Criminal Dangerousness and the Risk of Violence

Informationen zum Autor Alfred B. Heilbrun was Professor of Psychology at Emory University and is currently a consultant to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Klappentext This book is a new theoretical model of criminal dangerousness with special reference to the prediction of violence. The model proposes that criminal violence evolves from the combination of deviant social values that limit the constraints upon lawful behavior (antisociality) and cognitive deficits that interfere with effective planning of crimes and with the conduct of criminal transactions with the victims (impaired cognition). A program of research is used to consider the validity of the criminal dangerousness model as well as empirical tests of the theory's assumptions and the issues raised. Extensive validity evidence is presented. Assumptions tested include further refinement of specific cognitive deficits, and issues addressed involve the relevance of race, gender, and mental disorder to the dangerousness model. Zusammenfassung This work provides a theoretical model of criminal dangerousness with special reference to the prediction of violence. A programme of research is used to consider the validity of the criminal dangerousness model as well as empirical tests of the theory's assumptions and the issues raised.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Heilbrun, Alfred B Heilbrun, Alfred B. Heilbrun, Heilbrun Alfred B.
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.1996
• EAN: 9780761804093
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-0409-3
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Straftäter, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Offenders