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Books on: psychology and crime

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Psychology and Crime: An Introduction to Criminological Psychology

Book by Clive R. Hollin; Routledge, 1989

Subjects:

Criminal Psychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Psychology and crime Psychology and crime An introduction to...Publication Data Hollin, Clive R. Psychology and crime: an introduction to criminological...imperialist claims on behalf of psychology; crime cannot be explained solely by...
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Understanding Psychology and Crime: Perspectives on Theory and Action

Book by James Mcguire; Open University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Criminal Psychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Understanding psychology and crime Perspectives on theory and...Jenny Moynihan Understanding psychology and crime Perspectives on theory and...Professional organizations 207 Psychology and crime: the social context 208...
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The Psychology of Crime

Book by David Abrahamsen; Columbia University Press, 1960

Subjects:

Criminal Psychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The Psychology of Crime -ii- The Psychology of Crime BY DAVID ABRAHAMSEN, M.D. SCIENCE EDITIONS John...341 Index 345 The Psychology of Crime Introduction For many years I have studied various...
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Situational Prison Control: Crime Prevention in Correctional Institutions

Book by Richard Wortley; Cambridge University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Crime Prevention, Prison Discipline, Prison Psychology, Prison Violence--Prevention

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This book examines the control of prison disorder through the application of situational crime prevention principles. It spans two subject areas--crime prevention and corrections--and may interest academics as well as practitioners in these fields. On one hand, the book presents a new model of ...
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This book examines the control of prison disorder through the application of situational crime prevention principles. It spans two subject areas--crime prevention and corrections--and may interest academics as well as practitioners in these fields. On one hand, the book presents a new model of situational prevention that has applications beyond institutions to community settings. On the other, the examination of particular problem behaviors provides a comprehensive review of the prison control literature that does not depend upon a specific interest in situational crime prevention.
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Preventing Crime: A Symposium

Book by Sheldon Glueck, Eleonor Glueck; McGraw-Hill, 1936

Subjects:

Crime prevention, Criminal psychology, Criminals--Education, Education and crime

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...involves the mechanisms of human psychology. Here mental hygiene and psychotherapy...must play the chief roles in crime prevention. The more complicated...in planning and carrying out crime-prevention programs. To...or to be discouraged; gang psychology cannot be thwarted, but can...

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Journal Articles on: psychology and crime

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Deviant Peer Affiliations, Crime and Substance Use: A Fixed Effects Regression Analysis

Journal article by David M. Fergusson, Nicola R. Swain-Campbell, L. John Horwood; Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 30, 2002

Subjects:

Adolescent psychology--Research, Crime--Social aspects, Peer pressure--Social aspects, Risk-taking (Psychology)--Social aspects, Substance abuse--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...5.74 (1.6-21.3) (a)For property crime and violent crime values reported are incidence rate ratios, for all other outcomes...Development of adolescent problem behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 27, 141-150. Costanzo, P. R., Shaw, M. E. (1966). Conformity...
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A Mass Psychology of Punishment: Crime and the Futility of Rationally Based Approaches

Journal article by Lynn Chancer, Pamela Donovan; Social Justice, Vol. 21, 1994

Subjects:

Crime--Social aspects, Criminal justice, Administration of--Analysis, Punishment--Psychological aspects, Rationalism--Analysis

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

A mass psychology of punishment: crime and the futility...Freud and Marx or psychology and sociology. Vis-a-vis crime, this suggests thinking...about the social psychology or "psychopolitics" of contemporary crime. The image of a...
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Ecological Assessments of Community Disorder: Their Relationship to Fear of Crime and Theoretical Implications

Journal article by Douglas D. Perkins, Ralph B. Taylor; American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 24, 1996

Subjects:

Community life--Social aspects, Fear of crime--Social aspects, Social problems--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...victimization, fear of crime, and psychological...of Community Psychology, 20, 625-648...residential blocks: Crime and community...of Community Psychology, 18, 83-115...environmental psychology of disorder: Delinquency, crime, and fear of...
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Decline in the Use of Legal and Illegal Drugs in the United States, 1972-1990, and the Subsequent Drop in Crime

Journal article by Russell Eisenman; Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 2002

Subjects:

Americans--Drug use, Crime--Causes of, Drug abuse--Social aspects, Drug utilization--Social aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...findings add to the social psychology of perception or conceptualization...on drugs when committing the crime, or may have needed money for...Toch, H. (Eds.)(2000). Crime and Punishment: Inside views...and probability. Cognitive Psychology. Science. 5, 207-232. Tversky...
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Third Force Psychology Used to Foster Hall-Marks for Success Serves as the Basis for Delinquency and Crime Prevention

Journal article by Russel N. Cassel; Education, Vol. 121, 2001

Subjects:

Crime prevention--Research, Criminals--Social aspects, Juvenile delinquency--Prevention

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

THIRD FORCE PSYCHOLOGY USED TO FOSTER HALL-MARKS...BASIS FOR DELINQUENCY AND CRIME PREVENTION by RUSSEL...Ego-Status to Ego-Ideal. Psychology, 37,(3/4), 44-48. Cassel...prevents delinquency and crime. Education, 121(3), 422...

