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Crime in a psychological context : from career criminals to criminal careers / Glenn D. Walters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walters, Glenn D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Psychological aspects.
- Crime.
- Criminal behavior.
- Criminal psychology.
- Criminology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 269 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Referencing clinical case studies throughout, this book encourages students to critically examine crime-related constructs such as psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder and criminal lifestyle, and to explore evidence-based interventions that could prevent further crime.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Author; 1 - Understanding Crime; 2 - Latent Structure; 3 - Classification; 4 - Assessment; 5 - Development or Propensity; 6 - Phenomenology; 7 - Intervention; 8 - Prevention; 9 - Mental Illness and Malingering; 10 - Future Contexts and Distant Horizons; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-262) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781483302065
- 1483302067
- 9781452275390
- 1452275394
- OCLC:
- 833764196
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