Description
Draw on theories and empirical evidence to critically discuss the relationship between psychopathy and criminal behaviour.
-describe the relationship. (psychopaths engage in more violence and more likely to offend. draw on evidence)
– use evidence/theories and empirical evidence to discuss the relationship between psychopathy and criminal behaviour.
-introduction; give an overall base of what the essay will consist of (a map of the essay)
-describe the relationship
– find the emprical evidence of why that relationship exist?
-neurological mechanisms?
fMRI emotional facial expression Blaire (2013)
neuroimaging research; Contreras-Rodriguez (2014)
-empathy? Lamm, Decety & Singer 2011. is empathy associated with certain parts of the brain? is this part different in normal offenders and psychopaths?
– cognitive deficits? Decety, Skelly and Kiehl (2013) compared prisoners level of psychopathy.
Empathic processing in children Lockwood (2013)
Puzzo et al (2017) Abnormal child psychology
-attachment styles?