Psychology and Crime
Psychologists through the years have possessed knowledge on criminal behaviour through executing psychological research. Numerous psychologists have embarked on studies but the focus is on four particular studies chosen for deeper analysis. Firstly, Sheldon had a theory of criminal behavior that highlighted the significance of physical appearance. He tried to find a correlation between a persons body build (somatotype) and criminal behavior. There are three basic body types, Endomorph who has a pear shaped body with wide hips, a rounded head and a lot of fat on the upper arms and thighs. A Mesomorph who has a wedge shaped body, wide shoulders and narrow hips, a massive cubical head and heavily muscled shoulders, arms and legs. Then lastly an Ectomorph who has narrow shoulders and hips, a narrow chest and abdomen, thin arms and legs and a high forehead and receding chin. Conversely, one of the biggest criticisms of his study was that not any one person is completely 100 percent one of these body types. Some people are meso endo morph where they would be tall and muscular. He believed that somatotype was linked with a persons temperament so an endomorph would be relaxed, endomorphs tend to be restrained and
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Approximate Word count = 1687
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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