Biological Criminal Behavior Research Paper
Biological Criminal Behavior Paper Psychopathic Behavior
There are many degrees of psychopathic behavior and different types including the sexual psychopath and the work psychopath. Most studies indicate that there are no conventional methods available which cures psychopathic behavior. On the opposing, when conventional methods have been used, the psychopath becomes empowered, and reacts by improving their cunning, manipulative methods and their ability to conceal their true personality, even from trained eyes. Since the psychopath has no real emotions, sometimes they develop their own personality throughout their life or can be biological. Their inability to control inappropriate outburst of anger and hostility often results in loss …show more content…
The primary unit of analysis is the individual
2. Personality is the primary motivational element because it is the bench of drives and the source of motives.
3. Crimes result from abnormal, dysfunctional, or inappropriate mental processes within the personality.
4. Criminal behavior may be purposeful for the individual insofar as it addresses certain felt needs. Behavior can be judged “inappropriate” only when measured against external criteria purporting to establish normality.
5. Normality is generally defined by social consensus (what the majority of people in any social group agree is “real,” appropriate, or typical).
6. Defective, or abnormal, mental processes may have a variety of causes, including a diseased mind, inappropriate learning or improper conditioning, the emulation of inappropriate role models, and poor adjustment to inner conflicts.
Psychological and psychiatric theories of criminology are derived from the behavioral science and focus on the individual as the unit of analysis. These theories are divided as …show more content…
personalities. Concepts: Id, ego, superego, sublimation, psychotherapy, Thanatos, neurosis, psychosis, schizophrenia, the Oedipus complex.
Frustration Aggression Theory: Frustration is a natural consequence of living and a root cause of crime in this theory, and criminal behavior can be a form of adaptation when it results in stress reduction. Concepts: Frustration, aggression, displacement, catharsis, alloplastic and autoplastic adaptation.
Modeling Theory: This theory states that people learn how to behave by modeling themselves after others whom they have the opportunity to observe. Concepts: Imitation, interpersonal aggression, modeling, disengagement.
Behavior Theory: A psychological perspective, this theory posits that individual behavior that is rewarded will increase in frequency while that which is punished will decrease. Concepts: Operant behavior, conditioning, stimulus response, reward, punishment.
Self-control Theory: This approach sees the root cause of crime as a person’s inability to exercise socially appropriate controls over him or herself. Concepts: Self-control, general theory, criminal opportunity. (Frank Schmalleger,
There are many degrees of psychopathic behavior and different types including the sexual psychopath and the work psychopath. Most studies indicate that there are no conventional methods available which cures psychopathic behavior. On the opposing, when conventional methods have been used, the psychopath becomes empowered, and reacts by improving their cunning, manipulative methods and their ability to conceal their true personality, even from trained eyes. Since the psychopath has no real emotions, sometimes they develop their own personality throughout their life or can be biological. Their inability to control inappropriate outburst of anger and hostility often results in loss …show more content…
The primary unit of analysis is the individual
2. Personality is the primary motivational element because it is the bench of drives and the source of motives.
3. Crimes result from abnormal, dysfunctional, or inappropriate mental processes within the personality.
4. Criminal behavior may be purposeful for the individual insofar as it addresses certain felt needs. Behavior can be judged “inappropriate” only when measured against external criteria purporting to establish normality.
5. Normality is generally defined by social consensus (what the majority of people in any social group agree is “real,” appropriate, or typical).
6. Defective, or abnormal, mental processes may have a variety of causes, including a diseased mind, inappropriate learning or improper conditioning, the emulation of inappropriate role models, and poor adjustment to inner conflicts.
Psychological and psychiatric theories of criminology are derived from the behavioral science and focus on the individual as the unit of analysis. These theories are divided as …show more content…
personalities. Concepts: Id, ego, superego, sublimation, psychotherapy, Thanatos, neurosis, psychosis, schizophrenia, the Oedipus complex.
Frustration Aggression Theory: Frustration is a natural consequence of living and a root cause of crime in this theory, and criminal behavior can be a form of adaptation when it results in stress reduction. Concepts: Frustration, aggression, displacement, catharsis, alloplastic and autoplastic adaptation.
Modeling Theory: This theory states that people learn how to behave by modeling themselves after others whom they have the opportunity to observe. Concepts: Imitation, interpersonal aggression, modeling, disengagement.
Behavior Theory: A psychological perspective, this theory posits that individual behavior that is rewarded will increase in frequency while that which is punished will decrease. Concepts: Operant behavior, conditioning, stimulus response, reward, punishment.
Self-control Theory: This approach sees the root cause of crime as a person’s inability to exercise socially appropriate controls over him or herself. Concepts: Self-control, general theory, criminal opportunity. (Frank Schmalleger,