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| Question | Answer |
| Yochelson Aim? | To examine the criminal thinking patterns which are common in offenders |
| Yochelson Sample? | 255 male offenders, Residents in USA psychiatric hospital, some participants had pleaded guilty for reasons of insanity, 30 completed the programme, 9 changed as a result |
| Yochelson Method? | Interviews, part of a treatment programme, attempted to find the root cause of their criminality (freudian), interviews were standardised |
| Yochelson Results? | Criminals are - restless, irritable, want life of excitement, lack empathy, have distinct and mistaken thinking patterns, have free will |
| Yochelson Conclusion? | 52 distinguishable thinking patterns (errors) in criminal personality, not unique to criminals - no control group |
| Kohlberg Aim? | To find evidence in support of a progression through stages of moral development |
| Kohlberg Sample? | 58 boys, Chicago, Age 7,10,13 and 16 |
| Kohlberg Method? | Longitudinal, 2 hour interview - 10 dilemmas to solve (e.g. Heinz dilemma), some boys followed up at 3 yearly intervals up to age 30-36, also studied children in UK, Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey, USA and Yucatan |
| Kohlberg Results? | Younger boys = Stages 1 and 2 Older boys = Stages 3 and 4 Patterns consistent in other cultures, no support for Stage 6 |
| Kohlberg Conclusion? | Support for the stage theory Different criminals have different levels of morality Thornton and Reid, 1982 - Suggested that criminals committing crime for financial gain show more immature reasoning than those committing violent crimes |
| Gudjonsson and Bownes Aim? | To examine the relationship between the type of offence and the attributions of blame they made |
| Gudjonsson and Bownes Sample? | 80 criminals, all served sentences in Northern Ireland Group 1 = 20 violent offenders Group 2 = 40 sex offenders Group 3 = 20 property offenders |
| Gudjonsson and Bownes Method? | Questionnaire, 42 item Blame Attribution Inventory, external, mental element and guilt |
| Gudjonsson and Bownes Results? | Sex offenders = more guilt Violent offenders = more external Irish lower mental element and guilt and higher external than English |
| Gudjonsson and Bownes Conclusion? | Supports situational explanation - NI violence because of troubled times BUT sex offenders internal blame = individual explanation |
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