Criminal behaviour : a psychological approach to explanation and prevention / / Clive R. Hollin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822046903321
• Autore: Hollin Clive R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Washington, DC, : Falmer Press, 1992
• ISBN: 1-135-38606-4; 0-203-13043-X; 1-280-56370-2; 9786610563708; 1-135-38607-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary psychology series ; ; 7
• Disciplina: 364.3/01/9
• Soggetti: Criminal behavior
• 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. 161-181) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; List of Tables and Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Criminal Behaviour: What is it?; Morality and Criminal Law; Consensus Accounts; Conflict Approach; Critical criminology; Labeling Theory; Contemporary Views; Philosophy, Theory, and Research; Chapter 2: Criminal Behaviour: How Much of It?; Recognition of Criminal Behaviour; Reporting of Crime; Police Recording; Offender Surveys; Victim Surveys; The Extent of Crime; Fear of Crime; Effects of Victimization; Victim Surveys: Strengths and Limitations; Types of Crime Reliability of Information; Summary; Chapter 3: Explaining Criminal Behaviour: Biology and Personality; Biological Theories; Genetic Transmission; Family Studies; Twin Studies; Adoption Studies; Biological Correlates of Criminal Behaviour; Central Nervous System; Electroencephalogram recording; Neurotransmitters; Laterality; 'Soft' signs of CNS functioning; Autonomic Nervous System; Functioning and responsiveness; Hormonal Physiology; Summary; Crime and Personality; Chapter 4: Explaining Criminal Behaviour: Learning, Cognition and Age; Learning by Association; Differential Association Behaviour Analysis: Learning by Consequences; ; Reinforcement; Punishment; Three-term contingency; Differential Reinforcement Theory; A Behavioural Analysis of Attempted Multiple Murder; Social Learning Theory; The 'Problem' of Private Events; Cognition and Crime; Social Cognition; Empathy; Locus of control; Moral reasoning; Self-control and impulsivity; Social problem solving; Rational Choice; Age and Crime; Juvenile Crime; Predictors of Long-Term Offending; Chapter 5: Explaining Criminal Behaviour: Social Factors; Social Skills and Criminal Behaviour; Young Offenders; Social perception Social cognition; Social performance; Social skills and offending; The Family; Parental Disharmony; Family Size; Style of Parenting; Control; Encouragement; Supervision; Managing conflict; Peer Influences; School and Delinquency; Poverty; Chapter 6: Explaining Criminal Behaviour: The Special Case of Mental Disorder; Mental Disorder in Prisoners; Criminal Behaviour in Psychiatric Populations; Mental Illness and Criminal Behaviour; Schizophrenia; Depression; Mental Handicap and Criminal Behaviour; Psychopathic Disorder; Assessment; Background factors; Physiological functioning; Cognitive-behavioural measures Criminal behaviour; Psychopathy: Concept or chimera ?; Mental Disorder and Criminal Behaviour: Theory and Practice; Chapter 7: Preventing Criminal Behaviour: Punishment, Deterrence and Retribution; Punishment and Retribution; Capital Punishment; Punishment and Deterrence; Special deterrence; General deterrence; Situational Crime Prevention; Reducing Opportunity; Hardening the target; Removing the target; Increasing the Risk of Detection; Formal surveillance; Informal surveillance; Environmental design; Personal skills; Problems and Objections; Displacement; Objections
• Sommario/riassunto: This study looks at contemporary psychological research and theory into criminal behaviour and considers the relationship between psychological and criminological theories. At the same time, the book examines the impact of psychology on strategies.