Violent offenders : theory, research, policy, and practice / edited by Matt DeLisi and Peter Conis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeLisi, Matt.

Contributor:

Conis, Peter John.

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violent offenders.

Violent crimes--Research.

Violent crimes.

Criminal psychology.

Criminology.

Physical Description:

xv, 469 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2012]

Summary:

DeLisi (Criminal Justice, Iowa State U.) and Conis (Sociology, Des Moines CC.), two former criminal justice practitioners, set out to present state of the art scholarly based on research and experiences with real offenders including gang members, sex offenders, serial killers, and career criminals. Contributors include academics and criminal justice practitioners. The book is divided into two sections: the first section explores the theoretical and disciplinary foundations of the study of violent behavior spanning the disciplines of sociology, psychology, biology, and neuroscience; the second section explains public policy and practical applications, describing the various ways that the criminal justice system responds to violent offenders. Each part contains five chapters of new material. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Theory and research

The importance of violent offenders to criminology

The overlap of violent offending and violent victimization : assessing the evidence and explanations

Community level correlates of crime

Where i'm from : criminal predators and their environments

Cyber-related violence

Still psychopathic after all these years

The behavioral genetics of predatory criminal behavior

Vigilance, violence, and murder in mateships

Early risk factors for young homicide offenders and victims

Generality of deviance and predation : crimeswitching and specialization patterns in persistent sexual offenders

Comparing women and men who kill

Female sexual offending

Gang involvement and predatory crime

The heterogeneity of predatory behaviors in sexual homicide

Policy and practice

Focused deterrence strategies and the reduction gang and group-involved violence

Arrested today, out tomorrow : patrol officers' perceptions of a broken justice

Sex offenders on the internet : cyber-struggles for the protection of children

Prosecuting criminal predators

Alternative adjudication methods for offenders with mental health problems

Violent offenders : a perspective on dynamic federal supervision practices

Criminal predatory behavior in the federal bureau of prisons

Institutional misconduct among capital murderers

Commitment laws for sexual predators

Sex offender registries and criminal predators

Running to stand still? : reentry and violent offenders.

Notes:

Includes bibliograhical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0763797901

9780763797904

OCLC:

617524612

Publisher Number:

99948572967