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Criminal behavior
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"This book is intended for upper-level courses on criminal behavior, psychology and law, and developmental psychopathology taught in departments of psychology, criminology, criminal justice law, an...
"This book is intended for upper-level courses on criminal behavior, psychology and law, and developmental psychopathology taught in departments of psychology, criminology, criminal justice law, and sociology and/or criminal justice training academies."--Jacket.
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- Creator
- Elaine Cassel, Douglas A. Bernstein
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- English
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- 2nd ed
- Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2007
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 0805848924, 9780805848922
- OCLC
- ocm66463619
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- 1. What is crime? -- Crime as a legal concept -- The sociology of crime -- The politics of crime -- The morality of crime -- The classification of crimes -- The statistics of crime -- Methods for studying criminal behavior -- Criminals and criminal behavior -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 2. The criminal justice system -- Overview of the criminal justice system -- Dealing with special defendants -- Law enforcement officers -- Prosecutors -- Defense attorneys -- Juries -- Judges -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 3. The juvenile justice system -- The juvenile justice process -- The psycho-legal status of juvenile offenders -- Juvenile justice applied : the case of Ronald -- The future of juvenile justice -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 4. Biological roots of crime -- Physical appearance and crime -- Evolution and crime -- Genes and crime -- Crime and the brain -- Hormones and crime -- Alcohol, drugs, and crime -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 5. Psychological roots of crime -- Personality and crime -- Traits and crime -- Psychodynamics and crime -- Learning and crime -- Cognition and crime -- Personality disorders and crime -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down
- 6. Social and environmental roots of crime -- Social origins of human aggression and violence -- Social cognition, social behavior, and crime -- The environmental roots of crime -- The ecology of crime -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 7. The development of crime from early childhood to adolescence -- Pathways to crime -- Biological influences on the development of criminal behavior -- Developmental disorders and crime -- Learning to be, or not to be, a criminal -- Family influences on criminal behavior -- Putting it all in perspective -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 8. The development of crime from adolescence to adulthood -- Adolescence : challenges and risks -- Choosing crime : moral development and social influence -- Gender differences in the development of criminal behavior -- Conduct disorder and the development of criminal behavior -- Substance abuse and the development of criminal behavior -- Gangs, guns, and the development of criminal behavior -- Declining family influence and criminal behavior -- School failure and the development of criminal behavior -- Pathways to adult crime -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down
- 9. Mental disorders and crime -- What is mental disorder? -- Specific mental disorders and crime -- Diagnostic foundations for an insanity plea -- Factors contributing to criminal behavior among the mentally ill -- Mental health courts -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 10. Violent crimes -- Robbery -- Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter -- Aggravated assault and domestic violence -- Hate crimes -- Sex crimes -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 11. Economic and property crimes -- Arson -- Burglary, larceny, and auto theft -- Fraud -- Occupational crime -- Syndicated crime -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 12. Victims of crime -- Who are crime victims? -- The legal status of victims -- The role of victims in the criminal justice system -- Victimology -- Society as a victim of crime -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 13. The punishment of crime, and the crime of punishment -- The goals of punishment -- Sentencing procedures and options -- Imprisonment -- The death penalty -- Invisible punishment -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- 14. The future of crime -- A review of risk factors for criminal behavior -- Preventing crime -- Obstacles to crime prevention -- Looking ahead -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions for review -- Track it down -- Glossary