The case studys psychosocial history final paper

Now that you have reviewed and written your case studys psychosocial history, our next step is to provide a psychological explanation for why this person committed their crime(s). As we know, psychological theories provide a framework to explain psychological phenomena. In this assignment,
you will continue your case study of the criminal you chose by reviewing (1) an evolutionary theoretical explanation of the crime(s) committed, and (2) a traditional theoretical explanation of the crime(s) committed. More specifically, your assignment will need to include the following:
Evolutionary Explanation 1. Review how crimes can be understood as either an adaptation, byproduct of an adaptation, or a disorder. 2. Decide whether you think your criminals behavior is best understood as an adaptation, byproduct, or disorder, and explain why you think that is the case. 3. As part of your
explanation, be sure to review how the behavior might serve a survival/reproductive function (adaptation), or is a byproduct of another function (byproduct), or is a psychological mechanism that is
malfunctioning (disorder). 4. To further support your points, cite how researchers in this area have applied evolutionary principles to the specific crime(s) committed by the criminal you chose.
Traditional Theoretical Explanation 5. Choose a traditional (i.e., non-evolutionary) theory of crime and describe how that theory explains criminal behavior 6. Explain how this theory can be applied to your criminal.
Decide Which Theory is Better 7. Based on your review, of the two theories you reviewed, which one does a better job of explaining your criminals actions? Elaborate on why you think this is the case.