FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

1. Problems in defining crime

2. Measuring Crime

   • Official Statistics
     • Farrington and Dowds (1985)
   • Victim Surveys
   • Self-report measures
   • Evaluation

3. Offender Profiling

   • The Typology Approach
     • Canter et al. (2004)
     • Evaluation
   • The Geographical Approach
     • Evaluation
     • Canter (1986)
     • Lundrigan and Canter (2001)
   • Evaluation

4. Theories of Offending

   • Early biological approaches
     • Lombroso's atavistic form
     • Sheldon's somatotype theory
       • Sheldon (1949)
     • Evaluation
   • Biological explanations
     • Genetics
       • Grove et al. (1990)
       • Mednick et al. (1984)
     • Chromosomes
     • Neurophysiology
       • Raine et al. (2000)
     • Evaluation
   • Eyesenck's theory of the criminal personality
     • McGurk and McDougall (1981)
     • Evaluation
   • Psychodynamic explanations
     • Superego
     • Maternal deprivation
     • Defence Mechanisms
     • Evaluation
   • Social Learning Theory explanations
     • Farrington (2006)
     • Evaluation

5. The role and effectiveness of custodial sentencing

   • Evaluation
   • Zimbardo et al. (1973)

6. Alternatives to custodial sentencing

   • Electronic tagging
     • Cassidy et al.
     • Evaluation
   • Restorative justice
     • Evaluation
     • Sherman and Strang (2007)

7. Treatment Programmes

   • Behaviour Modification
     • Cullen and Seddon (1981)
     • Evaluation
   • Treatment Programmes
     • Ireland (2000)
     • Evaluation