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Continue reading →: Social Control Theory🧠 Why We Don’t Break the Law: Hirschi’s Social Control Theory The fundamental premise of this influential theory is not why people commit crimes, but rather why the majority of people DO…
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Continue reading →: The Rational Choice Theory🧠 The Rational Choice Theory (RCT) of Clarke and Cornish: A Criminological Framework The Rational Choice Theory (RCT) was developed by criminologists Derek B. Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke in the mid-1980s.…
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Continue reading →: The Routine Activities Theory🔍Understanding Crime Beyond the Criminal Mind The Routine Activities Theory (RAT), or Routine Crime Theory, was proposed by criminologists Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson in 1979. It is a key situational…
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Continue reading →: Routine Crime TheoryThe Routine Activities Theory (or Routine Crime Theory) was proposed by Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson in 1979. It’s a situational and ecological approach within criminology that seeks to explain variations…
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Continue reading →: Theory of Operant ConditioningThe Theory of Operant Conditioning is a fundamental concept in behavioral psychology, primarily developed by Burrhus Frederic Skinner (although its foundations stem from the work of Edward Thorndike and his “Law of…
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Continue reading →: Theory of Cognitive DissonanceThe Theory of Cognitive Dissonance is one of the most influential formulations in social psychology, introduced by American psychologist Leon Festinger in 1957. This theory explains the profound human need to maintain…
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Continue reading →: Clever Hans EffectThe Clever Hans Effect (or Handler/Experimenter Bias Effect) is a psychological phenomenon illustrating how the involuntary expectations and cues of an experimenter, handler, or audience can subtly influence the behavior of a…
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Continue reading →: The Dark TriadThe Dark Triad of Personality is a central concept in personality psychology that groups three subclinical personality traits—meaning they manifest in the general population and do not necessarily constitute a mental disorder—that…
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Continue reading →: Eysenck’s Theory of PersonalityThe theory of personality proposed by Hans J. Eysenck (1916-1997) is one of the most influential in trait psychology, standing out for its factorialist, hierarchical approach, and fundamentally, for postulating solid biological…
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Continue reading →: Attachment Theory💞 How Early Bonds Shape Our Emotional Lives From the moment we are born, we seek protection, comfort, and closeness. The way these needs are met largely defines our personality, our emotions,…
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Fact #1
Punishment does not correct, it creates criminals