HUMAN

BEHAVIOR AND
VICTIMOLOGY
 NATURE AND
CONCEPT OF
HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Overview
Behavior This refers to the actions of an organism
or system, usually in relation to its
environment, which includes the other
organisms or systems around as well as
the physical environment.

It is the response of the organism or

system to various stimuli or inputs

Anything that you do that can be directly

observed, measured, and repeated
Abnormal behavior

A behavior that is deviating from the normal or differing from the typical

Behavior that is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressful over a

long period of time

Mental illness that affects or is manifested in person’s brain that affects

the way that the person thinks, behaves, and interacts with people
Psychopathology

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How to identify
Abnormal
Behavior?
1. Deviation from
statistical norm

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 2. Deviation from
Social Norm
Any behavior that deviates from the
standards of acceptable behavior in a
culture
3. Maladaptive Behavior

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4. Personal Distress

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Symptoms of
Abnormal
Behavior
1. Long Periods of
Discomfort

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 2. Impaired
Functioning
Prolonged inefficiency which
seems to be unexplainable
3. Bizzare Behavior

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4. Disruptive Behavior

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 Mental Disorder
Significant impairment in psychological functioning
1. Psychosis

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 2. Organic Mental
Disorder
Mental or emotional problem caused by
brain diseases or injuries
3. Substance-
related
Disorder
4. Mood
Disorder
5. Anxiety Disorder

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6. Somatoform Disorder

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7. Dissociative
Disorder Psychological
disorder that
involves a sudden
loss of memory or
change in identity
 8. Personality
Disorder
Believed to have resulted from
personalities that developed improperly
during childhood
 9. Sexual and
Gender Identity
Disorder
Any wide range of difficulties
with sexual identity, deviant
sexual behavior, or sexual
adjustment
Psychosis and
Neurosis
 Psychosis

“psyche” – for mind/soul

“osis” – abnormal behavior

Abnormal condition of the mind

“loss of contact from reality”

Symptoms of psychosis

Involution Reaction

Affective Reaction

Manic-Depressive Reaction

Schizophrenic Reaction
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Symptoms of neurosis

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Criminal Behavior
What is •

Criminal
Behavior?

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Origins of Criminal
Behavior
1. Biological Factor

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Bogle family
2. Personality Disorder Factor

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3. Learning Factor

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Triad for Serial Killers (Macdonald Triad)

Bed Wetting – 60% of multiple murderers wet their beds past adolescence

Fire Starter – early manifestation of their obsession with destruction

Animal torture – most serial killer, before moving to human victims, start with animals
Childhood Characteristics of Serial Killer

History of sexual and physical abuse during their childhood

Either the biological father had left before the child was 12 or the former
is domineering and abusive

Delinquent acts were present during cildhood

Ottis Toole Kenneth Bianch
Types of Serial Killer (based on motive)

1. Act-Focused – the act itself is their primary emphasis; kills

quickly, with little pomp and circumstance

2. Process-focused – kills for enjoyment of it, and usually get a

perverse sexual thrill out of it; takes their time and go very
slowly
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Act-focused

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Joseph Franklin
 Subtypes of Process-focused

1 2 3 4
A. Gain B. Thrill C. Power D. Lust
– for profit – gives the person – pleasure comes – murder is associated
rush or high from manipulating with sexual pleasure
and dominating in the minds of these
killers
4 Phases of Lust
1. Fantasy – his desire to kill is manifested, and this time
killers period may last years before he progresses to phase
two.

2. The Hunt – once he finds his victim, he may stalk them

for a long time

3. The Kill – victim is lured into the trap and then the killer
makes real his fantasy

4. Post Kill - the killer will likely to feel empty or

depressed. It would be during this stage that he will
confess to the media or police, or will kill again in order
to have temporary relief
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY
The sum total of
typing ways of
acting, thinking,
feeling that makes
each person
unique.
 Types of Personality (Carl Jung)

1. Introvert – a person 2. Extrovert – a person

whose attention is whose attention is
focused inward; usually a directed outward;
shy, reserved and self- usually a bold and
centered person outgoing person
Approaches to Personality

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Structure of Personality

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Levels of Awareness
(Topographical Model by
Freud)
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Approaches to Personality

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Kinds of Traits (Allport)

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Lewis Goldberg’s Trait
Theory “Big Five”

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Approaches to Personality

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Freud’s Model •

of Personality
Development
(Psychosexual
Stages)
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