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    HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION H-9‚ Islamabad (Pakistan): www.hec.gov.pk 17-6/HEC/HRD/IS-II/12 December 05‚ 2012 Project Director Indigenous PhD fellowship Program Subject: - Provisional offer ‘PhD fellowship for 5000 scholars – Phase II’ Dear Applicant‚ With reference to your application for the above mentioned scholarship‚ Higher Education Commission is pleased to inform that you have been selected provisionally for the award of PhD fellowship for 5000 scholars – Phase II under Category

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    research the connection between genetic factors and criminal behavior. They look at the causes that make someone act in a criminal way. There are several factors looked at in connection to the cause such as social factors and environmental variables. The social factors being the more examined of the two. They hypothesized that other factors in performance or alone with environmental variables would lead to better understanding of why some people become criminal. The genetic factor of influence due to

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    have found that genetics cause criminal behavior‚ and that there is a gene that can be linked to criminals.With the help of new technology and science as a tool to uncover criminal behavior and the criminals‚ the thought of genes being a source of criminal behavior is not far-fetched. We will discuss the thought of the idea that genetics make up for criminal behavior. I will provide you all with examples that can be found through research studies and have evidence linking genetics and crime‚ including

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    Criminal Behavior Teaka De La Cruz COMM 220 February 20th 2009 Criminal Behavior The psychology behind criminal behavior has been the subject for debate dating back to renounced psychologist pioneer Sigmund Freud. Exactly what could cause a human being to act in unspeakable violent‚ antisocial‚ or sadistic behavior? In the past sociologist believed that environment contributes a huge role in predicting criminal behavior. Psychologists in the early 19th century believe genetics were the

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    Criminal Behavior: Genetics or environment? Is it your destiny to become a criminal if your ancestors were? A social debate that continues to spread around the world‚ causing controversy because of the strong comments people make about it is wether criminal behavior is caused by genetics or by the environment a person grows up in‚ this phenomenon is called scientifically the “Nature vs. Nurtrure” debate. Genetics define who you are physically but not personally‚ humans share 99.99% of the

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    Melanie Wilson Psychology and the Law Criminal Behavior The four general approaches to explaining criminal behavior are sociological theories‚ biological theories‚ psychological theories‚ and social-psychological theories. (Greene & Heilbrun‚ 2011) Sociological theory is which maintain that crime results from social or cultural forces that are external to any specific individual; exist prior to any criminal act; and emerge from social class‚ political‚ ecological‚ or physical structures

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    nal behavior. Second‚ the society might have partial view of the mesomorphs that they might automatically be drawn into violent activities by peer groups. These physiological studies regarding the influence of genetics on the formation of criminal behavior show that there is a certainly a genetic influence on the formation of criminal behavior. As this can be seen in Sheldon’s theory. Even though‚ bodily figures can be developed through external exercises‚ the innate body is the major component

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    discussion 1 The systematics of the theory of Sutherland: “Criminal behavior as learned through contact with other with a law-violating orientation” This theory applies to both conventional and white collar crimes. Sutherland formulated a list of nine interrelated proposition on the process and content of learning to be a criminal (Friedrichs: P.235-236). These are the following: 1) Criminal behavior is learned‚ 2) Criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other persons in a process of

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    argument that there is a genetic influence on numerous human behaviors‚ such as homosexuality‚ intelligence and personality. One indication that behavior has a genetic basis is that behavior is often species specific. Examples include the warning behavior of prairie dogs or the mouth to mouth sharing of blood amongst vampire bats. The closer our genetic resemblance is to a certain species‚ the more behaviors we have in common. Since long it has also been known that behavior can be bred true‚ which

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    this all the time. If you act like a respectable young adult‚ you will be treated like one. I guess you could say that same thing about criminals. If they act like a criminal‚ and by that I mean commiting crime‚ then they are criminals. I refer to my friend “Joe” a lot in this paper because he did not and still does not carry himself like a criminal. Even though he is prison now for commitng crimes‚ you would never know just by looking at him that he is a felon. Labeling someone is

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