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Criminal personality |
A collection of traits that make a person different from 'normal' law-abiding people |
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Heritability |
The proportion of a behaviour that is due to genetic factors |
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Brain dysfunction |
The idea that a brain is not operating as normal brains do |
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Facial featured |
Features which make up the face, such as forehead, eyes, nose, mouth and chin |
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Examples of facial festured |
Asymmetrical faces. Low and sloping foreheads. Glinting or glassy eyes. High cheekbones. Large, protruding, handle shaped ears. Crooked, flat or upturned noses Fleshy lips Strong jaws Prominent chins Lots of hair |
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Vicarious reinforcement |
When someone's behaviour is reinforced (strengthened) because they observe how another person is rewarded for the same behaviour. |
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Criticisms of the biological theory |
Critics argue that there cannot be one criminal gene that accounts for all criminal behaviour. Brain dysfunction is only evident in some criminals, do it does not reliably predict whether someone is going to be a criminal or not. The idea that criminals have a different set of features from other people is not well supported by evidence. Even when criminals appear to look different, it can be explained by other factors besides genetics. The biological theory clearly ignored the influence of the social environment on behaviour. |
