Criminal behavior : a psychosocial approach
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Criminal behavior : a psychosocial approach
Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008
8th ed
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Description
This text approaches the understanding of delinquent and criminal behavior from a developmental, coginitive-behavioral, and psychological perspective. Viewing the juvenile and adult offender as being embedded and continually influenced by multiple systems, the book examines the risk and protective factors that are believed to influence the developmental pathways on the road to delinquency and crime. The 8th edition continues to be heavily researched in a style that allows the student to follow the flow of the research literature.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN NATURE IN THEORIES OF CRIME
PERSPECTIVES IN CRIMINOLOGY
DEFINING AND MEASURING CRIME
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDING
RECAP: DEFINING CRIME AND DELINQUENCY
CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPMENTAL RISK FACTORS
SOCIAL RISK FACTORS
PARENTAL AND FAMILY RISK FACTORS
PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DELIQUENCY
DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES OF DELINQUENCY
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 3: ORIGINS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
GENETICS AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS
TEMPERAMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS
PHYSIQUE AND CRIME
EYSENCK'S THEORY OF PERSONALITY AND CRIME
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 4: ORIGINS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: LEARNING AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS
BEHAVIORISM
SOCIAL LEARNING
FRUSTRATION-INDUCED CRIMINALITY
SITUATIONAL INSTIGATORS AND REGULATORS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 5: HUMAN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE
DEFINING AGGRESSION
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGGRESSION
SOCIAL LEARNING FACTORS IN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE
COGNITIVE MODELS OF AGGRESSION
OVERT AND COVERT ACTS OF AGGRESSION
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
EFFECTS OF MEDIA VIOLENCE
THE BIOLOGY OF AGGRESSION
BRAIN CENTERS AND VIOLENCE CONTROL
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 6: CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHY
AN EXAMPLE OF A PSYCHOPATH
BEHAVIORAL DESCRIPTIONS
THE CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATH
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES OF PSYCHOPATHY
THE FEMALE PSYCHOPATH
RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES
JUVENILE PSYCHOPATHY
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND PSYCHOPATHY
CHILDHOOD OF THE PSYCHOPATH
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 7: CRIME AND MENTAL DISORDERS
DEFINING MENTAL ILLNESS
THE DSM-IV
COMPETENCY AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
INSANITY STANDARDS
UNIQUE DEFENSES
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 8: MENTAL DISORDERS AND CRIME: DEFENDANTS AND OFFENDERS
MENTAL DISORDERS AND VIOLENCE
MENTALLY DISORDERED INMATES
DANGEROUSNESS AND THE ASSESSMENT OF RISK
THE (NON)MENTALLY DISORDERED SEX OFFENDER
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 9: HOMICIDE, ASSAULT, AND FAMILY VIOLENCE
DEFINITIONS
DEMOGRAPHICS OF HOMICIDE
WEAPONS USED IN VIOLENCE
OTHER FACTORS
DEMOGRAPHICS OF ASSAULT
JUVENILE MURDER
FAMILY VIOLENCE
THE NATURE AND THEORY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 10: MULTIPLE MURDER
INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
MULTIPLE MURDERERS
SERIAL MURDERERS
MASS MURDERERS
PRODUCT TAMPERING
SCHOOL VIOLENCE
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 11: TERRORISM AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE
DEFINITIONS
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN GENERAL VIOLENT CRIME
DEINDIVIDUATION AND CROWD VIOLENCE
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 12: SEXUAL ASSAULT
LEGISLATION ON SEX OFFENDERS
RAPE: DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICS
IMPACT ON VICTIMS
RAPE OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS
CLASSIFICATION OF RAPE PATTERNS
ETIOLOGY OR CAUSES OF RAPE
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PORNOGRAPHY
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 13: SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND OTHER SEXUAL OFFENSES
INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF PEDOPHILIA
SITUATIONAL AND VICTIMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS
OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS
CLASSIFICATION OF CHILD OFFENDER PATTERNS
JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS
RECIDIVISM OF PEDOPHILES
THEORIES ON POTENTIAL CAUSES
EXHIBITIONISM
VOYEURISM AND FETISHISM
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 14: PROPERTY AND PUBLIC ORDER CRIME
BURGLARY
LARCENY AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
SHOPLIFTING
WHITE-COLLAR AND OCCUPATIONAL CRIME
PROSTITUTION
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 15: VIOLENT ECONOMIC CRIME AND CRIMES OF INTIMIDATION
ROBBERY
CYBERCRIME
STALKING
HOSTAGE-TAKING OFFENSES
ARSON
BOMBINGS
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 16: SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALCOHOL AND CRIME
JUVENILE DRUG USE
THE CONSISTANT SIX RESEARCH FINDINGS ON ILLICIT DRUG ABUSE
MAJOR CATEGORIES OF DRUGS
THE HALLUCINOGENS: CANNABIS
THE STIMULANTS
NARCOTIC DRUGS
THE CLUB DRUGS: SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC COMPOUNDS
ALCOHOL
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 17: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND TREATMENT: JUVENILE OFFENDERS
TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION STRATEGIES
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
CLASSIFICATION OF PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
PRIMARY PREVENTION
SELECTIVE PREVENTION
TREATMENT APPROACHES
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 18: CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
CAREERS IN CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
SOCIETAL RATIONALE FOR PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS
CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IMPRISONMENT
TREATMENT STRATEGIES
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
GLOSSARY
CASES CITED
REFERENCES
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