Forensic psychology

• Defining and measuring crime - overall points 


  defining crime, problems in defining crime, ways of measuring crime, the politics of measuring crime, the multidisciplinary approach
• The Bottom-Up approach - overall points

  What, SSA, geographical profiling, investigative psychology, Canter’s Circle Theory, evaluation
• The Top-Down approach - overall points 


  What, 7-stage process, constructing an FBI profile, type of offender, evaluation
• Psychodynamic explanations to criminality - overall points

  The inadequate superego, maternal deprivation theory, affectionless psychopathy, evaluation
• cognitive explanations to criminality - overall points

  levels of moral reasoning, Heinz Dilemma, Heinz study, pyramid, cognitive distortions, evaluation
• differential association theory - overall points 


  what, crime as a learned behaviour, pro-criminal attitudes, mathematical prediction, reoffending due to socialisation, evaluation
• Eysenck‘s theory - overall points 


  general personality theory, measuring the criminal personality, biological basis, the criminal personality, the role of socialisation, evaluation
• restorative justice - overall points 


  what, historical context, the process and variations, restorative justice council, evaluation
• behavioural modification - overall points 


  behaviourist principles, token economy systems, changing behaviour, research example, evaluation
• anger management - overall points

  cognitive behaviour treatment, stages, research example, evaluation
• custodial sentencing - overall points

  the aims, psychological effects of custodial sentencing, problems of recidivism, evaluation