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The Psychology of Criminal Conduct: Theory, Research and Practice
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The Measurement and Distribution of Crime, Criminology, and Psychology as mentioned in this paper The Measurement of and distribution of crime, crime, and mental health disorders, and the effectiveness and ethics of intervention with offenders.Abstract:
Crime, Criminology, and Psychology. The Measurement and Distribution of Crime. Classification of Offenders. Social and Environmental Theories of Crime. Individually Oriented and Integrated Theories of Crime. Biological Correlates of Antisocial Behavior. Familial and Social Correlates of Crime. Personal Attributes of Offenders. Aggression and Violent Crime. Crime and Mental Disorder. Sexual Deviation and Sexual Offending. Forensic Psychology and the Offender. Psychological Interventions with Offenders. Treatment of Dangerous Offenders. The Effectiveness and Ethics of Intervention. References. Index.read more
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The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Demetra Andrews,James Bonta +1 more
TL;DR: For instance, the authors investigates the relationship between the beginning and maintenance of criminal activity and diverse risk predictors (singular and social, static and dynamic) in the development of criminal behaviour.
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The Recent Past and Near Future of Risk and/or Need Assessment
TL;DR: Andrews et al. as discussed by the authors reviewed the progress of risk assessment in criminal justice and assess progress since Andrews, Bonta, and Hoge's (1990; Andrews, Zinger, et al., 1990) statement of the human service principles of risk-needresponsivity and professional discretion.
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The sociobiology of sociopathy: An integrated evolutionary model
TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrate the proximate, developmental models with the ultimate, evolutionary ones, suggesting that two developmentally different etiologies of sociopathy emerge from two different evolutionary mechanisms.
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Antecedents of Counterproductive Behavior at Work: A General Perspective
Bernd Marcus,Heinz Schuler +1 more
TL;DR: Results from simple and moderated hierarchical multiple regression analyses involving 24 predictors of GCB strongly support hypotheses derived from self-control theory and little support is found for any effects on individual differences in GCB beyond the direct and conditional impact of internal control.
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Reconstructing psychopathy: clarifying the significance of antisocial and socially deviant behavior in the diagnosis of psychopathic personality disorder.
TL;DR: It is suggested that antisocial behavior is best viewed as a secondary symptom or consequence of psychopathy, and the findings have important implications for future research and clinical-forensic practice, especially concerning the assessment of risk for criminality and violence.