An introduction to criminal psychology /
by Russil Durrant
- 2nd ed.
- London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2018.
- xviii, 466 p. Paper Back
Understanding criminal behaviour: An overview -- Juvenile delinquency and developmental theories of crime -- Mental disorder and crime -- Aggression and violence -- Violent offending -- Sexual offending -- Collective violence -- Drugs and crime -- Property offending -- White collar, corporate and environmental crime -- Crime prevention -- Criminal justice responses to crime -- The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders
This book offers a clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and theoretically informed introduction to criminal psychology, exploring how psychological explanations and approaches can be integrated with other perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, neurobiology, sociology, and criminology. Drawing on examples from around the world, it considers different types of offences from violence and aggression to white-collar and transnational crime, and links approaches to explaining crime with efforts to prevent crime and to treat and rehabilitate offenders.