7. Psychological Theories of Crime
7.10 Discussion Questions
Dr. Jennifer Mervyn and Stacy Ashton, M.A.
- How does toxic stress in childhood increase vulnerability to criminal behaviours? How could this vulnerability be off-set or buffered?
- What is required to ensure that risk assessment instruments such as the PCL-R and treatment are fair and unbiased to Indigenous offenders?
- 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?