Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN NATURE IN THEORIES OF CRIME PERSPECTIVES IN CRIMINOLOGY DEFINING AND MEASURING CRIME JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDING RECAP: DEFINING CRIME AND DELINQUENCY CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPMENTAL RISK FACTORS SOCIAL RISK FACTORS PARENTAL AND FAMILY RISK FACTORS PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DELIQUENCY DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES OF DELINQUENCY SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 3: ORIGINS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: BIOLOGICAL FACTORS GENETICS AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS TEMPERAMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS PHYSIQUE AND CRIME EYSENCK'S THEORY OF PERSONALITY AND CRIME SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION CHAPTER 4: ORIGINS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: LEARNING AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS BEHAVIORISM SOCIAL LEARNING FRUSTRATION-INDUCED CRIMINALITY SITUATIONAL INSTIGATORS AND REGULATORS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 5: HUMAN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE DEFINING AGGRESSION THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGGRESSION SOCIAL LEARNING FACTORS IN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE COGNITIVE MODELS OF AGGRESSION OVERT AND COVERT ACTS OF AGGRESSION ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS EFFECTS OF MEDIA VIOLENCE THE BIOLOGY OF AGGRESSION BRAIN CENTERS AND VIOLENCE CONTROL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 6: CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHY AN EXAMPLE OF A PSYCHOPATH BEHAVIORAL DESCRIPTIONS THE CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATH PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES OF PSYCHOPATHY THE FEMALE PSYCHOPATH RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES JUVENILE PSYCHOPATHY BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND PSYCHOPATHY CHILDHOOD OF THE PSYCHOPATH SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 7: CRIME AND MENTAL DISORDERS DEFINING MENTAL ILLNESS THE DSM-IV COMPETENCY AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY INSANITY STANDARDS UNIQUE DEFENSES SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 8: MENTAL DISORDERS AND CRIME: DEFENDANTS AND OFFENDERS MENTAL DISORDERS AND VIOLENCE MENTALLY DISORDERED INMATES DANGEROUSNESS AND THE ASSESSMENT OF RISK THE (NON)MENTALLY DISORDERED SEX OFFENDER SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 9: HOMICIDE, ASSAULT, AND FAMILY VIOLENCE DEFINITIONS DEMOGRAPHICS OF HOMICIDE WEAPONS USED IN VIOLENCE OTHER FACTORS DEMOGRAPHICS OF ASSAULT JUVENILE MURDER FAMILY VIOLENCE THE NATURE AND THEORY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 10: MULTIPLE MURDER INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY MULTIPLE MURDERERS SERIAL MURDERERS MASS MURDERERS PRODUCT TAMPERING SCHOOL VIOLENCE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 11: TERRORISM AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE DEFINITIONS PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN GENERAL VIOLENT CRIME DEINDIVIDUATION AND CROWD VIOLENCE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 12: SEXUAL ASSAULT LEGISLATION ON SEX OFFENDERS RAPE: DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICS IMPACT ON VICTIMS RAPE OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION OF RAPE PATTERNS ETIOLOGY OR CAUSES OF RAPE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PORNOGRAPHY SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION CHAPTER 13: SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND OTHER SEXUAL OFFENSES INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF PEDOPHILIA SITUATIONAL AND VICTIMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION OF CHILD OFFENDER PATTERNS JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS RECIDIVISM OF PEDOPHILES THEORIES ON POTENTIAL CAUSES EXHIBITIONISM VOYEURISM AND FETISHISM SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 14: PROPERTY AND PUBLIC ORDER CRIME BURGLARY LARCENY AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT SHOPLIFTING WHITE-COLLAR AND OCCUPATIONAL CRIME PROSTITUTION SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 15: VIOLENT ECONOMIC CRIME AND CRIMES OF INTIMIDATION ROBBERY CYBERCRIME STALKING HOSTAGE-TAKING OFFENSES ARSON BOMBINGS SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 16: SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALCOHOL AND CRIME JUVENILE DRUG USE THE CONSISTANT SIX RESEARCH FINDINGS ON ILLICIT DRUG ABUSE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF DRUGS THE HALLUCINOGENS: CANNABIS THE STIMULANTS NARCOTIC DRUGS THE CLUB DRUGS: SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC COMPOUNDS ALCOHOL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 17: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND TREATMENT: JUVENILE OFFENDERS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION STRATEGIES CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS A BRIEF HISTORY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION OF PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS PRIMARY PREVENTION SELECTIVE PREVENTION TREATMENT APPROACHES SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 18: CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CAREERS IN CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM SOCIETAL RATIONALE FOR PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IMPRISONMENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS GLOSSARY CASES CITED REFERENCES AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX