Describe Baumrind's Four Parenting Styles.
1. What is the UCR and why is it important when analyzing criminal behavior? The UCR is the Unified Crime Reporting, which is maintained by the FBI. It is used to get information about crimes from law enforcement departments. This is important to analyze criminal behavior so agencies can see what criminals are doing and where so they can learn from it and be prepared to combat the crimes and reduce them (Bartol & Bartol, 2014).
2. Describe Baumrind’s four different parenting styles. Which is preferred and why? The four parenting styles are authoritarian, permissive, authoritative, and neglecting. Authoritarian is applied by using control with rules that are to be followed exactly. The child is trained to do as they are told without …show more content…
What is Eysenck’s theory of personality and crime? Eysenck’s theory of personality and crime is based on the premises that there are three different personalities for criminals and psychopaths that is based on genetics. They are extraversion-introversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. The theory is that some people need to have more of an adrenaline rush, or excitement, than others. This theory is not considered to give a complete picture of someone who is a psychopath or criminal. It does not take into account other factors, including the person’s surroundings, characteristics, or behavior (Goldsmith, 1981).
4. Explain the major environmental factors that impact the development of aggressive …show more content…
What is the difference between incompetence to stand trial and insanity? Someone who is incompetent to stand trial lacks the ability to understand the legal process, the charges against them, and cannot help their attorney in their defense. This is determined before a trial will take place, usually by the judge. If they are not competent, there is not a trial. Insanity is when the person who committed the crime was insane at the time the crime was committed. This is usually decided by a jury and does result in a trial (schmalleger & Hall, 2014).
9. What is the importance of risk assessments and how effective are they? Risk assessments are important to help decide if someone is a danger to themselves of others. The hope is that this could help reduce the occurrence of violent crimes. Unfortunately, people have slipped through an assessment and committed violent crimes. If applied correctly in an institutional setting, they may help identify someone who could potentially commit a crime. They are not perfect or a catch all, but they are being improved upon so they can be helpful (Bartol & Bartol,
2. Describe Baumrind’s four different parenting styles. Which is preferred and why? The four parenting styles are authoritarian, permissive, authoritative, and neglecting. Authoritarian is applied by using control with rules that are to be followed exactly. The child is trained to do as they are told without …show more content…
What is Eysenck’s theory of personality and crime? Eysenck’s theory of personality and crime is based on the premises that there are three different personalities for criminals and psychopaths that is based on genetics. They are extraversion-introversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. The theory is that some people need to have more of an adrenaline rush, or excitement, than others. This theory is not considered to give a complete picture of someone who is a psychopath or criminal. It does not take into account other factors, including the person’s surroundings, characteristics, or behavior (Goldsmith, 1981).
4. Explain the major environmental factors that impact the development of aggressive …show more content…
What is the difference between incompetence to stand trial and insanity? Someone who is incompetent to stand trial lacks the ability to understand the legal process, the charges against them, and cannot help their attorney in their defense. This is determined before a trial will take place, usually by the judge. If they are not competent, there is not a trial. Insanity is when the person who committed the crime was insane at the time the crime was committed. This is usually decided by a jury and does result in a trial (schmalleger & Hall, 2014).
9. What is the importance of risk assessments and how effective are they? Risk assessments are important to help decide if someone is a danger to themselves of others. The hope is that this could help reduce the occurrence of violent crimes. Unfortunately, people have slipped through an assessment and committed violent crimes. If applied correctly in an institutional setting, they may help identify someone who could potentially commit a crime. They are not perfect or a catch all, but they are being improved upon so they can be helpful (Bartol & Bartol,