Journal article
Dionysius's brutal sense of entitlement: Plato's contribution to criminogenic needs
Psychology, Crime & Law, Vol.14(5), pp.451-459
2008
Abstract
Criminogenic needs are now well established in the fields of psychology and criminology as factors that identify risk of criminal behaviour and recidivism. We propose that an inflated sense of entitlement may also be identified as a criminogenic need. An examination of the literature revealed an extensive variety of descriptions pertaining to an inflated sense of entitlement from character excesses to character deficits. However, whilst the wide variety of notions may be correct, there has been no mention, nor acknowledgement, of the origin of the concept of a sense of entitlement. In this article we will illustrate how an inflated sense of entitlement underpins criminal behaviour in general and violent behaviour in particular by using the framework proposed by Plato. An inflated sense of entitlement is then is discussed in response to each of the criteria required to be classified as a criminogenic need. This notion is purely theoretical and will benefit from qualitative exploration and quantitative investigation.
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- Title
- Dionysius's brutal sense of entitlement: Plato's contribution to criminogenic needs
- Authors/Creators
- S. Fisher (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityG. Hall (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityJ.P. Beven (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Psychology, Crime & Law, Vol.14(5), pp.451-459
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Identifiers
- 991005541335107891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 1 Clinical & Life Sciences
- 1.21 Psychiatry
- 1.21.624 Forensic Psychiatry
- Web Of Science research areas
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- Law
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
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