Crime in a Psychological Context

From Career Criminals to Criminal Careers

Key Features

• Chapter-opening clinical case studies: These real-life examples are included at the beginning of each chapter to help enhance understanding of the theoretical models and research results presented and to offer accessible and relatable ways to apply those models.
• Examines the underlying structure of crime-related constructs: This book helps students break away from the common view that offenders are best understood as types or categories. In place of typologies, this book introduces the notion of correlated dimensions that help us understand how criminal behavior develops, operates, and, in many cases, eventually stops.
• Offers a view of crime from the offender's perspective: This view is presented to help students gain an appreciation of how the criminal views him- or herself, the surrounding environment, and his or her future which is invaluable in helping students understand the nature of crime.
• Explores evidence-based interventions: This approach helps students understand the concepts behind intervention and prevention strategies with a focus on "what works", and illustrates how to evaluate one's results through research.