neurological impairment: abnormal eegs, multiple psychomotor impairment, and severe seizures, low intelligence on iq tests, psychotic close relatives, & psychotic symptoms such as paranoia, illogical thinking & hallucinations. Abnormal personality structure, including depression, borderline personality syndrome, and psychopathology, have been associated with various forms of spousal & family abuse. Absent or deviant parents, inconsistent discipline, and lack of supervision have all been linked to persistent violent offending. Children diagnosed as abused later engaged in delinquent behavior at a rate significantly than that of unabused children. Sexual abuse is also a constant factor in father (patricide) and mother (matricide) killings. Juvenile death row inmates all had long histories of intense child abuse.