David Canter

Criminal Psychology in Action

A Project Based Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

Criminal Psychology in Action provides a practical, hands-on introduction to criminal psychology through unique projects for students, illustrating the many ways research into crimes and criminals can be conducted. It also provides an overview of many individual and social psychological theories of criminality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm
• Gewicht: 740g
• ISBN-13: 9781032783963
• ISBN-10: 1032783966
• Artikelnr.: 70147514

Autorenporträt

David Canter, Emeritus Professor at The University of Liverpool is highly regarded internationally for his research and many publications in Forensic Psychology. He created the field of Investigative Psychology and earlier developed Environmental Psychology. He has supervised research projects for over half a century, at every level from schools to PhDs, as well as large-scale studies for government departments, industry, and research councils.

Inhaltsangabe

Section One - Challenges and Concerns when Studying Crimes and Criminals
Section Two - Approaches to Research Section Three - Projects Experiments
How to Forge a Signature: Project 1 Detecting Deception: Project 2
Profiling Serial Killers: Project 3 Geographical Offender Profiling:
Project 4 Surveys Exploring Crime Seriousness: Project 5 The Seductions of
Crime: Project 6 Case Studies How Fraudsters Persuade: Project 7
Justifications for Criminality: Project 8 How to Rob a Bank: Project 9
Role Playing Simulation Exploring Criminal Networks: Aspects of Structure
and Communication: Project 10 Section Four - Summary and Conclusions A
ppendix A: Guidelines for Ethical Psychological Research Appendix B: Very
Brief Explanation of Smallest Space Analysis (SSA)