CRM 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Community Psychology, Moral Development, Research On The Effects Of Violence In Mass Media
12 Apr 2020
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About 40 years ago, an extensive review of a decade of published research on offenders (reppucci and clingempeel 1978) found that nearly all the research could be characterized as reflecting one of two value assumptions. The first was the assumption of offender deficit. The view that offenders who break the law have some psychological deficit that distinguishes them from normal, law-abiding citizens. The second was the assumption of discriminating traits. The view that offenders are distinguished from non-offenders by, for. Critics have taken issue with psychology"s reliance on these two assumptions example, their high levels of impulsiveness and aggression. Reppucci and clingempeel point to two major omissions in psychological research. One is that there is typically very little emphasis placed on studies of the strengths of offenders. A second omission identified by reppucci and clingempeel is that psychological research tends to ignore the potential importance of situational and environmental factors for individual behaviour.
