Questions tagged [criminology]
For questions about the scientific study of the nature, extent, management, causes, control, consequences, and prevention of criminal behavior, both on the individual and social levels. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioral and social sciences, drawing especially upon the research of sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, social anthropologists, as well as scholars of law.
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How can we determine the authenticity of an online psychologist's credentials?
I have come across an online psychologist who claims to be licensed and a member of the USA Psychology community. I would like to verify the authenticity of their credentials and ensure that they are ...
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are there any critiques of the concept of "minimisation" in offender treatment?
Minimisation is when an offender believes their punishment is or was disproportionate. this is often said to be a counterproductive mentality because it lessens the responsibility from offenders. is ...
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How retribution that is too harsh affects society?
When a criminal law is created it is usually designed so it balances retribution among other factors to be effective.
From what I can imagine, too lenient retribution long term may contribute to the ...
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Would this situation/mindset fall under the Just World Hypothesis? [duplicate]
Consider this situation:
A boy gets injured due to a bully. Instead of blaming the bully, people say it's the boy's fault because he should've stood up for himself.
A similar situation can be made ...
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Why are mass shooters in America so much more likely to be male than female?
Is there any scientific research on why this is so? I got this statistic from an article titled "Why Are Almost All Mass Shooters Men?" on The Violence Project.
However, their reasoning for ...
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Term for someone that makes themselves sad to pass it onto others?
Is there a term for somebody that will purposely make themselves feel sad, and perhaps other negative feelings, with the intention of making another person feel them too?
This would be a way of ...
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How to talk down a suicidal person when time is of the essence
From what I gather, the standard tactic for talking down someone who wants to kill themselves is to play for time (until help arrives, until the person changes their mind, etc.).
But what about ...
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Has criminal-related research been conducted regarding critical childhood experiences/adverse turning points for individuals who commit murder?
I've conducted some basic research regarding criminology and the work of criminal psychologists. From what I've concluded, the focus of these studies are primarily related to determining why specific ...
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Does CBT help with non-sexual crime recidivism rates?
In the same vain as a previous question I asked, (Are Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) effective?) I am wondering if CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) based therapies and interventions have ...
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Is the Stanford Prison Experiment considered valuable by modern psychologists?
The Stanford Prison Experiment (see also the Wikipedia article) is taught to many psychology students because of its infamy and the media coverage around it at the time of the experiment. There have ...
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Do people who serially commit heinous crimes (murder, rape, etc...) know that what they are doing is wrong?
Do serial killers and other heinous-crime-comitters know that they are committing horrible acts that are wrong, but just do so anyway because it fulfills them somehow? Or do they view their actions as ...
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Lunar cycles linked with mental health issues?
From what I can find...
Anecdotally, my mother used to work in nursing homes for the elderly and found that around the full moon, patients slept less and were more agitated.
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littering more often in dirty places?
I'm now doing some city management related research and wondering about the idea of high crime areas. Well, the above phrase is a bit extreme. Say, littering, will this kind of behavior occur more ...
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Why do people tend to put stigma on victims of offences against the person such as rape or bullying?
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Blame against victims, regarding offences against the person, such as rape or bullying, seems to be a generally consistent social phenomenon, regardless of cultural or historical context....
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How useful are the psychological profiles of serial killers?
Recently I've watched Netflix's "Mindhunters" show where the agents do "criminal-personality profiling" on serial killers to try and predict what they are going to do next. I'm ...
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Could a serial killer continue undiscovered by friends, family, work colleagues? [closed]
Or would they invariably show signs that psychologically they weren't right? I'm watching The Fall, where a serial killer is in the middle of his spree, but without his wife or work colleagues ...
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What is the effect of movies and TV series on criminals?
In whole genres of movies and TV series, criminals and criminal organizations have a central role, either in the role of villains or anti-heroes. And I think it is safe to assume that, given the broad ...
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Objectively defining the image parameters for facial detection, recognition, and identification in digital imagery
Axis communications have given guidelines on minimum operational requirements of a camera to allow a human observer to identify, recognise, and detect human subjects (https://www.axis.com/en-ca/...
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What are the necessary preconditions for the emergence of a conscience?
I am aware of 2 brain anomalies that seem to be associated with the non-emergence of a conscience.
One is associated with psychopathy. The other is associated with narcissism.
psychopathy:
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Are there advantages of psychopathic traits?
After watching a fairly engaging 2016 TEDx talk titled "Psychopaths and three reasons why we need them" I was hoping to read more systematic/traditional research output from its author, Armon Tamatea. ...
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What does it mean to "control for differences in factors" when looking at gun ownership and homicide rates?
What does it mean "with control for differences in factors" in the sentence :
"Several studies used cross-sectional analyses to detect a positive relationship between the prevalence of gun ownership ...
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Are Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) effective?
Background to my question on SOTPs
NOMS is the UKs National Offender Management Service, which is now called Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
If you look at the UKs official website on ...
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