UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
EXAMINATION FOR INTERNAL STUDENTS

MODULE CODE: SECU0001

MODULE NAME: PSYCHOLOGY AND CRIME

DATE: 2019

TIME ALLOWED: 2 Hours 0 Minutes







SECU0001: PSYCHOLOGY AND CRIME
Answer any THREE questions
All questions are equally weighted.

1. Explain aggressive and violent behaviour from an evolutionary psychology perspective.

2. What is meant by the term “genetic determinism”? Discuss this in the context of criminal
behaviour.

3. Critically discuss the relationship between low arousal and criminal behaviour.

4. Critically discuss the relationship between empathy and criminal behaviour.

5. Describe Bandura’s social learning theory and how it can be used to explain violent crime.

6. Describe and critically evaluate the rational choice perspective.

7. According to Philip Zimbardo, ‘good people can do bad things’. To what extent does the
research evidence support this claim?

8. Compare and contrast two psychological explanations of the age crime curve.






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