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Criminal behaviour — OCR GCSE Psychology Definition

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GCSE Psychology · key term

Criminal behaviour

Definition

An act that breaks the law in the society where it occurs.

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OCR GCSE Psychology · J203

Paper 1

Criminal behaviour is behaviour that breaks the law. It ranges from relatively minor offences to serious offences such as murder. Criminal psychology studies offending to help explain it and inform approaches to prevention and rehabilitation.
Revise: Concepts in Criminal Psychology
Behaviour that breaks the law.
Revise: The Changing Nature of Punishment

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