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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823257803321

Autore

Walters Glenn D

Titolo

The criminal lifestyle : patterns of serious criminal conduct / / Glenn D. Walters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newbury Park, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

0-8039-3840-3

1-5063-1793-6

1-4833-2556-3

1-4522-5280-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages)

Disciplina

364.3

Soggetti

Criminal behavior

Criminal behavior - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - A Working Hypothesis; Chapter 2 - Criminologic Theory; Chapter 3 - Crime as a Lifestyle; Chapter 4 - Postulates and Key Terms; Chapter 5 - Developmental Issues; Chapter 6 - Cognitive Patterns; Chapter 7 - Assessment and Change; Chapter 8 - Working Hypothesis Revisited; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

What kind of choices does a hardened criminal make? What belief systems are these choices based on? The Criminal Lifestyle approaches these questions by examining how various biological, sociological and psychological factors interact to bring about criminal behaviour. Walters develops a model of crime as a lifestyle and shows that this concept is historically, cross-nationally and empirically valid. This groundbreaking book will be of interest to psychologists and sociologists as well as criminologists.