Criminal psychology : nature, nurture, culture : a textbook and practical reference guide for students and working professionals in the fields of law enforcement, criminal justice, mental health, and forensic psychology / by Laurence Miller.

By: Miller, Laurence, 1951-
Language: English Publisher: Illiniois : Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, 2012Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780398087159; 9780398087166; 0398087164Subject(s): Criminal psychology | Criminal psychology -- Textbooks | Criminal psychology -- United StatesGenre/Form: TextbooksAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 364.3 LOC classification: HV6080 | .M55 2012Online resources: Full text is available at EBSCOhost. Click here to view.
Contents:
: The Nature and Origins of Criminal Behavior -- : Psychology in the Criminal Justice System -- : Biological Theories of Criminal Behavior -- : Psychosocial Theories of Criminal Behavior -- : Personality, Psychopathology, and Crime -- : Brain Syndromes and Substance Abuse -- : Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders -- : Anxiety and Mood Disorders -- : Personality Disorders -- : Antisocial Personality Disorder and the Psychopath -- : The Homicides -- : Homicide -- : Serial Homicide -- : Mass Homicide I:Workplace ViolenceCh 12: Mass Homicide II:School Violence -- : Mass Homicide III:Terrorism and Political Violence -- : Sex Crimes andFamily Crimes -- : Sex Crimes I:Rape and Sexual Assault -- : Sex Crimes II: Sexual Offenses Against Children -- Chap 16: Family Crime I: Child Abuse and Family Violence -- : Family Crime II:Domestic Violence -- : Other Crimes and Punishments -- :Stalking and Harassment -- : Juvenile Crime -- : Other Crimes -- : Corrections, the Death Penalty, and Crime Victims.
Summary: Criminal psychology is the application of the principles of normal and abnormal psychology to the understanding, prediction, and control of criminal behavior. Criminal Psychology: Nature, Nurture, Culture provides an in-depth yet readable introduction to the foundations of criminal psychology as it is understood and practiced from the classroom to the courtroom.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. : The Nature and Origins of Criminal Behavior -- 1. : Psychology in the Criminal Justice System -- 2. : Biological Theories of Criminal Behavior -- 3. : Psychosocial Theories of Criminal Behavior -- Part II. : Personality, Psychopathology, and Crime -- 4. : Brain Syndromes and Substance Abuse -- 5. : Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders -- 6. : Anxiety and Mood Disorders -- 7. : Personality Disorders -- 8. : Antisocial Personality Disorder and the Psychopath -- Part III. : The Homicides -- 9. : Homicide -- 10. : Serial Homicide -- 11. : Mass Homicide I:Workplace ViolenceCh 12: Mass Homicide II:School Violence -- 13. : Mass Homicide III:Terrorism and Political Violence -- Part IV. : Sex Crimes andFamily Crimes -- 14. : Sex Crimes I:Rape and Sexual Assault -- 15. : Sex Crimes II: Sexual Offenses Against Children -- Chap 16: Family Crime I: Child Abuse and Family Violence -- 17. : Family Crime II:Domestic Violence -- Part V. : Other Crimes and Punishments -- 18. :Stalking and Harassment -- 19. : Juvenile Crime -- 20. : Other Crimes -- 21. : Corrections, the Death Penalty, and Crime Victims.

Criminal psychology is the application of the principles of normal and abnormal psychology to the understanding, prediction, and control of criminal behavior. Criminal Psychology: Nature, Nurture, Culture provides an in-depth yet readable introduction to the foundations of criminal psychology as it is understood and practiced from the classroom to the courtroom.

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