A Textbook of Criminial Psychology
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The present publication is a complete introduction to the discipline of criminal psychology. It takes the student of the subject through the various segments in a systematic and graded manner. Beginning with the concepts and theories of crime and criminality, the lucid text analyses personality and dangerousness, and the various tests in practice. It then describes the social psychology of crime, including the correlates attempted in terms of poverty, family background, school and peer group pressures, ethnicity, and gender. The chapter on media and criminal psychology will be of particular interest in the present debate on the subject, while the discussion of the effects of violence and sex in television on children is especially relevant. The text includes, among others, an insightful chapter on feminist perspectives on criminal psychology. The book will be of immense use to students and researchers in the subjects and researchers in the subject as well as to practicing criminologists, psychologists, law enforcement authorities and the judiciary.
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