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This title aims to provide a comprehensive and up to date review of the relationship between psychology, morality and offending behaviour. It sets out the theory and research which has been carried out in the field, and examines the ways in which this knowledge has been used in practice.
List of contents
Introduction 1. Setting the context: theories of offending behaviour 2. Theories of moral reasoning 1: Piaget and Kohlberg 3. Theories of moral reasoning 2: critiques of Kohlberg's theory 4. The measurement of moral reasoning 5. Moral reasoning and offending: theory and research 6. Placing moral reasoning in a wider explanation of offending 7. Interventions: implications for practice 8 What next: the future for research and practice
About the author
Emma Palmer is a Reader in Forensic Psychology at the University of Leicester. Her research focuses on applying psychology to offending and its prevention, and her most recent book is Offending Behaviour Programmes: Development, application and controversies (Wiley, 2006).
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the relationship between psychology, moral reasoning theory and offending behaviour. It sets out the theory and research which has been carried out in the field, and examines the ways in which this knowledge has been used in practice to inform treatment programmes for offenders.
