7. Psychological Theories of Crime

7.10 Discussion Questions

Dr. Jennifer Mervyn and Stacy Ashton, M.A.

  1. How does toxic stress in childhood increase vulnerability to criminal behaviours? How could this vulnerability be off-set or buffered?
  2. What is required to ensure that risk assessment instruments such as the PCL-R and treatment are fair and unbiased to Indigenous offenders?
  3. Of all the theories in this chapter that discuss environmental influences on violent behaviour, which ones do you consider the most influential? How might a more biologically based factor like temperament interact with these environmental factors?

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