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

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Author / Creator:Walters, Glenn D.
Imprint:Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11180213
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ISBN:9781483302065
1483302067
9781412996082
1412996082
9781483342467
1483342468
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-262) and index.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Walters, Glenn D. Crime in a Psychological Context : From Career Criminals to Criminal Careers. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, ©2011 9781412996082