Begin by introducing yourself to your classmates and briefly- explain what you may already know about criminal psychology and what you hope to learn from this course. After reading the Module One Discussion Scenario PDF, address the following: What- influences a person's motivation to commit a crime? Think about developmental, biological, and situational factors that contribute to the person's behavior. Hello Dr. Tim and classmates, I am Kecia R. Norrell, 53, from Richmond, Virginia. I was born and raised in Richmond, but I currently reside in Midlothian, Virginia with my adult children and my cat, Tiara aka Kitty. I am a full-time student finishing my bachelor's degree in general studies - psychology. I'm happy to say I will be finished in June I don't know anything about criminal psychology. What I hope to learn from the class is the inner workings of the human mind pertaining to criminal behavior. How psychology plays a part of criminology, understanding criminal motivation, juvenile delinquency, victim advocacy, and how you combine psychology, sociology and criminology as it pertains to crime. What influences a person's motivation to commit a crime? Some influences that may motivate a person to commit a crime are biological factors, childhood experiences, social environment, substance abuse, mental health disorders, and socioeconomical factors. "Some individuals commit crimes out of necessity, others are driven by anger, rejection of authority, a manipulative personality, or psychopathic tendencies. While stereotypes that mentally ill people are prone to crime is not accurate, there are instances where mental illness - such as psychosis, substance abuse, or severe bipolar disorder - could influence someone to break the law" (Sussex, n.d.). What biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors might help explain his life choices? After reading the scenario, the following factors contribute to Steve's criminal behavior: Biological: his father and uncles are incarcerated for selling cocaine, his heavy alcohol consumption, comes from a single parent home. Psychological: social media posts about being angry, 21 yrs old (impressionable), looks up to his father (prosflcons), and he has an arrest record.
Social: he sells drugs and has never been in a committed relationship (he has time on his hands). Environmental: grew up in a rural community. Are there any incongruent factors that do not make sense to the case? · Has no children. · Is religious. · Close to his little brother. · Older brother is transient (sign of an unstable home?). · Has a mentor. · Early-stage liver dysfunction. . He's white. Sussex Publishers. (n.d .- b). Law and crime. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/law-and-crime# :~: text=Exactly%20why %20people%20commit%20crimes%2C%20and%20what%20could,of%20genetics%2C %20personality%2C%20life%20circumstances%2C%20and%20environmental%20factors.