Crime - sample and results Flashcards
(14 cards)
Raine sample
41 murderers plead not guilty by reason of insanity
Raine findings
NGRI have less activity in prefrontal cortex compared to non criminals leading to impulsiveness, less self control, more immaturity
NGRI have less activity in corpus callosum than controls so they are less likely to see long term consequences of actions
NGRI have more activity in right side of amygdala than left so likely to experience less fear
Palmer and Hollin sample
126 young offenders all male
332 non offenders act as control group, both genders
Palmer and Hollin findings
majority of Young offenders are at preconventional level of moral reasoning compared to control
Jahoda findings
Boys born on Wednesday accounted for 22% of violent offences (aggressive)
Boys born on Monday (calm) accounted for 6.9% of violent offences
Raine Mauritius study sample - orange juice
100 children given the supplement
+control
Raine Mauritius study sample - exercise program
100 children with low resting heart rate matched to a control
Raine Mauritius orange juice study findings
Children who took supplement with orange juice reported to be significantly less aggressive compared to control
Raine Mauritius study results - exercise program
At age 17, those who received intervention showed significantly lower levels of conduct disorder/antisocial behaviour than control
Hall and Player sample
70 fingerprint experts from Met police who volunteered
Hall and Payer results
57/70 actually read the crime scene report
52% in high emotional context believed the context affected their identification vs 6% in low emotional context
But no actual significant difference in how Ps identified the print
Drors study on students sample
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Dror study on students results
Identified a match more in high emotional context (58%) compared to low emotional context (49%)
