Crime and Criminal Behavior. Ethical Challenges and Questions on the Subject

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Psychology - Forensic Psychology and Penal System, Boston University, course: Research Methods CJ 703, language: English, abstract: In this work, several little essays deal with the subject of crime and criminal behavior. It will be looked into criminological theory in the research process and how it predicts criminal behavior as well as which criteria must be met in a study to prove that drug use causes crime. Another essay explores how the media portrays women who kill by using content analysis and a last text will focus on possible ethical challenges in a study of a maximum security prison meditation program.