Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?
Video and Multimedia
Video Resources
Video 1: Strange Answers to the Psychopath Test
Description: Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gray areas between the two.
Video 2: Exploring the Mind of a Killer
Description: Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in nature (and nurture) of murderers.
Video 3: Science Bulletins: Attachment Theory—Understanding the Essential Bond
Description: This video explains attachment theory and provides examples of the different types of attachments.
Audio Resources
Audio 1: Criminal Profilers Investigate Murderous Minds
Description: Author Malcolm Gladwell and former F.B.I. agent John Douglas explains how profilers get inside criminal minds.
Audio 2: A Neuroscientist Uncovers a Dark Secret
Description: Jim Fallon discusses the startling discovery that there is a history of violent people in his family.
Web Resource
Web 1: Attachment Theory
Description: Attachment theory helps to explain some types of mental illness and interpersonal relationships.