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what is the bottom-down approach
to generate a picture of the offender
data driven
their likely daily personality as a result of the collected data from the crimes they commited
what is investigative psychology
what is geographical profiling
what is a marauder
what is a commuter
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what are the genetic explanation for crime
that genetically inherited traits make people more disposed to criminal behaviours
what twin studies were done into genetic factors to criminality
what are the two candidate genes linked to criminality
MAOA - regulates serotonin and has been linked to violent and aggressive behaviour
CDH13 - associated with substance abuse and ADHD
who’s researched found a link between criminality and the candidate genes
Jari Tiihonen et al (2015)
what is the diathesis stress model
when biological factors and environmetal ‘stressors’ work together to cause the outcome - criminality
evaluate genetic explanations
what are the two neural explanations for criminality (violent crimes)
prefrontal cortex and mirror neurons
explain the prefrontal cortex as an explanation for criminality
Adriane Raine
studies into the APD (antisocial behaviour disorder) brain and found a pattern of reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex -regulates emotional behaviour
Raine et al (2000) found a 11% reduction of the grey matter in the prefrontal cortex of APD people
explain mirror neurons as an explanation for criminality
that APD people experience empathy sporadically
Keysers (2011)
found that
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