CRITICALLY CONSIDER TWO PSYSHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CRIME

CRITICALLY CONSIDER TWO PSYSHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CRIME What is crime? Crime is an act of immoral and harmful behaviour. As crime is prohibited by the criminal law it is seen as an act against society. People who study crime are called criminologists. Criminology has many theories, which are based on biology, sociology and psychology. As we are looking at the psychology side of criminology, this again has many different theories to explain the way criminals …

…in these theories, but however not all criminals will fit in to the theories. No matter if the person is from that of the biological or learning theories the majority of people will be able to link the problems to that of the environment, peer pressure or that of their place and standing in society. References Hawowers, J (1998) Applying Psychology to crime London Hodder & Stoughton Bibliography Hawowers, J (1998) Applying Psychology to crime London Hodder & Stoughton