Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/Criminality

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Good outline for your topic, looking forward to see where you go with this! Jackson997

I am a big fan of shows like criminal minds and am looking forward to reading your chapter to further my understanding of the topic. I do know that there a quite a number of books around on profiling if that can help you at all. EamesA 00:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi There,If focusing on the social motivations, Normative influcences (trying to fit in) could be of use. could link this concept to the psychological need of relatedness as people are motivated to seek and maintain close warm relationships. Or possibly the social need of affiliation as people can be motivated by the fear of rejection, which in turn could influnce ones conformity/criminalty in social settings. Hope that makes sense, either or, take it as a grain of salt ;) If interested, backgroud reading can be found on pages 161 (relatedness) and 192 (affiliation)of the Reeves textbook. Any questions, let me know :) Lucas K 00:40, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

This looks like it will be really interesting! Maybe you could include a section on factors which might put people at risk or make them more susceptible to criminal behaviour - motivations for these people might differ to others? E.g. for some mental illness and drug abuse plays a part, for others it is their families who encourage them to become involved (such as in gangs), for others it's acceptance that provides motivation...the list goes on! Looking forward to reading more! ShaunaB 03:06, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Michelle, Im looking forward to watching your chapter grow! It's a very interesting topic, as well as being very broad, I look forward to seeing what you choose to focus on. goodluck :) Jemmasanderson 00:02, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey, great work so far! Maybe you could include a section on the consequences of criminal activity and how this might influence an individual to engage in such activity. If there were severe penalties such as the death penalty for crimes such as shoplifting or drink driving would people be less likely to engage in these activities? Good luck with finishing up! Tashc 10:19, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Fascinating topic! I look forward to reading it! haha I love how you said "perhaps it has been you involved in criminal behaviour", very engaging, you had me hooked to read on! This may or may not be relevant, but it could be interesting to touch on, different countries have difference views on what crimes are, and they vary in their consequences! What we consider a slap on the wrist crime = 25 year jail sentence elsewhere. What's considered criminal can depend on where you live! Good luck with it! :) A-bryant 05:49, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Michelle, found this article. Might help http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.canberra.edu.au/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=13&hid=126&sid=3eaa9e42-15b4-451f-8622-1c416e219807%40sessionmgr113 AlexMC 07:56, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Comment by Magnolia - this would make an excellent talk for schools as an interactive presentation - really well laid out and presented - interesting content - well done

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