1. What are the psychological causes of crime?
... that interact with certain environmental factors and thereby increase the likelihood that a person will act in a particular antisocial manner in a given situation" Eysenck believed that he could measure the three character traits using a personality questionnaire, designed to identify individuals with particular tendencies. A problem which has been suggested with Eysenck's theory is that of EEG readings, which are used ... that criminal behaviour was the result of "stimulus seeking by extroverts attempting to achieve an optimum level of stimulation", suggesting that those with attention s...
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