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Biology
Turning to Crime A2 Revision
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Psychology
Not Applicable
03/08/2014

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What was Raine's methology?
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A review article looking to understand anti-social and aggressive behaviour in children with a biological focus
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What were the findings of Raine's study?
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A low resting heart rate is a good predictor of an indvidual who will seek excitement to raise their arousal level

Activity in the pre frontal lobes of the brain is shown to be lower in impulsive indivuals - in the adolecent brain the final connections to this area is still being formed

Birth complications and poor parenting combined with physical abuse and malnutrition, smoking and drinking during pregnancy all add to the risk

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What did Raine conclude?
Definition
Early intervention and prevention may be an effective way of reversing biological deficits that predispose to antisocial and aggressive behaviour
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What was the aim of Brunner et al's study?
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To explain the behaviour of five males from a family in the Netherlands affected by a syndrome of borderline mental retardation and abnormal violent behaviour including impulsive aggression, attempted rape, arson and exhibitionism
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What was Brunner et al's methodology?
Definition
data was collected from the analysis of urine samples over a 24 hour period
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What were the results of Brunner's study?
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the tests showed disturbed monoamine metabolism associated with a deficit of the enzyme MAOA - a point mutation was indentified in the x chromosone of the gene responsible for the production of MAOA

MAOA is involved in serotonin metabolism likely to be responsible for their mental retardation and violent behaviour

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What was the procedure of Daly and Wilson's study?
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They examined local communities in Chicago which had lower than average life expectancies varying from 54.3 years to 77.4 years and correlated the data to homicide rates
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What were the findings of Daly and Wilson's study?
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Life expectancy proved to be the best predictor of neighbourhood-specific homicide rates - strongly negative correlation

absenteeism from school also correlated negatively with homicide rates

contributing factor is inequity or the unequal distribution of wealth and resources in society 

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