The limitations of psychological theories in the prosecution of criminals is that they don't consider mental, social, and cultural factors. Those theories consider things like age, economics, and family which can be biased. For example, many theories believe that antisocial behavior Ieads to crime (Farrington, n.d.). This shows bias because it assumes that someone must be presenting antisocial behavior to be a criminal. It would be difficult to address the failings of psychological theories due to the fact that they would be to be more open to identifying other factors involved.
Age certainly impacts an individual's motivation or chance of continuing criminal behavior. For example, if a 90-year-old woman robbed a bank the community would be in an uproar, not that she robbed the bank, but what had caused her to do it. That is because nobody expects a 90- year-old woman to rob a bank. Generally, the older a person gets the more they are expected to know better then to engage in criminal activity.
For the final project there are some minor limitations in regard to psychological theories. However, I believe these limitations can be addressed by ensuring that a detailed history is used to balance them out.
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