Criminal homework help
Criminal Justice
Chapter 2 (Theories of Criminality and Crime)
Points Possible: 20
Deliverable Length: 3-4 pages
Due: Saturday, September 3 by 11:55 pm
Answer any two questions (10 points each):
1. Compare and contrast biological and psychological theories of crime/criminals. In particular, distinguish between the earlier biological focus on body type/phrenology and the later psychological emphasis on personality and crime. Compare and contrast the biological and psychological explanations for why people commit crimes. In particular, you should be able to tell the difference between the biological focus on body type and phrenology in the past and the psychological focus on personality and crime in the present.
2. Outline Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality, including it’s the three major components, and the types of crime that the theory may best describe or predict.
3. Assignment Help – Summarize Edwin Sutherland’s differential association theory. How does it differ from biological/psychological explanations of crime?