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APPLYING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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- 1APPLYING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMSocial Psychology deals with how people act or behave according to their social interactions and on the other hand, the criminal justice system is the branch of the law that deals with controlling criminal activities in society through imposing penalties on the offenders of the specific laws.
- 2INTRODUCTION: CRIMINALA person who commits a crime is called a CRIMINAL. Crime is an action
or omission which constitutes an
offense and is punishable by law. - 3INTRODUCTION: CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal justice plays a critical role in every society. It identifies the particular offenders, arrest them prosecute them and adjudge them either guilty or innocent for conviction.
- 4INTRODUCTION: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVEThe interaction between the person and the environment. This notion derives from Kurt Lewin’s famous theorem, B = f(P, E), behavior (B), the person (P) & environment (E). With regard to criminal behavior, an individual may be compelled to offend only in the presence of an environmental stimulus that acts as a sort of “trigger.”
- 5SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF A CRIME: BYSTANDER EFFECTA bystander is a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part. A phenomenon which states that people are less likely to help in an emergency when other bystanders are present.
- 6SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF A CRIME: DIFFUSION OF RESPONSIBILITYA phenomenon where there is a diminished sense of responsibility a person feels when he/she believes that others would, or should, intervene. It is more likely to occur when a bystander can remain anonymous.
- 7SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF A CRIME: DEINDIVIDUATIONA phenomenon where people under the cover of anonymity in which their identities are concealed may deliberately choose to engage in behavior about which they might otherwise be inhibited, including aggression. Basically, it means a diminished sense of self-awareness.
- 8SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF A CRIME: SOCIAL FACILITATIONA notion that informs us that a person’s performance on a well-learned task will be enhanced by the heightened arousal caused by the presence of others.
- 9SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF A CRIME: FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESISThe idea that frustration (that is, anything that blocks a person from attaining a goal) may serve as a trigger for aggressive behavior in the presence of a new set of potential victims.
- 10SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF A CRIME: PROXIMAL & DISTAL VARIABLESProximal variables of criminal behaviour are those that occur close in time to the event. Distal variables of criminal behaviour, on the other hand, are those that occur in the distant past relative to the event.
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- Social Psychology refers to the branch of psychology that deals with analyzing the human behaviors based on the interactions with others in society as well as the social contexts of the conduct. Simply, it deals with how people act or behave according to their social interactions. On the other hand, the criminal justice system is the branch of the law that deals with controlling criminal activities in society through imposing penalties on the offenders of the specific laws.
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