RT Book
T1 Crime and criminality: a multidisciplinary approach
A1 Taylor, Sandie
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1617662542
AB Introduction -- Why is a multidisciplinary approach informative? -- What is crime? -- Defining and examining crime from different perspectives -- Concepts in crime definition influencing crime classification -- Nature-nurture explanations of criminal behaviour -- Biological constraints and evolutionary factors -- Social, learning and developmental approaches to understanding criminality -- Decision-making processes by criminals -- Different types of crime and criminal with a focus on nature, nurture and nature-nurture -- White-collar criminals and their crimes -- Psychopaths and their crimes -- Sex offenders and their crimes -- Female offenders and their crimes -- Delinquents and their crimes -- Prediction of criminal behaviour -- Dangerousness, risk assessment and the mentally and the personality disordered offender -- Offender profiling: serial killers -- Reliability of investigative processes -- Eyewitness testimony and extra-legal defendant characteristics -- Cognitive interview -- Confessions -- Discussion about the function of law, its impact on antisocial behaviour and its origins -- "Big5" legal concepts -- Law drives criminality -- Concluding comments -- Glossary -- References -- Appendix
NO Includes bibliographical references
CN HV6080
SN 9781138888616
SN 9781138888623
K1 Criminal Psychology
K1 Criminal Behavior
K1 Criminology
K1 Kriminalpsychologie : Kriminalsoziologie : Kriminalprognose