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Criminology

Ethical and Legal Issues

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Psychology
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Medicine
Psychiatry
Mental health law
health
Medical ethics
Criminology
Anti-psychiatry
Human rights abuses
Insanity defense
Mental disorder
Psychiatric hospital
Insanity
Human development
behavior
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Human behavior
Attachment theory
Personal life
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Ethical and Legal Issues Civil (Psychiatric) Commitment Involuntary placement in a psychiatric facility (2PC) Threat to oneself or others 72 hour window until hearing or due process ? convert to voluntary commitment Different than criminal commitment (not guilty by reason of insanity) (Over)Predicting Dangerousness Best predictor of future violence is past violence! Post-hoc problem ? hindsight is 20/20 General to specific Definition of dangerousness Low base-rate Unlikely to disclose direct threats of violence Difficulty predicting behavior in community based on behavior in hospital Violence and Severe Mental Illness Increased violence in severely mentally ill BUT the increased risk of violence in schizophrenia is small

Chapter 1: What is Abnormal?

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Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
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Psychopathology
Psychoanalysis
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Attachment theory
Psychopathy
Normality
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Human behavior
Personal life
Technology

What is Abnormal? Or: Can we define psychopathology? Unusual Statistical deviance Problems? Social Deviance Cultural issues Cohort effect Politics Faulty perceptions of reality Delusions & hallucinations Illusion of control Significant personal distress Sometimes appropriate response Sometimes may distress others Maladaptive or self-defeating Criteria used to distinguish normal from abnormal Dangerousness Criteria for hospitalization Context specific Assignment Research Assignment Due: Monday, September 12, 2010 You must do this assignment on-line through Blackboard. Please post your articles (as attachments) on Blackboard, as well as your response to each task/question below. Assignment continued

Sociology "Deviance"

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sociology
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Labeling theory
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Strain theory
Differential association
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White-collar crime
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Social Issues
law

Chapter 6 Deviance Defining Deviance Deviance is a behavior, trait, belief, or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative reaction in a group. The definition of deviance varies widely across cultures, time, and situations. Deviance across Cultures It is important to remember that when sociologists use the term "deviant," they are making a social judgment, never a moral one. If a particular behavior is considered deviant, it means that it violates the values and norms or a particular group, not that it is inherently wrong. Much of the literature on deviance focuses on crime and how different cultures define very different behaviors as criminal or not and the vast differences seen in how crimes are punished. Theories of Deviance

The Stranger Research Paper

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Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Psychopathology
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Psychopathy
The Stranger
Antisocial personality disorder
Asperger syndrome
Personality disorder
Mental disorder
health

Juliet Critchlow Mr. Seymour AP Lit 9 May 2014 Research Paper: The Stranger While modern disorders cover a large variety of ailments, quite a few can apply to Meursault from Albert Camus? The Stranger. Key aspects of Meursault?s personality ? that would be a concern to society ? include that he is indifferent, amoral, and has difficulty giving and receiving empathy. In addition, Meursault has a particularly calm demeanor and enjoys his physical relationship with Marie. With these traits in mind, similarities and differences between Meursault and the symptoms of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and Asperger disorder, also known as Asperger syndrome can be analyzed.

thesis

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US Gov and Politics
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Predation
Crime
Biological pest control
Sexual predator
Online predator
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Criminology

Topic & Thesis Statement October 13, 2012 Thesis: The advancements in technology are allowing cyber predators to find their targets too easily. The cyber predators are seducing innocent children and stripping them of their safety. Parents need to protect their children by monitoring their online activity. New laws need to be created to stop these predators from getting out of prisons. They should not be let free to go and hurt a child again. Laws such as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006, and Keeping Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2008, help to keep tabs on the predators after they are released from prison. More laws and policies need to be enacted to protect the innocent children that are getting manipulated by these monsters.

Prison Reform Movement

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US History
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Social Issues

Mia Gore AP US History Mrs. Dellinger 21 February 2013 The Prison Reform Movement The prison reform movement, led by Dorothea Dix, sought to improve three major flaws in the jailing system: Overcrowding, ill treatment of inmates, and failing to separate those inmates with mental illnesses and give them proper care. Dix is quoted saying to the Massachusetts legislature: ?The sick and insane are confined in this Commonwealth in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens! Chained, beaten with rods, lashed into obedience.?
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