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1 online resource (339 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figure and tables; Preface to first edition; Preface to second edition; Acknowledgements; 1 The need for a psychosocial criminology; Introduction; Nineteenth-century positivism: social physics and sociology; Psychology and crime; Psychobiology; The experimental tradition in psychology; Psychoanalysis and the clinical tradition; The development of sociological criminology through the twentieth century; Social conditions and crime; Radical critiques; Control theories; Jack Katz and the cultural turn; Psychosocial criminology |
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The nature of the psychosocial enquiryConclusion: a psychosocial approach; Overview of the book; 2 Mental disorder: madness, personality disorder and criminal responsibility; Introduction; Rates of mental disorder in prison; A brief history of criminal responsibility and mental disorder; Daniel M'Naghten and the insanity defence; Diminished responsibility in the UK; Durham ruling and ALI guidelines in the USA; Diminished responsibility and medical definitions; Arrested or incomplete development of mind; Mental illness; Mental illness on trial: successful use of diminished responsibility |
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The problem of psychopathy and personality disorderAntisocial personality disorder?; The continuing social problem of personality disorder; Theories of the cause of psychopathy/APD; Conclusions; 3 The contribution of criminal career research; Introduction; The London Longitudinal Study; Age on first conviction; Seriousness of offences; Repeat offending; Do official records reflect reality?; Identifying the risk factors for criminality; Are there key factors that cause delinquency?; How well do these factors predict offending?; Deprived non-delinquents: resilience? |
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Using the Massachusetts Study to understand the influence of family structureParenting styles and early family experience; Abuse and neglect; Child effects; Genetic explanations; The Danish Adoption Study; Poverty and diet; Conclusion; 5 Youth crime; Introduction; Age and criminal responsibility; Why do young people commit crime?; Sociological theories and youth crime; Strain and subcultural theory; Youth crime and social control; The psychology of adolescent development; Cognition and moral development; Emotional development; Autonomy, individuation and morality |
| Summary |
Of the findings of the 'London Study'Heterogeneity of offenders: adolescent-limited (AL) versus life-course persistent (LCP) offenders; Explaining the links between childhood antisocial behaviour and adult offending; Sociological explanations; Turning points and desistance; Individual explanations: physiology or psychology; Do biological childhood disorders lead to delinquency?; Theories of psychological development; The problem of white-collar crime and criminal careers; Conclusion; 4 Familial and parental influences; Introduction; Family structure and delinquency |
| Notes |
The development of 'moral emotions' in adolescence |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal behavior.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects
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Criminal behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315406572 |
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1315406578 |
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