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Crime in a Psychological Context : From Career Criminals to Criminal Careers.

This engaging book presents a contextual psychological interpretation of crime. It covers essential topics including psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and criminal lifestyle. The author's compelling analysis explains criminal behavior, by showing how the criminal lifestyle is capabl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walters, Glenn D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This engaging book presents a contextual psychological interpretation of crime. It covers essential topics including psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and criminal lifestyle. The author's compelling analysis explains criminal behavior, by showing how the criminal lifestyle is capable of integrating two seemingly incompatible crime paradigms: the career criminal paradigm and the criminal career paradigm. Starting with a context for criminality, and then moving from particular conceptions of crime to more evidence-based theories, this volume challenges students to think in a differen.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (289 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-262) and index.
ISBN:9781483302065
1483302067
9781483342467
1483342468