Forensic psychology Criminal Mind Presenter: Valeri Belianine

Content Biological explanations Childhood problems Parenting problems Mental disorder (deviant behaviour, antisocial personality disorder) Recidivism Signature behaviour Malingering

Pictures taken from Lombroso’s 1871 Atlas of Criminal Types

Eysenks’ theory Relation of impulsivity and sociability to neuroticism and extraversion. A and B represent primary and secondary psychopaths

Eysenks’ theory

The Biological Basis of Personality Delinquents are underaroused and sensation seekers [Farley 1986] There are eight behaviour patterns that are associated with "criminality and/or psychopathy". 1.resistance to punishment 2.impulsiveness 3.childhood hyperactivity 4.risk-taking 5.recreational drug use 6.active social inter-actions 7.broad-ranging sexual experiences 8.poor academic performance [Ellis 1987]

Childhood Conduct Disorder Animal cruelty Deliberate fire setting Lies often Cruelty to other people Destroys other people’s property. Runs away from home overnight more than once Stolen more than once Absent without permission from school frequently

Parenting as a factor  Large family size  Low family income  Criminal parent or siblings  Disinterest and inconsistent discipline. [Farrington, 1995]

Problematic parenting  Inconsistent enforcement of rules by the mother  Use of guilt to control child’s behavior  Arguments between the parents in front of the child  Problem with controlling anger. [Johnson, 2004]

Deviant and antisocial behavior  Inconsistent, harsh or abusive parenting  Parental rejection  Coldness, inadequate supervision of the child by its parents  Little parental involvement or lack of affection in the family. [Arce, 2004]

Antisocial personality disorder  Drives recklessly or when drunk  Employment history unstable  Impulsive  Lies repeatedly  Lacks remorse  Neglects children  Steals  Physical arguments

Antisocial behavior: property crimes theft corruption (?) arson and pyromania shoplifting and kleptomania burglary drugs sex assault murder

Recidivism The tendency or rate at which a convicted criminal is convicted of a new offense or a disease or mental disorder recurs. [The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology, 2009]

Criminal mind - 2 Mental disorder Psychopathy and beyond DSM and ICD Addiction and substance abuse

Is the disgraced financier Bernard Madoff a psychopa th?

Or is the Hannibal Lector character portrayed by Anthony Hopkins a more accurate example?

Criminal mind - 3 Criminal networks Varieties of criminality Criminal narratives Signature behaviour

Signature behaviour's are acts committed by an offender that are not necessary to complete the offence.

Malingering Intentionally pretending to have an illness or disability or exaggerating psychological or physical symptoms in order to gain rewards such as sympathy, attention, monetary compensation, or light work duties or to avoid something the person deems undesirable such as  military service  criminal prosecution  social responsibility.

Malingering The DSM-IV-TR suggests that malingering should be strongly suspected with any combination of the following: Medicolegal context of presentation (as in disability evaluations), marked discrepancies between claims and objective findings, lack of cooperation with evaluations or treatment, or presence of antisocial personality disorder.

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