Crowe Flashcards
(15 cards)
What are the strengths of Crowe?
Factual evidence
Interaction between nature and nuture
Focused on adopted children
Why did Crowe have factual evidence?
Large scale investigation into relationship between genetics and environmental influences on crime
Why was the interactions between nature and nuture a strength for Crowe?
Importance of combined effect of both genetic and environment on criminal behaviour
Why was it a strength that Crowe focused on adopted children?
Separate genetic factors from environmental ones
What were Crowe’s weaknesses?
Causality VS correlation
Limited scope
Other influences not considered
Why was causality VS correlation a weakness for Crowe?
Unclear whether genetics directly cause criminal behaviour of other unmeasured factors at play
Why was there a limited scope?
Specific population, limiting studies external validity
Why is it a weakness that other influences were not considered for Crowe?
Potential of other critical factors could impact criminal behaviour
What did Crowe do?
Researched influence of biological parents and criminal behaviour on the likelyhood of the adopted children committing crime
Examine whether genetics or environment played a larger role in shaping criminal behaviour
What did Crowe find about the genetic link with crime?
Adoptive children were more likely to engage in criminal behaviour if biological parents had a criminal history, even if raised in non-criminal environment
What did Crowe find about the environmental influenced on crime?
The environment that the child was raised in has a significant effect, if adoptive parents had criminal records
What did Crowe conclude about genetics?
Biological predisposition of criminality in individuals with criminal parents
What did Crowe conclude about the importance of environment?
Environment of raised in as a crucial role in the development of criminal tendencies
What did Crowe conclude about interaction with genetics and environment?
Criminal behaviour cannot be attributed solely to either one
How do family support programmes act as a social policy for Crowe?
Supportive environment for children, parenting support and programs to strength an family structures
