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LECTURE 2
Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
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Recommended Reading
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Aims of Lecture
Examine the root causes of crime.
Describe the biological perspectives on criminal behaviour.
Describe the sociological theories on criminal behaviour.
Evaluate psychological perspectives on crime.
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Theories of Crime
Societal or macro-level theories (teori kemasyarakatan) study crime at a broad
level of analysis and suggest that crime is purely as a result of social structure.
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Twin Studies
Study
Criminal
Behaviour
of
MZ
DZ
(Satu Sel)
Number of
Pairs
% Concordant
(ciri-ciri sama)
Number of
Pairs
% Concordant
(ciri-ciri sama)
Lange (1929)
13
77
17
12
Rosanoff (1934)
37
68
60
10
Yoshimosu
(1965)
28
50
26
Christianson
(1977)
85
32
147
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Compared the criminal behaviour of the children with that of their biological and
adopted parents. (Perbandingan
kandung dan ibubapa angkat)
ibubapa
Criminal behaviour of biological parents had stronger influence than that of the
adoptive parents (property offences not violent crime) (Ciri-ciri jenayah
ibubapa kandung lebih berpengaruh dalam hal jenayah).
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Biological Parents
Criminal
Non-|Criminal
Criminal
24.5%
(N=143)
14.7%
(N=204)
Non-criminal
20%
(N=1,226)
13.5%
(N=2,492)
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Raine
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Other Factors
Alcohol (alkohol/ minuman arak)
Drugs (dadah)
Anti Social Personality Disorder (Gangguan Personaliti Anti
Sosial )
psychopathy
Cognitive Theories (teori kognitif)
Addiction to Crime (Ketagihan pada jenayah)
Poverty (kemiskinan)
Unemployment (Pengangguran)
Criminal Justice System (Sistem Keadilan Jenayah)
Policing (Kepolisan)
Legislation (Undang-undang)
Societal responses (Respns Masyarakat)
Sentencing Policies (Polisi Hukuman)
Etc..
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