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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807802803321

Autore

Walters Glenn D

Titolo

Crime in a psychological context : from career criminals to criminal careers / / Glenn D. Walters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c2012

ISBN

1-4833-0206-7

1-4522-7539-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 269 p.) : ill

Disciplina

364.3

Soggetti

Crime - Psychological aspects

Criminal behavior

Criminal psychology

Criminology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.