PPT-An Overview of Psychological Theories of Crime Causation

Professor James Byrne Fall 2015 Graduate Criminology Seminar The Psychology of Crime Psychologicallybased criminologists explain criminal behavior as the consequence of individual factors such as negative early childhood experiences and inadequate socialization which results in criminal thinking patterns andor incomplete cognitive development. 4 minutes violent crime every 26 seconds property crime every 35 seconds burglary every 15 seconds fatality every 16 minutes person injured every 14 seconds roperty damage crash every seconds law enforcementreported crash every seconds CrimeCrash Clo The lack of transparency introduced by poorly anchored math ematical models the psychological persuasiveness of stories and the way the profession neglects relevant issues are suggested as explanations for how what we perhaps should see as displays Lesson 5. Biological and Psychological Explanations Lesson Overview. Biological Explanations. Nineteenth Century Views. Psychological Explanations. Evaluation of Psychological Explanations. Biological Explanations. Instructor Name. Date, Semester. The Search. for Causes. Chapter 3. Criminal Justice Today. 3.1. 3.2. Summarize the development of criminological theory, including the role of social research in that. L/O – To identify the problems historians face when dealing with causation. Why is Causation important?. Every historical investigation begins with the simple question – ‘. why. ?’. Identifying the most . Professor Byrne. Oct.20, 2015 Lecture. Major Sociological Theories. Strain Theories. : Cohen, Cloward and Ohlin, Merton. Subcultural Theories. : Wolfgang and Ferracutti, Miller. Control Theories. : Hirschi and Gottfredson, Reckless, . Professor James Byrne. Sept.23, 2015. Is Crime Biologically Determined?. Biological criminology: The Early Years. The . basic assumption of early biological criminologists, such as the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835- 1909) was that crime was . CLN4U – Mr. MacDonald. Nature vs Nurture. Theories of criminology generally fall into one of two categories. Biological Theories. Criminal are “born”. Sociological Theories. Criminals are “made”. Problem of Causation. For many crimes, we have to show that the Act CAUSED a particular consequence. Causation is part of the Actus Reus of the crime. Need to apply the rules of causation to decide whether D’s guilty act caused the required consequence in the definition of the crime. Pg 337..345: 3b, 6b (form and strength). Page 350..359: 10b, 12a, 16c, 16e. Homework Turn In…. A straight line that describes how a response variable y changes as an explanatory variable x changes. . Critical Theories in Context. In 1950-1960s = strain. Policy = provide opportunity to those who lack means for achieving legitimate success.. Turmoil of 1960s .  criminologists become more skeptical . Dewayne E Perry. ARiSE. , ECE, UT Austin. perry@ece.utexas.edu. Theories D & E. I begin with two simple theories:. A theory about design – D. A theory about empirical evaluation – E. And a theory about how to model theories. 91Introductionthe window not to break According to some theories of causation I didnt TheCQ1A is a world-line of an object that possesses a conserved quantityCQ2A is an intersection of world-lines tha Mechanism and Causality 2009. 9. th. September 2009. University of Kent, Canterbury. Brendan Clarke. Department of Science and Technology Studies. UCL. The Russo-Williamson Thesis. [Russo and Williamson, 2007].