Assignment:
This reading provides overview of the research on biological and psychological perspectives, as well as discusses strain and culture deviance theories. After reviewing the reading for week 2, as well as the week 2 discussion articles in the lesson for this week, discuss/debate with your classmates your position pertaining to biological and psychological perspectives of explaining crime. Also, examine at least one theory from the assigned reading that explain crime and articulate why you either strongly agree or disagree with it.
Readings:
1. A study of psychological (Personality) correlates of criminal behaviour
By Dinesh Singh and Asha Rani
2. Psychological Neuropsychological And Psychological Correlates Of Serious Antisocial Behavior In Adolescence: The Role Of Self -Control
By Elizabeth Cauffman
3. Earnest A. Hooton And The Biological Tradition In American Criminology
By Nicole Rafter