Psychological Disorder and Crime

Psychological Theories of Crime and Delinquency

Several psychological theories have been used to understand crime and delinquency. This literature review categorizes these perspectives into five areas, provides a brief overview of each, and analyzes and synthesizes the relevant, elements within each area. The major perspectives reviewed are learning theories, intelligence theories, personality theories, theories of psychopathy, and cognitive...

Psychological Theories of Crime and Hacking

Today's society is in the midst of a technological revolution. With advances in computers and telecommunications most businesses and many individuals have become dependent on computers and networks to carry out everyday activities as of 1996 13 million hosts systems were accessing the Internet, and that by the year 2000, the number will have risen to over 200 million. The rush to embrace the ne...

Urban Disorder , Crime , and Neighborhood Collective Efficacy

Social Status and Psychological Disorder

HATE CRIME VICTIMIZATION IN WALES Psychological and Physical Impacts Across Seven Hate Crime Victim Types

This paper presents findings from the All Wales Hate Crime Project. Most hate crime research has focused on discrete victim types in isolation. For the first time, internationally, this paper examines the psychological and physical impacts of hate crime across seven victim types drawing on quantitative and qualitative data. It contributes to the hate crime debate in two significant ways: (1) it...