Clive R. Hollin (UK University of Leicester)

Psychology and Crime

An Introduction to Criminological Psychology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book analyses the application of psychological findings to an expansive range of crimes and looks at the use of psychology in the work of the police and the courts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9780415497022
• ISBN-10: 0415497027
• Artikelnr.: 37043021

Autorenporträt

Clive R. Hollin is Professor of Criminological Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Leicester, UK. Alongside his various university appointments, he has worked as a psychologist in prisons, the Youth Treatment Service, special hospitals and regional secure units. He is a recipient of the Senior Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Field of Legal, Criminological and Forensic Psychology from the British Psychological Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Psychology and Crime 2. Crime: The Basics 3. Psychological
Theories Applied to Crime 4. The Development of Criminal Behaviour 5.
Psychological Approaches to Understanding Serious Crime: I Arson 6.
Psychological Approaches to Understanding Serious Crime: II Violent Crime
7. Psychological Approaches to Understanding Serious Crime: III Sexual
Crime 8. Mental Disorder and Crime 9. Crime Investigation & Evidence 10.
Psychology in the Courtroom 11. Reducing Crime: Punish or Cure? 12. Crime
Prevention