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Magazine Articles on: psychology and crime

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The Blame Game and How to Play It: Blame Can Be a Useful Tool When Conducting an Admission-Seeking Interview with a Crime Suspect

Magazine article by Robert "Jerry" Defatta; Security Management, Vol. 49, March 2005

Subjects:

Crime--Investigations, Crime--United States, Management methods--Analysis, Rationalization (Psychology)--Investigations, Theft--Prevention, Wilson, Flip--Investigations, Wilson, Flip--Performances

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Conducting an Admission-Seeking Interview with a Crime Suspect. by Robert "Jerry" DeFatta...investigators aiming to get a suspect to admit to a crime or wrongdoing. It is human nature to shift...conducting internal theft and property crime investigations, it is helpful to consider...
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Reward Not Paid: Authorities Regularly Offer Financial Incentives for Tips That Lead to a Crime Being Solved, but Criminologists Claim Large Payouts Are Rare

Magazine article by Timothy W. Maier; Insight on the News, Vol. 19, April 1, 2003

Subjects:

Crime, Law enforcement, Reward (Psychology)--Usage

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Financial Incentives for Tips That Lead to a Crime Being Solved, but Criminologists Claim...Criminal Justice and author of Organized Crime in America. "Its done for a big splash...Fryrear, executive director of the National Crime Prevention Institute at the University...
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Corporate Crime-II; Capitalist Punishment: Some Proposals

Magazine article by Mark (Consumer Advocate) Green, John F. Berry; The Nation, Vol. 240, June 15, 1985

Subjects:

Crime prevention, Criminal psychology--Social aspects, White collar crime--Prevention, White collar crimes--Prevention

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Corporate Crime-II; Capitalist Punishment: Some Proposals...law-enforcement system cope with corporate crime? To understand remedies, we need to illuminate...delinquency rate are more likely to engage in crime than ten other new boys moving into another...
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Crime in Cyberspace

Magazine article by Gene Stephens; The Futurist, Vol. 29, September 1995

Subjects:

Computer crimes--Prevention, Computer hackers--Crime, Information superhighway--Crimes against

Collections: Entire Library

...the human brain, making possible a new crime: mindstalking. Unauthorized intrusion...Borrowing a twentieth-century technique from psychology -- subliminal conditioning -- terrorists...iceberg in what might be tagged as "virtual crime" -- offenses based on a reality that only...
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Cities Combat Violent Crime

Magazine article by Eli Lehrer; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, July 19, 1999

Subjects:

Crime prevention--United States, Gun control--Innovations, Violent crimes--Prevention

Collections: Entire Library

...planning, however, did little to reduce crime. Rather, declines in crime rates during the last five years have come from strategies...involved community organizations and that complement a citys psychology and needs. Although the Boston gun intervention and Richmond...

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Newspaper Articles on: psychology and crime

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Sex Offender Is Spared Jail Term; CRIME: Court Told of Condition That Can Affect Sexuality

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), December 2, 2006

Subjects:

Sex (Psychology), Sexuality

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Sex Offender Is Spared Jail Term; CRIME: Court Told of Condition That Can Affect Sexuality. Byline: By Ben Griffin CRIME REPORTER A MAN who sexually abused a little Coventry girl was spared jail after the judge was told he has a genetic condition...
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'NYPD' vs. PBS' Daring 'Evil': A Comparative Analysis Brit Series Delves into Psychological, Metaphorical Aspects of Crime

Newspaper article by Ted Cox; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 13, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Londons Organized and Serial Crime Unit (OSC): Detective Inspector...It also delves more into psychology. If it seems less "real" than...contrived in how it sets up its psychology. "Evil" begins tonight with...believable characters, complex psychology, meticulous detective work...
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True Crime: Letter to My Rapist Changed My Life; Emma Vinton, 26, from Newcastle, Was Raped by Teenager Lee O'Brien Seven Years Ago. Struggling to Come to Terms with It, She Wrote to Him

Newspaper article; The People (London, England), October 24, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...two-year course in nursery nursing then decided to change my career direction completely. Id always had a real interest in psychology, and was now fascinated by the mind - what makes people do what OBrien did, and what gave me the strength to cope. I did a...
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THE FAMILY ANNIHILATORS; It"s a Crime beyond All Understanding, but These Children Were Murdered by Their Fathers ... as an Act of Revenge against Their Wives Femail Magazine

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 16, 2006

Subjects:

Murder, Periodical publishing

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...carried out to identify those at risk. According to Professor Kevin Browne, Director of the Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology at the University of Birmingham, there are two groups of men who are most likely to kill within the family. There are those...
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Unsettling Scores; Classical Music May Have Improved Crime Statistics on the District Line, but It Could Be a More Effective Deterrent in the Long Term If It Were Taken Seriously in Schools

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 19, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Unsettling Scores; Classical Music May Have Improved Crime Statistics on the District Line, but It Could Be a More...We know very little about the effects of music on human psychology beyond the self-evident observations that slow, quiet sounds...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: psychology and crime

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Criminology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...criminology also draws on the findings of psychology, economics, and other disciplines that...examining the evolution and definition of crime, criminology often aims to remove from...victims) be removed from the category of crime. In dealing with crime in general, the...
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Guilt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

GUILT in psychology, a term denoting an unpleasant feeling associated with unfulfilled wishes...criminal law, in cases where a defendant is found to be responsible for the crime for which he is on trial. See L. Wurmser, The Mask of Shame (1981...
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Gambling

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...England and in the United States, gambling was not a common-law crime if conducted privately. Even in colonial America, however...matter what the outcome of the contest. See E. Bergler, The Psychology of Gambling (1985); F. and S. Barthelme, Double Down (1999...

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