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Examines the psychological constructs of crime and includes topics such as psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and criminal lifestyle. Each chapter begins with a case study to illustrate and illuminate the context being discussed. It explores evidence-based interventions that could prevent further crime and offers a view of the phenomenological world of the criminal offender.
Provides a comprehensive overview of career criminals and various crime prevention strategies to neutralize them. Draws upon research from the fields of criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, and human development.
This study looks at contemporary psychological research and theory into criminal behaviour and considers the relationship between psychological and criminological theories.
This book: discusses the research of offending populations and introduces new insight into the impact various mental disorders may have on criminal behavior; examines the link between personality disorders and violent offending; and reviews the nature and causes of quality-of-life crime, and the development of the Quality-of-Life Crime Index (QLCI).
An introduction to the areas of crime and deviance, this book provides short overviews of a wide range of social problems. It offers critical analysis and explanations of complex issues.
Discusses the complex relationships between psychology, criminology and criminal justice, and practical applications of psychology in policing, prosecution and sentencing. Highlights the value of understanding pathways to offending behavior, and the critical points at which choices are made.
This book assembles essays by leading scholars in their fields of criminology and socio-legal studies. These essays transcend disciplinary boundaries by combining criminological and socio-legal perspectives, and explore new directions in contemporary theorizing about the impact of social and cultural dynamics on crime and social control.
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