Psychology Discussion/Assignment

LEARNING RESOURCES

Note: To access this week’s library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Lyon, D. R., & Welsh, A. (2017). The psychology of criminal and violent behaviour . Don Mills, Canada: Oxford University Press.

Chapter 8, “Social Cognition” (pp. 173–200)

The Psychology of Criminal and Violent Behaviour 1st Edition by Lyon, D. R., & Welsh, A. Copyright 2017 by Oxford University Press. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Dhingra, K., Debowska, A., Sharratt, K., Hyland, P., & Kola-Palmer, S. (2015). Psychopathy, gang membership, and moral disengagement among juvenile offenders . Journal of Criminal Psychology, 5(1), 13–24.

Khan, R. (2018, February 22). White-collar crimes—motivations and triggers . Forbes. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/roomykhan/2018/02/22/white-collar-crimes- motivations-and-triggers

Steele, R. (2015). How offenders make decisions: Evidence of rationality . British Journal of Community Justice, 13(3), 7–20.

Required Readings

Required Media

10/15/26, 8:35 PM Week 2: Learning Resources : The Criminal Mind-Fall 2026

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