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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Overall Overall comments This is a very promising chapter on crime motivation and prevention that demonstrates wide research integrating a variety of relevant theories. Some further proof reading and APA style would have improved the chapter. Theory Theory comments Application of the theory to everyday examples was exceptionally well done. Discussion of risk taking could be expanded to include sensation seeking. Discussion of belongingness in the context of Maslow’s hierarchy might also mention relatedness from Self-determination theory. Research Research comments The proposition that crime is a social construct is well-argued, drawing upon multiple sources in support. The discussion of personality factors and criminal behaviour is a great part of the chapter and would be strengthened even further with discussion of correlation or effect size statistics. The use of proportions in the physical motivations section was eye-opening and can help drive the implications of a study home. The finding that compliance is related to crime seems counterintuitive at first, but is clearly explained and well-supported, providing an interesting discussion point and it was nice to see this tied in with needs motivation (belongingness). Written expression Written expression comments It’s great to see such expressive variety in discussing authors of research; often studies are only referenced in parentheses, while this chapter also emphasises the names as part of the discussion in text, demonstrating good style. Further proof reading would benefit the chapter; the statement that Morrison indicates crime is more complex is repeated, and multiple sentences are missing words or unintentionally use incorrect words. For example, “which may need to criminal behaviour”; “not all the motivators will be motivated”). APA style could be improved; try to avoid contractions and one-sentence paragraphs, use double quotations marks for in text quotations, avoid beginning sentences with numbers or express them in words, use words to express ie and eg in text, and ensure publication authors are accompanied by a date (e.g., Sammons; Lanham; Delaney). The summary box effectively pulls out the key points from the main text and is a great feature.

Rfoster 22:06, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

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Overall Overall, this is a simple, basic narrated audio to text-slides. Structure and content The general introduction could focus on more on the key self-help questions being addressed in this presentation? The examples of minor criminal behaviours help in this respect, but more could be developed here. No summary of take-home messages. Communication Narrated audio pace is good (not too fast). Room for more creativity - how about following through the examples? Accompanying images could help to add interest. Production quality Another take is recommended - there were some hesitations in the audio that could be ironed out "Out of time?" at 4 mins - more content could be covered in the last minute The acknowledgements are nice, but perhaps could be provided in the multimedia description and/or comments to allow more time e.g., to provide a summary of the take-home messages? Production quality

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 21:43, 10 December 2011 (UTC)