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ISBN: | 9781483302065 1483302067 9781412996082 1412996082 9781483342467 1483342468
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-262) and index. Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Walters, Glenn D. Crime in a Psychological Context : From Career Criminals to Criminal Careers. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, ©2011 9781412996082
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