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Forensic Psychology

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Offender profiling: The top-down approach
Define the top down approach,
Define organised type of offender,
Define disorganised type of offender
12  cards
Offender profiling: The bottom-up approach
What is the bottom up approach,
Define geographical offender,
Explain investigative psychology
12  cards
Biological explanations of offending behaviour: A historical approach
Define actavistic form,
Explain the general approach intr...,
What was cesare lombroso s view o...
8  cards
Biological explanations of offending behaviour: Genetic and neural
Define epigenetics,
Define genetic explanations,
What are the twin studies for gen...
12  cards
Psychological explanations of offender profiling: Eysenck's theory
What did eysenck s theory suggest,
What are the 3 personality traits...,
Define extraversion
14  cards
Psychological explanations of offender profiling: Cognitive
What is meant by cognitive distor...,
What are the two main examples of...,
Define hostile attribution bias
14  cards
Psychological explanations of offender profiling: Differential association
Define differential association t...,
Who developed the differential as...,
What does differential associatio...
10  cards
Psychological explanations of offender profiling: Psychodynamic
What is the psychodynamic explana...,
What is meant by affectionless ps...,
What did bowlby propose about pro...
15  cards
Dealing with offending behaviour: Custodial sentencing and recidivism
What is a custodial sentence,
What is meant by recidivism,
What are the 5 aims of custodial ...
14  cards
Dealing with offending behaviour: Behavioural modification in custody
What is behaviour modification,
How is token economy used in offe...,
How do the prisons acquire the ta...
9  cards
Dealing with offender profiling: Anger management
What is anger management,
What is the aim of anger management,
What did novaco identify as the 3...
14  cards
Dealing with offender profiling: Restorative justice programmes
What is restorative justice,
How does restorative justice help...,
What can rj involve
11  cards

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