Criminal psychology : nature, nurture, culture : a textbook and practical reference guide for students and working professionals in the fields of law enforcement, criminal justice, mental health, and forensic psychology

Criminal Psychology: Nature, Nurture, Culture: A Textbook and Practical Reference Guide for Students and Working Professionals in the Fields of Law Enforcement, Criminal J 1st Edition Criminal psychology is the application of the principles of normal and abnormal psychology to the understanding, prediction, and control of criminal behavior. Criminal Psychology: Nature, Nurture, Culture provides an in-depth yet readable introduction to the foundations of criminal psychology as it is understood and practiced from the classroom to the courtroom. The book is organized into five sections. Part I examines the nature and origins of criminal behavior. These chapters outline the role of psychology in the criminal justice system, and review the biology, psychology, and sociology of crime to develop a naturalistic model of criminal behavior that can guide theory and practice in law enforcement, criminal justice, and forensic evaluation. Part II examines the major classes of mental disorder that may be associated with criminal behavior, including psychotic disorders, mood disorders, organic brain syndromes, substance abuse, and personality disorders. Each chapter consists of a description of the syndrome, followed by applications to law enforcement, criminal justice, and forensic mental health issues of competency, sanity, and criminal culpability. Part III deals with death. Topics include homicide, serial murder, mass homicide, workplace and school violence, and terrorism. Part IV covers sexual offenses and crimes within the family, including rape and sexual assault, sex crimes against children, child battery, domestic violence, and family homicide. Part V discusses the psychological dynamics of a variety of common crimes, such as stalking and harassment, theft and robbery, gang violence, organized crime, arson, hate crimes, victimology, the psychology of corrections, and the death penalty. Each chapter contains explanatory tables and sidebars that illustrate the chapter's main topic with examples from real-life cases and the media, and explore controversies surrounding particular issues in criminal psychology, such as criminal profiling, sexual predator laws, dealing with children who kill, psychotherapy with incarcerated offenders, and the use of “designer defenses” in court. Grounded in thorough scholarship and written in a crisp, engaging style, this volume is the definitive handbook and reference source for forensic psychologists, mental health practitioners, attorneys, judges, law enforcement professionals, and military personnel. It will also serve as an authoritative core text for courses in forensic psychology, criminology, and criminal justice practice. In examining the nature and origins of criminal behavior, the chapters of part I outline the role of psychology in the criminal justice system. They review the biology, psychology, and sociology of crime in order to develop a naturalistic model of criminal behavior that can guide theory and practice in law enforcement, criminal justice, and forensic evaluation. The chapters of part II examine the major classes of mental disorders that may be linked to criminal behavior, including psychotic disorders, mood disorders, organic brain syndromes, substance abuse, and personality disorders. Each chapter describes the syndrome, followed by implications for policies and practices in law enforcement, criminal justice, and forensic mental health regarding competency, sanity, and criminal culpability. Part III addresses criminal behaviors that cause victims' deaths. Chapter topics include homicide, serial murder, mass homicide, workplace and school violence, and terrorism. Part IV focuses on sexual offenses and crimes that occur within families, including rape, sexual assault, sex crimes against children, child battery, domestic violence, and family homicide. Part V discusses the psychological dynamics of a variety of common crimes, including stalking, harassment, theft, robbery, gang violence, organized crime, arson, hate crimes, victimology, the psychology of corrections, and the death penalty. Each of the book's chapters contains explanatory tables and sidebars that pertain to the chapter's main topic, along with examples from real-life cases and the media. Each chapter also identifies and discusses controversies associated with particular issues in criminal psychology, such as criminal profiling, sexual-predator laws, the management of children who commit homicide, psychotherapy for inmates, and the use of "designer defenses" in trials. Approximately 3,500-item bibliography and a subject index Criminal Psychology Nature, Nurture, Culture 2 Contents 14 Part I: The Nature and Origins of Criminal Behavior 18 Ch 1: Psychology in the Criminal Justice System 20 Ch 2: Biological Theories of Criminal Behavior 50 Ch 3: Psychosocial Theories of Criminal Behavior 78 Part II: Personality, Psychopathology, and Crime 110 Ch 4: Brain Syndromes and Substance Abuse 112 Ch 5: Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders 136 Ch 6: Anxiety and Mood Disorders 150 Ch 7: Personality Disorders 175 Ch 8: Antisocial Personality Disorder and the Psychopath 195 Part III: The Homicides 228 Ch 9: Homicide 230 Ch 10: Serial Homicide 253 Ch 11: Mass Homicide I:Workplace Violence 297 Ch 12: Mass Homicide II:School Violence 325 Ch 13: Mass Homicide III:Terrorism and Political Violence 351 Part IV: Sex Crimes andFamily Crimes 396 Ch 14: Sex Crimes I:Rape and Sexual Assault 398 Ch 15: Sex Crimes II: Sexual Offenses Against Children 428 Chap 16: Family Crime I: Child Abuse and Family Violence 456 Ch 17: Family Crime II:Domestic Violence 487 Part V: Other Crimes and Punishments 514 Ch 18:Stalking and Harassment 516 Ch 19: Juvenile Crime 535 Ch 20: Other Crimes 564 Ch 21: Corrections, the Death Penalty, and Crime Victims 587 Bibliography 604 Index 780