Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course - Brossura

John Wright; Stephen Tibbetts; Leah Daigle

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1452217998 ISBN 13: 9781452217994

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2014

Riassunto

Why do individuals exposed to the same environment turn out so differently, with some engaging in crime and others abiding by societal rules and norms? Why are males involved in violent crime more often than females? And why do the precursors of serious pathological behavior typically emerge in childhood? Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course, Second Edition, by John Paul Wright, Stephen G. Tibbetts, and Leah E. Daigle, addresses key questions surrounding criminal propensity by discussing studies of the life-course perspective—criminological research that links biological factors associated with criminality with the social and environmental agents thought to cause, facilitate, or otherwise influence a tendency towards criminal activity. The book provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary coverage of the current thinking in the field about criminal behavior over the course of a lifetime. Additionally, it highlights interventions proven effective and illustrates how the life-course perspective has contributed to a greater understanding of the causes of crime.

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L'autore:

John Paul Wright is Professor of Criminal Justice in the Division of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati and is Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jedda, Saudia Arabia. Dr. Wright was rated as the most productive associate professor in criminology and was recently evaluated as one of the most cited criminologists in the United States.  He earned his undergraduate degrees in criminology from Indiana State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. He has published over 130 scholarly articles in criminology, psychology, behavioral genetics, and molecular genetics journals and is a frequent lecturer to professional organizations interested in the development of serious, violent offending. The winner of four teaching awards, he teaches in the area of life-course development and biosocial criminology.

Contenuti:

Chapter 1. Life Course Criminology
Chapter 2. The Stability of Criminal and Analogous Behaviors
Chapter 3. Continuity in Antisocial Potential
Chapter 4. Genetics and Crime
Chapter 5. Introduction to Brain Structure and Basic Functions―Part I: The Hindbrain, Midbrain, and Limbic Structures In the Development of Criminality
Chapter 6. Introduction to Brain Structure and Basic Functions―Part II: Forebrain Formations, Trauma, and Criminal Behavior
Chapter 7. Concepts and Issues in Neuropsychological Functioning
Chapter 8. Sex Differences in Brain Processes and Laterality
Chapter 9. Special Topics in the Life Course: Psychopathy, Early Onset, and Drug Influences on Criminality
Chapter 10. Individuals and Their Social World
Chapter 11. Families and Crime
Chapter 12. Prepubescence: Infancy and Childhood
Chapter 13. Postpubescence: Adolescence and Adulthood
Chapter 14. Policy Recommendations

Su questa edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1452217998
• ISBN 13: 9781452217994
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 328