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Criminal Psychology
Charles C Thomas 2012; US$ 67.95Criminal psychology is the application of the principles of normal and abnormal psychology to the understanding, prediction, and control of criminal behavior. Criminal Psychology: Nature, Nurture, Culture provides an in-depth yet readable introduction to the foundations of criminal psychology as it is understood and practiced from the classroom to... more...
The Criminal Recidivism Process
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 28.00This book addresses why criminal offenders repeat their actions after being released from prison. more...
Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95Environmental criminology is a generic label that covers a range of overlapping perspectives. At the core, the various strands of environmental criminology are bound by a common focus on the role that the immediate environment plays in the performance of crime, and a conviction that careful analyses of these environmental influences are the key to... more...
An Introduction to Criminal Psychology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95Crime is a topic that is of considerable interest to policy-makers, politicians and the public alike. We want to know what factors can explain the nature and prevalence of crime in society and use this knowledge to better develop approaches for managing criminal behaviour. This book provides a comprehensive overview of approaches to understanding... more...
The Criminal Triad
Charles C Thomas 2010; US$ 47.95What is it that compels a person to choose a life of crime and deviancy over one of responsibility and social conformity? To understand exactly how and why that choice is ultimately made, we must turn to the discipline of psychology. The author presents and then deconstructs his own unique formulation of the internal deterrence system, and looks specifically... more...
Konstruierte Normalitäten ¿ normale Abweichungen
Springer Fachmedien 2010; US$ 54.99Delinquent Girls
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99Traditionally, delinquent girls were considered an anomaly, a rare phenomenon attracting little scholarly notice. Today, more than one in four youth offenders is female, and researchers and practitioners alike are quickly turning their attention and resources to address this challenging situation. Delinquent Girls: Contexts, Relationships, and Adaptation... more...
Tod im Gefängnis
Campus Verlag 2012; US$ 26.95Hauptbeschreibung Welche Freiheiten braucht ein Mensch, um in Würde zu sterben? Obgleich der Tod ein unausweichlicher Bestandteil des Gefängnisalltags ist, ist er wissenschaftlich bislang kaum untersucht. Der Band beleuchtet die Themen Hungerstreik, Suizid und Todesstrafe, aber auch den "normalen" Tod im Gefängnis aus rechtlicher, historischer und... more...
Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Autonomie und strafrechtlicher Paternalismus.
Duncker & Humblot 2011; US$ 73.33Hauptbeschreibung Der Zweck des Strafrechts besteht im Schutz von Rechtsgütern. Ihre Bewahrung stellt den eigentlichen Legitimationsgrund des Strafrechts dar. In den letzten Jahrzehnten wird jedoch die Tendenz des Gesetzgebers beobachtet, strafrechtliche Regelungen zu erlassen, welche nicht die Erhaltung von "wahren" Rechtsgütern ins Zentrum legen,... more...









