Psychological Criminology

Auteur

Richard Wortley began his career as a prison psychologist and has subsequently taught the psychology of crime and criminality for many years in criminology schools for many years. He is currently a Professor in the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science at University College London, and in the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato.

Texte du rabat

Psychological Criminology explores what is it about individuals and their experiences that cause them to commit crime and/or to become criminal.

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Résumé
Psychological Criminology explores what is it about individuals and their experiences that cause them to commit crime and/or to become criminal. .

Contenu

1 Introduction

2 Human nature

3 Heredity

4 The brain

5 Personality

6 Development

7 Learning

8 Cognition

9 Situations

10 Conclusion