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Psychological criminology : an integrative approach
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ISBN: 9781843928058 9781843928065 9780203806098 184392806X 1843928051 0203806093 Year: 2011 Publisher: Abingdon: Routledge,

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Situational prison control : crime prevention in correctional institutions
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ISBN: 9780511489365 9780521804189 9780521009409 0511019955 9780511019951 0521804183 0511489366 9780511043949 0511043945 0511156847 9780511156847 0521009405 1107123674 9781107123670 1280436379 9781280436376 0511329415 9780511329418 0511176112 9780511176111 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge university press,

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This book examines the control of problem behaviour in prison from a situational crime prevention perspective. Following the success of situational crime prevention in community settings, Richard Wortley argues that the same principles can be used to help reduce the levels of assault, rape, self-harm, drug use, escape and collective violence in our prison systems. This pioneering new study proposes a two-stage model of situational prevention that moves beyond traditional opportunity-reduction: it attempts to reconcile the contradictory urges to control prison disorder by 'tightening-up' and hardening the prison environment on the one hand, and 'loosening-off' and normalising it on the other. Combining a comprehensive synthesis and evaluation of existing research with original investigation and ground-breaking conclusions, Situational Prison Control will be of great interest to academics and practitioners both in the areas of correction and crime prevention more generally.


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Psychological criminology : an integrative approach
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ISBN: 9780367281007 9780367281021 Year: 2024 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge,

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"Psychological Criminology explores what is it about individuals and their experiences that cause them to commit crime and or to become criminal. Fully updated to include the latest theories and research, this new edition provides comprehensive coverage of psychological theories of crime and criminality. It arranges theories in temporal sequence, from distal to proximal causes of crime, and is organised under three key headings: theories that focus on factors present at birth (human nature, heredity); theories that focus on factors that influence the offender over the lifespan (learning and development); theories that focus on factors present at the crime scene. The book emphasizes the connections among the different approaches, and demonstrates how, taken together rather than as rival explanations, they provide a more complete picture of crime and criminality. Psychological Criminology highlights the contributions that psychological theory can make to the broader field of criminology. It is essential reading to students, academics, researchers and practitioners in both criminology and forensic psychology"--

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