Psychological criminology : an integrative approach /

The book provides a comprehensive coverage of psychological theories of crime and criminality, emphasising the connections among approaches, and to show how, taken together, they provide a more complete picture of crime and criminality.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wortley, Richard (Richard K.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Colección:Crime science series ; 9.
Temas:
Criminal psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminal psychology
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Human nature
  • 3. Heredity
  • 4. The brain
  • 5. Personality
  • 6. Development
  • 7. Learning
  • 8. Cognition
  • 9. Situations
  • 10. Conclusion.
  • 1. Introduction
  • What is psychological criminology?
  • Defining crime and criminals
  • Debates about the nature of crime and criminality
  • Psychological theories of crime and criminality: an integrated model
  • 2. Human nature
  • The principles of evolution
  • Evolution and behaviour
  • Crime-focused evolutionary approaches
  • Offender-focused evolutionary approaches
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 3. Heredity
  • A primer in behavioural genetics
  • Heritability of criminality
  • Variations in the heritability of criminality
  • Beyond behavioural genetics: molecular genetics
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 4. The brain
  • Basic brain structures and functions
  • Psychophysiology and crime
  • Biochemistry and crime
  • Neuroanatomy and crime
  • Neuro-environmental factors and crime
  • Putting it together: neuropsychological theories of crime
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 5. Personality
  • Trait approaches to personality
  • The single-trait approach and crime
  • The super-trait approach: Eysenck's three-factor theory of crime
  • Antisocial personality disorder (APD)
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 6. Development
  • The biological and environmental foundations of human development
  • Developmental risk and protective factors for crime
  • Psychosocial development and crime
  • Criminal careers
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 7. Learning
  • The science of behaviour
  • Classical conditioning
  • Operant conditioning
  • Social learning
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 8. Cognition
  • The cognitive revolution
  • Social cognitive theory
  • Offender decision-making
  • Schemas and scripts
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 9. Situations
  • What is a situation?
  • Social psychology
  • Environmental psychology
  • Opportunity theories
  • The person-situation interaction (again)
  • Conclusion and evaluation
  • 10. Conclusion
  • The argument in a nutshell
  • The strengths and limits of integration
  • Implications for practice.

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