This document discusses criminal psychology and how it aims to understand criminal behavior and motives. It examines various factors that may influence criminal actions, such as biological and psychological factors. The document also explores techniques such as body language analysis, facial expressions, and intuition that criminal psychologists use to assess individuals and gain insights into their behaviors.

1. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME

2. • Study of criminal behaviour to find the motivation behind a crime
• Why do criminals do what they do?.
• It exclusively deals with criminals
• Forensic psychology vs. Criminal psychology
- FP helps governments to maintain the justice system and
administer assessments to criminals and victims, more scientific based.
- CP is more focused on understanding criminal behaviour and
motives

3. • CRIMINAL PROFILING
• ASSESS INDIVIDUAL
• ADVISORY
• EXPERIMENTAL
• CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
• ACTUARIAL
• PRIVATE PRACTITIONER

5. • BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
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7. 1. Looking up
* to the right- to create images
* to the left- to remember images
* invoking God’s help
2. Looking horizontal
* to the right- Identifying new sounds
* to the left- remembering sounds
3. Looking down
* to the right- activates emotive feelings
* to the left- thinking before making decisions

8. • Changes in tone and voice reflections
• Stammering and stuttering
• Words of insecurity or confession
ODOROUS PERCEPTION
• Smells can be soft, agreeable,
incriminating, penetrative, smells
that take us to the past.

9. • We express emotions through our skin.
• Skin reddens, turns pale.
• The energies around them show if they feel heavy or dangerous
or positive or negative.
INTUITION

10. 1. Hands
• To cover the mouth- not to say something negative
• To touch the nose- hide a lie that is already said
• To throw the neck of shirt- annoyed or is lying.
• Fingers In the mouth- need of security.
• Scratching the neck- Doubt or uncertainty, in the verge
of telling the truth

11. 2. Show of palms
• Frequently- open person
• Scantily- closed person
• Playing with objects- unconfidence, indecisive
3. Legs
• Crossed in four, towards sides- Fear
• Crossed towards you- Cooperative
• Crossed, taking a leg- Stubborn

12. • Facial expressions
- Micro
- Exaggerated
• Body postures.
- Inclined towards front- Interested and willing to open up
- Inclined backwards- rigid and won’t open up.
- Deceiving gestures- Looking at floor, rubbing eyes, touching
nose.