The Psychology of Criminal Conduct 5th Edition

The authors bring the "person" back into criminology by focusing on understanding individual differences in criminal conduct and recognizing the importance of personal, interpersonal, and community factors. What results is a truly interdisciplinary general personality and social psychology of criminal behavior that is open to a wide variety of factors that relate to individual differences a perspective with both theoretical and practical significance in North America and Great Britain. The book is now organized into four parts: (1) The Theoretical Context and Knowledge Base to the Psychology of Criminal Conduct, (2) The Major Risk/Need Factors of Criminal Conduct, (3) Applications, and (4) Summary and Conclusions. Chapters include helpful Resource Notes that explain important concepts. A selection of technical notes, separated from the general text, allows the advanced student to explore complex research without distracting readers from the main points.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: D .A. Andrews, D. A. Andrews, James Bonta
• Verlag: Routledge Academic
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2010
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9781422463291
• ISBN: 978-1-4224-6329-1
• Anzahl Seiten: 700
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 18 x 25.5 x 3.2 cm