Forensic

Question 1

What is criminal psycholgy?

Answer 1

the study of thoughts, emotions and intentions that contribute to criminal behaviour. it attempts to explain what leads someone to commit a crime (usually done before perp identification).

Question 2

what is forensic psychology?

Answer 2

evaluates people already accused of crimes. determines if criminals are legally competent.

Question 3

Name some relevant dsm disgnoses.

Answer 3

odd, antisocial personalilty disorder and dissocial personality disorder.

Question 4

What is freud’s psychodynamic theory/

Answer 4

we have three forces within personallity
1. id: pleasure
2. ego: reality
3. super ego: morallity
overactive id and underactive super ego may mean criminal behaviour.

Question 5

What is the difference between a psychopath and sociopath?

Answer 5

psychopath: lack of guilt, remorse, empathy. doesn’t care.
sociopath: lack of remorse but guilt and empathy could be present. doesn’t understand.

Question 6

What is criminal profiling?

Answer 6

helps investigators predict and profile the characteristics of unknown criminals.

Question 7

What are biological considerations of criminal behaviour?

Answer 7

head trauma, meth use, ‘warrior gene’ (where an empathy gene does not function), inherited aggression, difference in criminal brain

Question 8

Describe Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation

Answer 8

believes that mental health can be attributed to early childhood. a child innately forms attatchment to one main caregiver. this person should provide continuous for two years. without this, consequences including aggression, depression and psychopathy may occur

Question 9

Desribe the self control theory of crime

Answer 9

suggests that someone’s lack of control leads to crime. freud suggests that everyone has violet desires, but some are worse at controlling them.

Question 10

What is cognitive theory?

Answer 10

attempting to understand how criminal offenders percieve the world around them

Question 11

describe kohlberg’s theory

Answer 11

preconventional: birth to mid childhood. behaviour is driven by avoiding punishment
conventional: early adulthood. developed sense of right and wrong, understanding role in society, appreciation of need for law and order
post conventional: mid adulthood. people move past law to moral. treating others as you would want to be treated