Definitions and links to
Psychology.
Norms
Rules
Laws
Deviance
Crime
Delinquency
Sanctions
Unwritten rules and expectations of society
Written expectations in places, with or without
sanctions. (ie school/work/transport etc)
Formal rules of a country/society, enacted by
officials
Behaviour that is not the same as the society’s
norms and values.
Breaking the laws that have been set by
society.
Behaviour of young people that society does
not like, may or may not involve breaking the
law.
Punishment for breaking laws, both formal (prison
etc) and informal (‘tut’)
 Lombroso
Physical appearance
 Genetic
Genes define our behaviour
theories
 Eysenck
(1947)
The Introvert and the Extrovert.
Introverts are shy and quiet while Extroverts are confident and out going.
Eysenck believed that extroverts were more likely to commit crime
because they would get into situations which may lead to trouble. (ie they
are harder to socialise and control)
 Mental
Illness
The criminal is mentally ‘sick’ with problems such as Schizophrenia,
ADD, Kleptomania, Pyromania etc
 What
does ‘Biological explanation of crime’
mean?
 What does ‘Psychological explanation of
crime’ mean?
 Kleptomania is the name given to an
uncontrollable urge to steal. How would this
explain some theft (stealing)?
 At the time many people believed that
Lombroso’s theory argued the best way to
deal with criminals was to transport (send)
them to Australia, Why do you think this is?