PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: National Crime Victimization Survey, Motor Vehicle Theft, Clinical Urine Tests
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Chapter 1 intro to criminal behaviour10/15/2016 11:20:00 pm. Crime: conduct or failure to act in violation of the law forbidding or commanding it, and for which a range of possible penalties exist upon conviction. Criminal behaviour: intentional behaviour in violation of the criminal code. To be convicted of crime must have acted intentionally and w/o justification or excuse. E. g. intentional killing can be justified depending on the circumstance self-defense. Strict liability offenses are a narrow range of offenses that don"t require criminal intent (hw most offenses do require criminal intent) Just-world hypothesis: a belief that one gets what one deserves in this world. Psychologists have come up with a more elaborate scientific theory based on just-world ideas + came up w/ scales to measure an indv"s just-world orientation e. g. some may favour capital punishment or be non-supportive of social programs. Research has found 2 types just-world beliefs: general just-world.
