Psychology of Crime
This branch examines the mental processes and personality traits of criminals like personality disorders, psychopathy, and antisocial behavior?
What is Criminal Psychology?
The analyzation of how factors like poverty, inequality, and social disorganization can increase the likelihood of criminal activity within certain communities
What is social structure and crime?
Hitler did not come up with the idea of hating jews, he grew up in a society with antisemitic ideas that influenced the way he felt about them
What is Criminal Motivation?
The rates for children with convicted parents committing crimes as well is high and rising
What is the labeling theory?
This branch studies what drives individuals to commit crimes
What is criminal motivation?
These are the relations criminologists see throughout crimes all over the world. They can tell how common each different crime offense is, or what kind of people usually commit certain crimes
What is crime trends and patterns?
Scenes of detectives studying the background of a case to understand behaviors in Criminal Minds
What is criminal psychology?
Jeffrey Dahmer lured a underage male to his home to sexually assault him and also had a sexual relationship with his grandmother because he was not aware of social norms
What is crime and deviance?
A technique to identify the predator of a violent crime by finding things such as personality or behavioral aspects of them time before the crime was committed
What is Criminal profiling?
Breaking a law and breaking a social norm that cross together
What is crime and deviance?
Homeless people are more likely to pick pocket because they do not have somewhere to live or a way to make money (strain theory)
What is criminological theories?
Drug dealers pursue illegal means to get money
What is social structure and crime?
The strain, social learning, and rational choice theory attempt to explain why criminals behave the way that they do
What is criminological theories?
This theory states that individuals know themselves by how others label them, especially when people are bunched together as “criminals”
What is the labeling theory?
Ted Bundy was originally caught because when he was pulled over for speeding there were too many suspicious things going on and in his behavior patterns to dismiss
What is Criminal Profiling?
Sam got in an accident. When the police got there, they talked to him to make sure he was ok. Then he got a ticket so he has to go to court.
What is the criminal justice system?
This system consists of the police, the courts, and the correlations
What is the criminal justice system?
Domestic crime rates increased by 3% in 11 cities in 2023 compared to 2022. These statistics helped law enforcement know that domestic crime needs to be focused on because it is rising
What are crime trends and patterns?