Violent crime: clinical and social implications
This volume covers both the foundations of criminal behavior and the research on the etiology, nature, assessment, and treatment of individuals who commit violent crime. This interdisciplinary text draws on research in clinical psychology, social psychology, criminal justice, medicine, and biology. Equal consideration is given to environmental and biological research into criminal behavior.
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- Full title :Violent crime : clinical and social implications / editor, Christopher J. Ferguson.
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This volume covers both the foundations of criminal behavior and the research on the etiology, nature, assessment, and treatment of individuals who commit violent crime. This interdisciplinary text draws on research in clinical psychology, social psychology, criminal justice, medicine, and biology. Equal consideration is given to environmental and biological research into criminal behavior.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):SAGE
- Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 398 pages ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781412959926, 1412959926, 9781412959933, 1412959934
- oclc:on1079855213
- LC Classification:HV6493 V56 2009
Table of Contents
1. Violent crime research : an introduction / Christopher Ferguson. -- 2. Family and social influences on violent crime / John C. Kilburn Jr. & Jenifer Lee. -- 3. Media violence effects and violent crime / Christopher Ferguson. -- 4. Evolutionary and genetic explanations of violent crime / Martin Gottschalk & Lee Ellis. -- 5. The biochemistry of violent crime / Kevin Beaver. -- 6. Brain injuries and violent crime / José León-Carrión & Francisco Jose Chacartegui-Ramos. -- 7. Violence among school-aged youth / Cricket Meehan & Patricia Kerig. -- 8. Violence and the elderly / Jeanette M. Daly. -- 9. Domestic violence research, policy, and practice / Sarah Desmarais, Andrea Giba & Tonia Nicholls. -- 10. Physical child abuse / Mary Haskett, Sharon G. Portwood & Kristen M. Lewis. -- 11. Sexual offenders / Karen G. Terry & others. -- 12. Hate crimes / Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld. -- 13. Murder in a comparative context / Jennifer Schwartz. -- 14. Serial murder / Maria Ioannou. -- 15. Victimology / Arthur J. Lurigio. -- 16. Prevention and treatment of violent offending/offenders / Mary Clair, Lisa Faille & Joseph V. Penn.
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