Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behavior
Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behavior Deviant behavior is behavior that contradicts the dominant norms of the society. According to Van, Habibis, and Smith (2013), there are multiple theories explaining what causes a person to perform deviant behavior including biological, sociological, and psychological explanations. The concept viewed from a sociological point of view is that deviance is socially constructed and as Lawson and Garrod (2012) elaborate, […]