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Introduction to Criminal Psychology, An 2nd edition


Introduction to Criminal Psychology, An 2nd edition

Paperback by Durrant, Russil (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Introduction to Criminal Psychology, An

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ISBN:
9781138650961
Publication Date:
21 Aug 2017
Edition/language:
2nd edition / English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge
Pages:
466 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 13 May 2024
Introduction to Criminal Psychology, An

Description

This book offers a clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and theoretically informed introduction to criminal psychology, exploring how psychological explanations and approaches can be integrated with other perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, neurobiology, sociology, and criminology. Drawing on examples from around the world, it considers different types of offences from violence and aggression to white-collar and transnational crime, and links approaches to explaining crime with efforts to prevent crime and to treat and rehabilitate offenders. This revised and expanded second edition offers a thorough update of the research literature and introduces several new features, including: detailed international case studies setting the scene for each chapter, promoting real-world understanding of the topics under consideration; a fuller range of crime types covered, with new chapters on property offending and white-collar, corporate, and environmental crime; detailed individual chapters exploring prevention and rehabilitation, previously covered in a single chapter in the first edition; an array of helpful features including learning objectives, review and reflect checkpoints, annotated lists of further reading, and two new features: 'Research in Focus' and 'Criminal Psychology Through Film'. This textbook is essential reading for upper undergraduate students enrolled in courses on psychological criminology, criminal psychology, and the psychology of criminal behaviour. Designed with the reader in mind, student-friendly and innovative pedagogical features support the reader throughout.

Contents

1. Understanding criminal behaviour: an overview 2. Developmental approaches to understanding crime 3. Mental disorder and crime 4. Aggression and violence 5. Violent offending 6. Sexual offending 7. Collective violence 8. Drugs and crime 9. Property offending 10. White-collar, organised, and environmental crimes 11. Crime prevention 12. Criminal justice responses to crime 13. Rehabilitation and reintegration Bibliography Index

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