4. How have historical and social contexts influenced psychological positivist theories?
What will be an ideal response?
The impact of psychological positivism in criminology can be traced to three key influences: early work on moral insanity, research on intelligence and feeblemindedness, and Freud’s psychoanalytical approach. Rafter (1997) has suggested that the popularity of psychopathy in psychiatry can be attributed to professional self-interest. Because of widespread reforms to insane asylums and medicine during the late 19th century, the field of psychiatry became involved with the criminal justice system because it provided an opportunity for new research projects and subjects.
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A) First B) Fourteenth C) Nineteenth D) Twenty seventh
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