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List of References
This document contains a list of all studies that are discussed or referred to in the course, by lecture. Open
source links are included wherever possible. If the links for some reason do not work, here is what to do:

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Where possible, links to free or partially free versions of the resources are included below.

Further Reading: Books about criminological theories

(in alphabetical order)

References by Lecture

2. Personality
2.1 Personality, plus EXERCISE
- Further reading on the Big Five:
Widiger, T. A. (Ed.) (2017). The Oxford Handbook of the Five Factor Model. New York: Oxford
University Press.
LINK

2.2 VIDEO: Example: “Types of people” and crime

- Overview studies on the relation between personality and antisocial behavior:
Miller, J. D., & Lynam, D. (2001). Structural models of personality and their relation to antisocial
behavior: A meta-analytic review. Criminology, 39(4), 765-798.
LINK (no open access)
Jones, S. E., Miller, J. D., & Lynam, D. R. (2011). Personality, antisocial behavior, and aggression:
A meta-analytic review. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(4), 329-337.
LINK

3. Mental Disorders, Psychopathy, and Crime

3.1 Mental Disorders and Crime
- Research showing that people with mental disorders are exposed to much more stressful life
events:
Silver, E., & Teasdale, B. (2005). Mental disorder and violence: An examination of stressful life
events and impaired social support. Social Problems, 52(1), 62-78.
LINK

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3.2 VIDEO: Case Study of Psychopathy and Aileen Wuornos

- Overview of the characteristics of psychopathy:
Frick, P. J. (2009). Extending the construct of psychopathy to youth: Implications for
understanding, diagnosing, and treating antisocial children and adolescents. Canadian Journal of
Psychiatry/Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 31(12), 803.
LINK
- Psychopathy Checklist Revised:
Hare, R. D. (2003). The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, 2nd edition. Toronto, ON: Multi-
Health Systems.
Not available online. For more information, please see here:
LINK
- Psychopathy assessment for Aileen Wuornos:
Myers, W. C., Gooch, E., & Meloy, J. R. (2005). The role of psychopathy and sexuality in a
female serial killer. Journal of Forensic Science, 50(3), 1-6.
LINK

4. Developmental Psychology and Aggression

4.1 VIDEO: Aggression across the Life-Course
- Graph on violence and age:
Eisner, M. P., & Malti, T. (2015). Aggressive and violent behavior. ME Lamb (vol. ed.) & RM Lerner
(Series ed.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science, 3, 795-884.
LINK
- Article on how there are two types of adolescent offenders (life-course persistent and
adolescence-limited):
Moffitt, T. E. (1993). Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: a
developmental taxonomy. Psychological review, 100(4), 674-701.
LINK

4.2 Social Cognitions: Imitating Others

Original formulation of social learning theory (later re-named social cognitive theory):

- Bandura, A. (1971). Social Learning Theory. General Learning Corporation.

LINK
Bandura, A. (1973). Aggression: A social learning analysis. Prentice-Hall.
Not available online. Can be found in libraries.

4.3 VIDEO: Social Cognitions: Example: The Bobo Doll Experiment

Bobo doll experiment:

- Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, S. A. (1961). Transmission of aggression through imitation of
aggressive models. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63(3), 575.
LINK

4.4 Social Cognitions: Processing Information

Original formulation of Social Processing Theory:

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- Dodge, K. A., & Crick, N. R. (1990). Social information-processing bases of aggressive behavior in
children. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 16(1), 8-22.
LINK
Crick, N. R., & Dodge, K. A. (1994). A review and reformulation of social information-processing
mechanisms in children's social adjustment. Psychological bulletin, 115(1), 74.
Not available through open access.
- Further reading:
Lemerise, E. A., & Arsenio, W. F. (2000). An integrated model of emotion processes and cognition
in social information processing. Child development, 71(1), 107-118.
LINK

4.5 VIDEO: Understanding Right and Wrong: Moral Development

- Further reading: Classic book on moral development and children:
Piaget, J. (1932). The moral development of the child. Kegan Paul, London.
Not available online. Available in libraries.
- Overview article on moral development:
Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Mashek, D. J. (2007). Moral emotions and moral behavior. Annual
Review of Psychology., 58, 345-372.
LINK
- Further reading on guilt:
Malti, T. (2016). Toward an integrated clinical-developmental model of guilt. Developmental
Review, 39, 16-36.
LINK
- Research on guilt in the press:
Klass, P. (2017, November 27). A healthy dose of guilt. The New York Times.
LINK
Copeland, L. (2018, March 20). When guilt is good. The Atlantic.
LINK

4.6 VIDEO: Example: Moral Development and Delinquency

- Study on moral emotions and delinquency:
Krettenauer, T., & Eichler, D. (2006). Adolescents' self-attributed moral emotions following a
moral transgression: Relations with delinquency, confidence in moral judgment and age. British
Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24(3), 489-506.
LINK (no open access)