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Analyze the concept of "psychological positivism" and its perspective on the causes of criminal behavior, particularly the role of personality, intelligence, and mental disorders in shaping criminal behavior, and the criticisms that this perspective has faced
Analyze the concept of "psychological positivism" and its perspective on the causes of criminal be...
Psychological positivism states that the causes of crime can be found within the psychological factors of the offending individual. These factors include psychological disorders, a low intelligence and certain personality types, such as a high level of neuroticism. The main criticisms include that this theory is too deterministic and that it does not look at broader structural factors that play a role in explaining crime. Other criticisms include ethical issues with the policy implications of this school of thought. -> antisocial personality disorder
Describe the main arguments of cultural criminology and how it views the relationship between crime and culture, also mention the main criticisms of this perspective.
Describe the main arguments of cultural criminology and how it views the relationship between crime ...
Cultural criminology argues that to understand crime and social institutions we need to look at their context, such as time and place. They state that crime and institutions are cultural factors that should be understood looking at it’s phenology. Cultural criminology states that culture informs crime and crime informs culture. Criticisms include that it romanticizes crime and that it offers no real policy implications.
What is the difference between differential association theory and bandura’s theory of social learning?
What is the difference between differential association theory and bandura’s theory of social lear...
Differential association theory and bandura’s social learning theory both look at criminal behaviour as a learned behaviour. The difference is that Bandura’s theory simply states that we learn from our environment, while Sutherland’s differential association theorizes that some interactions shape our behaviour more than others. In addition, Bandura focuses on imitation and Sutherland on interaction
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