Criminology & Psychology

Inside the Criminal Mind

Evidence-based analysis of crime, criminal behavior, and the psychology that drives it. For the curious, the concerned, and the informed.

Theories of Crime

A clear introduction to the main theories of crime in psychology, sociology, economics, geography, and biology.

4 min

How biological vulnerability, neuropsychology, and impulse control are used to understand risk of crime at the individual level.

4 min

What research on genes, aggression, and repeated violence actually says, and what it cannot predict.

7 min

How brain function, executive difficulties, ADHD, and brain injuries can affect risk without on their own explaining criminality.

5 min

How moral development and situational assessment influence whether crime is seen as unthinkable, possible, or justified.

6 min

An overview of how social groups, norms, power, and living conditions are used to understand why crime emerges.

7 min

How family, school, belief in the future, segregation, and neighborhood living conditions are linked to the risk of crime.