Criminal psychology: nature, nurture, culture : a textbook and practical reference guide for students and working professionals in the fields of law enforcement, criminal justice, mental health, and forensic psychology
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Main Author: Miller, Laurence (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Springfield, Ill. Charles C. Thomas c2012
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: pt. I. THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR -- 1. Psychology In The Criminal Justice System -- 2. Biological Theories Of Criminal Behavior -- 3. Psychosocial Theories Of Criminal Behavior -- pt. II. PERSONALITY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CRIME -- 4. Brain Syndromes And Substance Abuse -- 5. Schizophrenia And Psychotic Disorders -- 6. Anxiety And Mood Disorders -- 7. Personality Disorders -- 8. Antisocial Personality Disorder And The Psychopath -- pt. III. THE HOMICIDES -- 9. Homicide -- 10. Serial Homicide -- 11. Mass Homicide I: Workplace Violence -- 12. Mass Homicide II: School Violence -- 13. Mass Homicide III: Terrorism And Political Violence -- pt. IV. SEX CRIMES AND FAMILY CRIMES -- 14. Sex Crimes I: Rape And Sexual Assault -- 15. Sex Crimes II: Sexual Offenses Against Children -- 16. Family Crime I: Child Abuse And Family Violence -- 17. Family Crime II: Domestic Violence -- pt. V. OTHER CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -- 18. Stalking And Harassment -- 19. Juvenile Crime -- 20. Other Crimes -- 21. Corrections, The Death Penalty, And Crime Victims
Criminal psychology is the application of the principles of normal and abnormal psychology to the understanding, prediction, and control of criminal behavior. Criminal Psychology: Nature, Nurture, Culture provides an in-depth yet readable introduction to the foundations of criminal psychology as it is understood and practiced from the classroom to the courtroom
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ISBN:0398087164
9780398087159
9780398087166

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