Understanding Criminal Behaviour: Psychosocial Perspectives on Criminality and Violence

by David W. Jones

Book Overview

Our 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.

This 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138222887
• ISBN13: 9781138222885
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"