Criminality in context : the psychological foundations of criminal justice reform /
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Author / Creator: | Haney, Craig, author. |
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Imprint: | Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2020] |
Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 423 pages). |
Language: | English |
Series: | Psychology, crime, and justice series Psychology, crime, and justice series. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12039598 |
Summary: | In this groundbreaking book that is built on decades of work on the front lines of the criminal justice system, expert psychologist Craig Haney provides a blueprint for fundamental reform by changing our understanding of who commits crime and why. Based on a comprehensive review and analysis of psychological research, Haney offers a carefully constructed framework for enhancing legal fairness and reducing crime through proactive prevention instead of reactive punishment. Haney meticulously reviews evidence documenting the ways in which a person's social history, institutional experiences, and present circumstances powerfully shape their life course, with a special focus on the role of social, economic, and racial injustice in crime causation. He thus effectively debunks the "crime master narrative"--the widespread myth that criminality is a product of free and autonomous "bad" choices--an increasingly anachronistic view that cannot bear the weight of contemporary psychological data and theory. This is a must-read for understanding the origins of criminal behavior and developing a fair and effective system to address them. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 423 pages). |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781433832130 1433832135 9781433831423 1433831422 |