Crime : international perspectives, socioeconomic factors and psychological implications / Michael Harry Pearson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pearson, Michael Harry.

Series:

Law, Crime and Law Enforcement

Law, crime and law enforcement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime.

Crime--Economic aspects.

Crime--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the authors discuss crime issues from an international perspective, with a focus on socioeconomic factors and psychological implications. Topics include a qualitative analysis of contemporary Australian prison exit issues including prisoner re-entry and prisoner reintegration; offender profiling; hate crime in the U.S. and its relevant factors; stories of rape victims struggles and survival; a European examination of youth sexual aggression and victimization; positive psychology, offender rehabilitation and restorative justice; the effects of crime on marriages, divorce and birth

Contents:

Preface

Getting out and falling back : a qualitative analysis of contemporary australian prison exit issues / Marc A. Renton

Offender profiling : a review and critique of the approaches and major assumptions / Shannon Vettor, Jessica Woodhams, Anthony R. Beech

Aftermath of rape : stories of rape victims' struggle and survival / Shahana Nasrin

Youth sexual aggression and victimization : a european agenda? / Christian Diesen, Katrin Lainpelto and others

Another push for restorative justice : positive psychology and offender rehabilitation / Leo Gavrielides, Piers Worth

The effects of crime on marriages, divorces, and births to single mothers, in bordering states of mexico / Mingming Pan, Benjamin Widner, Carl E. Enomoto

Comparison of geospatial data concerning crime in china and in the usa / Xinyue Ye, Mark Leipnik and others

Prosecution of white-collar criminals : theoretical perspectives on defense lawyers / Petter Gottschalk

Are minorities over-represented in crime? twenty years of data in isere (france) / Mirta B. Gordon, Sebastian Roche, Marie-Aude Depuiset

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62948-658-2

OCLC:

865578912