Some Important Aspects of Criminological Psychology

SSPC2008

Theorist who coined positivism

• Comte

Common types of scan used in neuropsychological theories?

• CT, MRI and PET

Stalenheim (1997) study on psychopathy and level of enzyme platelets

• lower level of monoamine oxidise

Eysenck’s three major dimensions of personality criminals scored higher than non-criminals

• extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism

Goals important to young people in Agnew’s general strain theory

• autonomy, status and respect

Factors that differentiate mass murder from serial murder

• timing and number of murders

Mulit-finality

• one factor -> several outcomes

Equifinality

• same outcome from multiple factors

Group type of terrorists in literature

• heterogeneous

Social identity theory theorists

• Tajifel and Turner

Risk factors for stalking

• female, 18-30, single and history of DV

Type of data analysis used to determine ‘subtypes’ of stalker

• cluster analysis

Demographic characteristics of stalkers

• male, older, highly educated, professional-occupations, prior relationship, link to PD and depression

Act of parliament that sets out sexual offences in England and Wales

• Sexual offences act 2003

Rape myth acceptance able (or not able) to significantly predict sexual re-offending

• not significant predictor

Name of ‘gold standard’ tool for assessing psychopathic traits

• (Hare) psychopathy checklist (-revised)

Name of the typology the FBI developed for murders in the 1970s and 80s

• organised / disorganised typology

When are FBI profiles created

• retrospectively