Description
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and mental health explanations of criminal behavior. Drawing upon the General Personality and Cognitive Social Learning theory, James Bonta and Donald Andrews provide an overview of the theoretical context and major knowledge base of the psychology of criminal conduct, discuss the eight major risk/need factors of criminal conduct, examine the prediction and classification of criminal behavior along with prevention and rehabilitation, and summarize the major issues in understanding criminal conduct. This book also offers the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model of assessment and treatment that has guided developments in the subject throughout the world.
Bonta carefully maintains the book’s original contributions while presenting core concepts succinctly, clearly, and elegantly. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as for scholars, researchers, and practitioners, The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, further extends and refines the authors’ body of work.
The book is extended and enhanced by a website that includes:
- A curated selection of videos, webinars and podcast episodes, bringing together diverse voices from leaders across the field of corrections and criminal psychology
- Technical notes providing additional context and detail to concepts explored in the book
- Interactive quizzes to test understanding and support study
- Lecture slides, exercises and test banks designed to save instructors time
Table of Contents
Part 1: The Theoretical Context and Knowledge Base to the Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Chapter 1: An Overview of the Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Chapter 2: The Empirical Basis to the Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Chapter 3: From Criminology Theories to a Psychological Perspective of Criminal Conduct
Part 2: The Major Risk/Need Factors of Criminal Conduct
Chapter 4: The Biological Basis of Criminal Behavior
Chapter 5: Antisocial Personality Pattern
Chapter 6: The Role of Procriminal Associates and Attitudes in Criminal Conduct
Chapter 7: The Person in Social Context: Family, Marital, School, Work, Leisure/Recreation, and Neighborhood
Chapter 8: Substance Misuse
Part 3: Applications
Chapter 9: The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model of Assessment and Treatment
Chapter 10: Prediction and Classification of Criminal Behavior
Chapter 11: Rehabilitation
Chapter 12: Creating and Maintaining RNR Adherence: A Real-World Challenge
Chapter 13: The Failed Experiment: Getting Tough on Crime
Chapter 14: Criminal Subtypes: Intimate Partner Violence, the Mentally Disordered, and Sexual Offenders
Part 4: Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 15: A General Personality and Cognitive Social Learning Perspective of Criminal Conduct: Summary and Conclusions
