Personality, Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse—Psychological Theories of Criminal Behavior

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Week 3 Announcement.

Students,

We are now working in Week 3. Please remember that your initial discussion board post is due by midnight on Thursday. All assignments, quizzes, and follow-up discussion board posts are due by midnight on Sunday, October 31.

For your writing assignment, please make sure that your paper fully explains the symptoms of psychopathy and at least one other mental disorder. Be sure to use the textbook when discussing how substance abuse and mental disorders can be applied to the Keen Family. Please be sure your paper does provide a clear description of how social, behavioral, and cognitive factors interact with psychological factors to create a cumulative effect on the criminal behavior in the case study.

This week’s readings:

Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2017). Criminal behavior: A psychological approach (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 7, “Psychopathy” (pp. 178–212)

Chapter 8, “Crime and Mental Disorders” (pp. 213–246)

Chapter 16, “Substance Abuse and Crime” (pp. 467–500)