Criminal Psychology Revision (OCR 9-1)

Identify the type of crime...

Sophia has stolen someone's identity to use their credit cards.

• Sexual offence

• Drug-related offence

• Acquisitive offence

• Violent offence

• Anti-social offence

Identify the type of crime...

Tegan has used a permanent marker to draw all over the displays in the dining hall.

• Sexual offence

• Drug-related offence

• Acquisitive offence

• Violent offence

• Anti-social offence

Identify the type of crime...

Matty was found selling an ounce of cannabis resin to a classmate.

• Sexual offence

• Drug-related offence

• Acquisitive offence

• Violent offence

• Anti-social offence

Identify the type of crime...

John was caught using his phone to take pictures up skirts.

• Sexual offence

• Drug-related offence

• Acquisitive offence

• Violent offence

• Anti-social offence

Identify the ways that we can measure crime.

• With a ruler

• Official statistics

• Self-report

• With CCTV cameras

Why is crime considered to be a 'social construct'?

• Because people decide if a behaviour is acceptable or not.

• Because different cultures view different behaviours as acceptable to society.

• Because social media decides if a behaviour is acceptable or not.

• Because people plan and carry out crimes.

Identify valid criticisms of using official statistics as a way of measuring crime.

• Not all victims of crimes report them to the police.

• Statistics can be manipulated to make things sound better than they are.

• People can lie when responding to surveys.

Social Learning Theory argues that we learn behaviours from those around us.

Identify the key features of this theory.

• Role models, imitation, collaboration, reinforcement, internalisation.

• Models, imitation, observation, copying, reinforcement, internalisation.

• Models, seeing, copying, rewards, personality.

• Role models, identification, observation, imitation, reinforcement, internalisation.

Describe what is meant by 'vicarious reinforcement'.

• When a behaviour is strengthened by an individual seeing the same behaviour being rewarded in another.

• When a behaviour is strengthened as the individual is rewarded for acting that way.

• When an individual pays attention to the behaviours of a role model.

• When a behaviour becomes an integral part of an individual's personality.

Social Learning Theory is often criticised for focusing on nature.

• True

• False