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Ainsworth/Attachment Theory

following discussion of attachment theory, which particularly focuses on the contributions of Ainsworth, offers an overview of it...

Article Critique/Male v. Female Substance Abuse Patterns

A 4 page article critique of a criminal justice study of juvenile behavior in regards to substance abuse pattern. No additional so...

Research Design and Methods Analysis

the traditional one-on-one model" (Herrara, Vang and Gale, 2002, p. 4). Prior to presenting their method analysis section, the res...

John Gotti and Theories of Crime

in the Cosa Nostra (John Gotti, 2009). He stood trial several times but was always acquitted, earning him the nickname the "Teflon...

Marxist Viewpoint on Rational Choice

theories that serve to establish a basis upon which law enforcement and behavioral experts can better understand the reason for it...

Article Analysis/Effects of Parenting

half were single parents. An example of deductive logic in this study is the selection of the study hypothesis, i.e., the premises...

Theories of Crime

Thus, extraverts are not impacted by punishment as much as introverts are (Brennan & Raine, 1997). Eysenck also argued that extra...

The Origins of Criminal Behavior in Psychodynamic Theory

which posits that human behavior is the result of internal psychodynamic conflicts; conflicts in which different aspects of the mi...

Essays on Corrections

crimes. But what it does suggest is that under such conditions, the likelihood is greater that criminal behavior will be instigat...

Criminology Theories

In five pages social learning and labeling theories are applied to a consideration of criminal behavior. Ten sources are cited in...

C.S. Lewis and Karl Menninger on How Criminals Should be Properly Punished

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares 'The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment' by C.S. Lewis and 'The Crime of Punishment...

Lombroso and Criminal Behavior

a sensation with his book that was published in 1876 ("Cesare," 2001). In the work, the doctor utilized Darwinian principals of ev...

Feminist Criminal Theory

This paper addresses how criminologists developed a theory of feminist criminal behaviors. This ten page paper has seven sources ...

Edwin Sutherland's Theory of Criminology

Edwin Sutherland in the 1930s broke from tradition when he posited that criminal behavior is not genetically controlled, but is a ...

Operant Conditioning, B.F. Skinner, and Criminal Behavior

pigeons to coin the now infamous term "operant conditioning" to describe the phenomenon of learning occurring in response to an or...

Criminality Theoretical Development

just tell a child hes good, and hes well, hes fine, does not produce anything, nor does it increase the childs self-esteem. Child...

Battered Child and Battered Woman Syndrome Legal Overview

Lenore Walker which outlined the relationship between the defendants (Mrs. Ibn-Tamas) behavior and the characteristics of a "batte...

Criminal Behavior and the Impact of TV

in obscure settings where television was nonexistent. Then, another group with television was compared and contrasted to the origi...

Therapeutic Approaches and Criminal Behavior Theory

to legitimate opportunities for attaining material goals" (Anonymous, 2002), as well as have no other availability to acquire thes...

Criminal Theory and Crime's Psychological Correlates

in the future. While the early years of forensic psychology were characterized more by mistakes in psychological diagnose...

Crime Sociological Theory

objection to the idea. "...It is too risky to allow mentally ill adults in a residential neighborhood close to schools and senior...

Theories of Criminology

it in the conventional fashion; because the desire for material goals has been imbedded into the individuals entire psychological ...

Predicting Adolescent Crime

external controls are social and legal. Socialization is the reason for law-abiding citizens. Hirschi later offered a social bond...

How Do People Perceive Risk

Risk has become a popular research topic in a number of different fields of study, each of which has its own theories. This paper ...

Psychological Studies' Case Study on Mental Representation

timed in regards to their responses, Rosch reported that "response times are strikingly close to ratings of typicality" which mean...

Imprisoned Child Molesters and Theories of Psychology

response to how the person was treated when he was a child? Is their a deep psychological deviancy that sees a child as an appropr...

Voting Behavior and the Impacts of Class and Race

have less, they also fear the law. These less well off factions have been treated unfairly, so even if a black person from a nei...

Addiction Behaviors and Two Psychological Theories

up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...

Consumer Behavior and Analysis; Greetings Cards

that is used to explain many motivations, in different situation is that of Maslows hierarchy of needs. The idea model can be perc...

Views of Human Nature and Their Impact on Social Work

to be just that. If they expect the clients to be worthy people who need help, they will find people that they can help. The human...