James Bonta, D. A. Andrews

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and mental health explanations of criminal behavior.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 502
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000927535
• Artikelnr.: 68789518

Autorenporträt

James Bonta served as Director of Corrections Research at Public Safety Canada from 1990 until 2015. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Ottawa in 1979. Bonta was a psychologist, and later Chief Psychologist, at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, a maximum-security remand facility for adults and young offenders. Throughout his career, Bonta has held various academic appointments and professional posts. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, a recipient of the Association's Criminal Justice Section's Career Contribution Award for 2009, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012, the Maud Booth Correctional Services Award, 2015, and the 2015 Community Corrections Award from the International Corrections and Prisons Association.

The late D.A. Andrews was a noted psychologist affiliated with Carleton University throughout his academic career. His work on the psychology of criminal conduct produced what became known as the "theory of correctional intervention," which set the standard for successful intervention practices throughout the field of corrections worldwide. He was a founding member of Carleton's Criminology and Criminal Justice Program and a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Sixth Edition
Part 1: The Theoretical Context and Knowledge Base to the Psychology of
Criminal Conduct
Chapter 1 An Overview of the Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Chapter 2 The Empirical Basis to the Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Chapter 3 From Criminology Theories to a Psychological Perspective of
Criminal Conduct
Part 2: The Major Risk/Need Factors of Criminal Conduct
Chapter 4 The Biological Basis of Criminal Behavior
Chapter 5 Antisocial Personality Pattern
Chapter 6 The Role of Procriminal Associates and Attitudes in Criminal
Conduct
Chapter 7 The Person in Social Context: Family, Marital, School, Work,
Leisure/Recreation, and Neighborhood
Chapter 8 Substance Abuse
Part 3: Applications
Chapter 9 The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model of Offender Assessment and
Treatment
Chapter 10 Prediction of Criminal Behavior and Classification of Offenders
Chapter 11 Offender Rehabilitation
Chapter 12 Creating and Maintaining RNR Adherence: A Real World Challenge
Chapter 13 The Failed Experiment: Getting Tough on Crime
Chapter 14 Criminal Subtypes: Intimate Partner Violence, the Mentally
Disordered, and Sex Offenders
Part 4: Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 15 A General Personality and Cognitive Social Learning Perspective
of Criminal Conduct: Summary and Conclusions