Crime and criminality : a multidisciplinary approach

Crime and criminality a multidisciplinary approach

Introduction -- Why is a multidisciplinary approach informative? -- What is crime? -- Defining and examining crime from different perspectives -- Concepts in crime definition influencing crime classification -- Nature-nurture explanations of criminal behaviour -- Biological constraints and evolution...

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1. Verfasser: Taylor, Sandie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London, New York Routledge 2016
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Criminal psychology > Criminal behavior > Criminology > Kriminalpsychologie > Kriminalsoziologie > Kriminalprognose
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- Why is a multidisciplinary approach informative? -- What is crime? -- Defining and examining crime from different perspectives -- Concepts in crime definition influencing crime classification -- Nature-nurture explanations of criminal behaviour -- Biological constraints and evolutionary factors -- Social, learning and developmental approaches to understanding criminality -- Decision-making processes by criminals -- Different types of crime and criminal with a focus on nature, nurture and nature-nurture -- White-collar criminals and their crimes -- Psychopaths and their crimes -- Sex offenders and their crimes -- Female offenders and their crimes -- Delinquents and their crimes -- Prediction of criminal behaviour -- Dangerousness, risk assessment and the mentally and the personality disordered offender -- Offender profiling: serial killers -- Reliability of investigative processes -- Eyewitness testimony and extra-legal defendant characteristics -- Cognitive interview -- Confessions -- Discussion about the function of law, its impact on antisocial behaviour and its origins -- "Big5" legal concepts -- Law drives criminality -- Concluding comments -- Glossary -- References -- Appendix
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:xxi, 799 Seiten
ISBN:9781138888616
978-1-138-88861-6
9781138888623
978-1-138-88862-3