Psychology and Crime

List of contents

Psychology, Sociology and Crime: Mapping the Historical Terrain
Interpersonal Violence and Investigative Psychology
Investigating Sexual Violence
Crime in Groups: Explaining Subcultures, Groups and Gangs
Mass Murder, Political Murder and War Crimes
Terrorism: From Pathology to Normality
Psychology in the Criminal Justice System: Interviewing Witnesses, Suspects and Eyewitness Testimony
A Brave New World? Psychology as a System of Governance

Summary

Provides a critical analysis of sociological and psychological research on crime, highlighting the often forgotten history of the links between these two subjects, which are so often seen as oppositional.

Product details

• Authors: Craig Webber
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2009
• EAN: 9781412919418
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-1941-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Key Approaches to Criminology; Key Approaches to Criminology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology