{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-criminal-psychology-paperback","title":"An Introduction to Criminal Psychology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussil Durrant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and theoretically informed introduction to criminal psychology, exploring how psychological explanations and approaches can be integrated with other perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, neurobiology, sociology, and criminology. Drawing on examples from around the world, it considers different types of offences from violence and aggression to white-collar and transnational crime, and links approaches to explaining crime with efforts to prevent crime and to treat and rehabilitate offenders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and expanded second edition offers a thorough update of the research literature and introduces several new features, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003edetailed international case studies setting the scene for each chapter, promoting real-world understanding of the topics under consideration;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea fuller range of crime types covered, with new chapters on property offending and white-collar, corporate, and environmental crime;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edetailed individual chapters exploring prevention and rehabilitation, previously covered in a single chapter in the first edition;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ean array of helpful features including learning objectives, review and reflect checkpoints, annotated lists of further reading, and two new features: 'Research in Focus' and 'Criminal Psychology Through Film'.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook is essential reading for upper undergraduate students enrolled in courses on psychological criminology, criminal psychology, and the psychology of criminal behaviour. Designed with the reader in mind, student-friendly and innovative pedagogical features support the reader throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRussil Durrant\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 466\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9 x 6 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 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42721362149439,"sku":"9781138650961","price":155.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d5df241b24f19d16e549664895f147c7.webp?v=1765092102","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-criminal-psychology-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}