{"product_id":"understanding-criminal-behaviour-psychosocial-perspectives-on-criminality-and-violence-paperback","title":"Understanding Criminal Behaviour: Psychosocial Perspectives on Criminality and Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur understanding of criminal behaviour and its causes has been too long damaged by the failure to integrate the emotional, psychological, social and cultural influences on the way people behave. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book offers a concise and accessible introduction to criminal behaviour, examining and integrating perspectives from criminology and psychology. It proposes a range of 'psychosocial' approaches that seek to understand the emotions that surround criminal behaviour, allowing for an exploration of individual differences and social and cultural issues that help to bridge the gap between disciplinary approaches. It offers substantive chapters on a range of topics, including: \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003emental disorder and the relationship between mental health and offending; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ecriminal career research;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eyouth crime and the question of criminal responsibility;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003egender and crime; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eviolent crime, including homicide and sexual crime. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition has been fully updated, including a revised opening chapter that offers an introduction to psychosocial criminology, up-to-date discussion of changes in the criminal justice system in the context of mental health, and two new chapters on race and crime, and public violence, extremism and terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is essential reading for students taking a range of courses on criminal behaviour, criminological theory, criminal psychology and psychological criminology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid W. Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at The Open University. He is also author of \u003cem\u003eDisordered Personalities and Crime: A Historical Analysis of Moral Insanity\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127619293319,"sku":"9781138222885","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/29794944e83d81a371beb305d9862788.webp?v=1732589667","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/understanding-criminal-behaviour-psychosocial-perspectives-on-criminality-and-violence-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}