Violent offenders: theory, research, public policy, and practice

The importance of violent offenders to criminology -- Where I'm from : criminal predators and their environments -- The behavioral genetics of predatory criminal behavior -- The socialization of violent criminal offenders : notes from the theory of differential oppression -- Biosocial dynamics...

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Main Author: DeLisi, Matt (Author)
Contributors: Conis, Peter John (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, Mass. [u.a.] Jones and Bartlett Publishers c2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (kostenfrei)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Keywords:
Violent offenders
Violent crimes > Research
Criminal Psychology
Criminology
Aufsatzsammlung
Gewaltkriminalität > Kriminalpsychologie
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Summary:The importance of violent offenders to criminology -- Where I'm from : criminal predators and their environments -- The behavioral genetics of predatory criminal behavior -- The socialization of violent criminal offenders : notes from the theory of differential oppression -- Biosocial dynamics : a transdisciplinary approach to violence and predation -- Early risk factors for homicide offenders and victims -- Generality of deviance and predation : crime-switching and specialization patterns in persistent sexual offenders -- Comparing women and men who kill -- Gang involvement and predatory crime -- Still psychopathic after all these years -- The heterogeneity of predatory behaviors in sexual homicide -- Criminal predatory behavior in the federal bureau of prisons -- Civil commitment laws for sexual predators -- Prosecuting criminal predators -- Institutional misconduct among capital murderers -- Sex offenders on the Internet : cyber-struggles for the protection of children -- Sex offender registries and criminal predators -- Domestic abuse program-generated risks of battered women
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XI, 318 S, graph. Darst, 23 cm
ISBN:076375479X
9780763754792