Question

Psychology is highly relevant to the study of law breaking, law enforcement, the penal system and community attitudes toward crime. Discuss using examples.

Answer 1

Psychology is study of human behaviour.it secientifically analysis human Behaviour in every aspect .so psychology is highly relevent to understand about law breaking of people towards crime.According to psychology , mostly proppe are break the law due to having low self control and emotional instability.breaking law means fail to abiding law .For example , eating or drinking while driving .the law is while driving eating and drinking strictly probhited due to causes of accident .but some people doesn't have proper sense of responsiblity and Violence the law which committed to crime.psychology helps us to understand their mental and Behavioural characterstics which tend to do that.

Law enforcement is system which some member act in organized manner to enforce the law of discovering rehabilitation or punshing who are violates the law governing by the society .Forensic psychology which is discipline of psychology helps to understand the major causes of crime that has committed by victims and provide reliable and relevent solution to refrom the criminal through appropriate law enforcement . For example , if mental retarded person attack to kill another person unconsciously then forensic psychology and clinical psychology helps to properly councelling and provide rehabilitation for cure this problem.

A predisposition or tendency towards to respond negetivly or positively towards certain ideas , object or situation of a group of people is called comminuty attitude .psychology is highly relevent to understand what actually think and perception of comminuty people towards crime .Community people are very look down upon and not accepted those who are committed any crime.they are inculcate negetive feelings towards criminal .but psychology provide method to change mind set and negetive attitude of community people towards criminal .for example , a person is steal some money for buying some food .llegally it is crime and comminuty people also posses negetive attitude towards him .But helps to understand the situation of criminal where he does crime and gives chance to refrom him self.