Understanding Criminal Behaviour: Psychosocial Approaches to Criminality
David Jones
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Detalhes do Produto
- Editora: Willan Publishing
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- Ano: 2007
- ISBN: 9781843923039
- Número de páginas: 310
- Capa: Brochada
Sinopse
This book presents an integration of psychological perspectives on criminal behaviour with mainstream criminological concerns. As criminology developed through the 20th century psychological perspectives became rather marginal. In part this arose due to academic psychology's commitment to experimental methods which have not been easily applied to the real world of crime, alongside many criminologists' aversion to many psychological theories that seemed to pathologise offenders and did not explore the social and cultural circumstances that surrounded those individuals.This book offers a psychosocial perspective on crime and argues that a great deal can be gained by re-integrating psychological approaches with the more sociological perspectives of criminology.