1. Criminal Psychology Unit
AP Psychology 12

2. Psychological Game
A girl attended her mother’s funeral. On that day she incidentally noticed a boy whom she did not know.Soon she fell in love with him on first sight because he was just her style…
And few days later, the girl unexpectedly killed her sister!
After the police asked her why she did so, she gave them an astonishing answer…
Now, please think why she killed her sister and what is her motivation ?

3. What is “criminal psychology”?
To study the psychological motivation for the crime
Study of the criminal
Character
Motivation
Environment

4. The Criminal The spiritual equipment of man/woman
a. The natural urges or instinct
b. Temperament
c. Feeling or emotion
d. The will
e. The mind or intellect
f. Character

5. Reasons for Criminal Behaviour
Mental deficiency
Psychosis
Psychoneurosis
Psychopathic personality
Sexual deviation
Alcoholism
Drug addiction

6. Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior
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7. Forensic Psychology
The application of the science and profession of psychology to questions and issues relating to law and the legal system
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8. Forensic Psychology Also known as criminal psychology
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9. Forensic Psychiatry
A medical subspecialty that applies psychiatry to the needs of...
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10. Forensic Psychiatry
…crime prevention and solution, criminal rehabilitation, and
issues of the
criminal law
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11. Psychological Theories
The individual is the primary unit of analysis
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12. Psychological Theories
Personality is the major motivational element within individuals It is the seat of drives and the source of motives
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13. Psychological Theories
Crimes result from abnormal, dysfunctional, or inappropriate mental processes within
the personality
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14. Psychological Theories
Criminal behavior may be purposeful for the individual insofar as
it addresses
certain felt needs
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15. Psychological Theories
Normality is
defined by
social consensus
Defective mental
processes may
have a variety of
causes
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16. Early Psychological Theories
Behavioral
conditioning
Personality
disturbances and
diseases of the mind
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17. The Psychopath (Sociopath)
Does not feel empathy
with others
Is unable to imagine
how others think and feel
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18. The Psychopath (Sociopath)
Is able to inflict pain and engage in cruelty without empathy for the victim
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19. Antisocial Personality
Is basically unsocialized
Exhibits behavior
that brings him or
her into conflict with society
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20. Antisocial Personality
Is incapable of significant loyalty to individuals, groups, or social values
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21. Personality Types • Psychotics • Extroverts • Neurotics • Introverts
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22. Psychoanalysis
Criminal behavior is maladaptive, or the product of inadequacies inherent in the offender’s personality
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23. Psychoanalysis The Id The Ego The Superego
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24. The Psychotic Offender
Is out of touch
with reality
in some
fundamental
way
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25. Crime as Adaptive Behavior
Crime is a compromise, representing for the individual the most satisfactory method of adjustment…
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26. Crime as Adaptive Behavior
…to inner conflicts which he or she cannot express otherwise
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27. Modeling Theory People learn how to act by observing others
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28. Behavior Theory
Behavior is determined by environmental consequences which it produces for the individual concerned
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29. Behavior Theory
Major determinants of behavior are found in the environment surrounding the individual
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30. Attachment Theory Delinquent behavior arises whenever
non- secure attachments are created
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31. Self-Control Theory Low self-control
is the premier individual-level cause of crime
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32. Insanity and the Law
For purposes of the criminal law, insanity is strictly a legal,
not a clinical, determination
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33. Insanity and the Law M’Naughten Rule © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc.
McNaughten Rules - - "did the defendant know what he was doing, or, if so, that it was wrong?",
McNaughten Rules - "did the defendant know what he was doing, or, if so, that it was wrong?“
Irresistible Impulse Test - In criminal law, irresistible impulse is a defense by excuse, in this case some sort of insanity, in which the defendant argues that they should not be held criminally liable for their actions that broke the law, because they could not control those actions.
In 1994, Lorena Bobbitt was found not guilty when her defense argued that an irresistible impulse led her to cut off her husband's penis.
The defence of mental disorder is codified in section 16 of the Criminal Code of Canada which states, in part:
16. (1) No person is criminally responsible for an act committed or an omission made while suffering from a mental disorder that rendered the person incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the act or omission or of knowing that it was wrong.
To establish a claim of mental disorder the party raising the issue must show on a balance of probabilities first that the person who committed the act was suffering from a "disease of the mind", and second, that at the time of the offence they were either 1) unable to appreciate the "nature and quality" of the act, or 2) did not know it was "wrong".
The meaning of the word "wrong" was determined in the Supreme Court case of R. v. Chaulk [1990] 3 S.C.R. which held that "wrong" was NOT restricted to "legally wrong" but to "morally wrong" as well.
This defence was very little used until 1992, as before that date a finding of insanity meant that the accused could be confined indefinitely to a mental institution. The punishment for being found insane was thus often considerably greater than being found guilty. Allegations of insanity were thus often brought by the crown, rather than the defence. In 1992 this system was changed as courts ruled that indefinite institutionalization without a system of regular review was wrong. A system of regular review and assessment was introduced in The law now provides that all forensic psychiatric patients will have their case reviewed by a Review Board at least every 12 months (or in some cases up to 24 months). So long as the accused remains a significant threat to public safety (section of the Criminal Code), he or she will remain either in custody or under forensic supervision in the community.
In the original 1992 mental disorder amendments, Parliament added a provision to cap the time confined to an institution or under forensic supervision at the equivalent of the maximum sentence allowable if the accused had been found guilty. These capping provisions, however, have never been proclaimed into law. The provinces have resisted capping, likely because the provincial civil mental health structures are not equipped to provide the same level of monitoring and supervision that are available in the forensic psychiatric system.
Either the Crown or the defence may raise the issue of "not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder", but unless the defence puts mental capacity in issue, the Crown can only raise the issue of insanity after the trier of fact (judge or jury) has made a finding of guilt. Since these changes the number of mental disorder pleas has greatly increased.
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34. Insanity and the Law Guilty but mentally ill (GBMI)
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35. Because the girl just wanted to see the man she loved again !!! @_@
Answer!
Because the girl just wanted to see the man she loved again !!!