SOC 2760 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Psychoanalysis, Dystonia, Parricide

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2760
• Professor: Rob Shearer

Document Summary

The homicide survey has been collecing informaion on whether or not an accused person had a mental or physical disorder. The informaion that makes up the homicide survey is based on data collected from police reports, not medical professionals. The number of suspected incidents involving a mental disorder was highest in 2011 and has been more likely to occur in females (20%) than in males (13%). Data also suggests that the older the accused, the more likely they were of having a mental or developmental disorder (55-65 years of age) Understanding homicide: biological explanations of homicide (ch 3) This chapter deals with muliple biological theories that atempt to explain violence and homicide. Biological theories are a type of individual posiivism which views crime as primarily a result from forces within the individual. Study limitaions: one of the largest diiculies with biological theories is that they tend to neglect the inluence of the social context upon which violence and homicide occur.