Crime

Question 1

What is crime

Answer 1

• seen as harmful and immoral and offenders deserve punishment
• law is socially constructed and reflects political interests
  law isn’t immutable

Question 2

define forensic psych

Answer 2

application of clinical specialties e.g assessment, treatment to forensic setting

Question 3

Offenders

Answer 3

• implied need to be assessed and treated within a therapeutic setting

Question 4

criticisms

Answer 4

• focus on individual disordered characteristics that need treatment = ignore social-structural elements