Anti-social personality disorder is an affliction that many people will argue is caused by either nature or nurture, but in my opinion it is nature that causes people to develop this disorder. Anti-social personality disorder is defined as "a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong-doing even towards friends and family members. ... (Psychology sixth edition, G-1) Anti-social personality disorder can be traced to the genes of the people who suffer from this affliction. ... Because psychopaths have a lack for not caring, being hooked up ...

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According to Eysenck" s basic theory of personality, an individual's personality can be quantified in three basic traits; levels of extroversion (E), neuroticism (N) and psychoticism (P). ... This may show that the questionnaire cannot identify specific personality traits effectively. ... Passingham (1972) noticed differences between the control and test groups used such as socio-economic class and ethnic background. These variables may have affected the outcome of the personality tests. Bartol et al (1979) tested 398 inmates, most of African-American and Hispanic origins using the EPQ (E...

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However, experts have offered theories involving causal factors range from personality problems to family, social, and economic considerations (Reed). ... The two most prominent are personality and intelligence (Siegel & Senna, 1991, p.106). Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1974, p. 2) identified a number of personality characteristics that characterize delinquents:  Self-assertiveness  Defiance  Extroversion  Suspicion  Defiance  Poor pe...

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Researchers agree on the point that genes influence personality traits and disorders. ... Another theory is the Eysenck's Theory of Personality and Crimes, which suggests that "criminal behavior is the result of an interaction between certain environmental conditions and features of the nervous system" (Bartol & Bartol, 2005). ... Eysenck was not suggesting that criminals are born, but that the combination of environment, neurobiological, and personality factors give rise to different types of criminals. ... He also suggests that, for some children, reality testing and informati...

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Sam Vaknin "runs a website about narcissistic personality disorder" and says criminals use the insanity claim all the time (Vaknin). ... "DNA testing and other conclusive forms of evidence" are used ensure that the person who committed the crime is caught ("Christian Doctrine"). ...

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Assignment Critically evaluate the usefulness of contemporary criminological theory for an understanding of crimes of violence. Response This paper will look at some crimes of violence, and it will evaluate how contemporary criminological theory is useful or how in some cases it is not useful towards crimes of violence. Some theories will be discussed, such as positivist and biological theory, also different types of violence will be evaluated such as structural, institutional and interpersonal violence, and how contemporary criminology deals with them. The paper will then end with a conclu...

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Secondly, the positive school relies strictly on the use of empirical methods to test hypothesis. ... Many psychologist measured deviance as an unlucky expression of the personality and underlined the index. ...

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"For example, the HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement) program, started by a former federal prosecutor in Hawaii, conducts frequent drug tests backed-up by swift and certain sanctions for violations, usually a few days in jail" (ROC). ...

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For the second part of the test, they were taken into another room where the same toys that were in the violent video were placed on a table, and this led to 88% of children showing signs of aggressive behaviour (Bandura, 1977). ...

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