
This book is a complete introduction to the subject. Beginning with theconcepts and theories of crime and criminality, the lucid text analysespersonality and dangerousness, and the various tests in practice. It then describes the social psychology of crime, including the correlates attempted interms of poverty, family background, school and peer group pressure, ethnicity,and gender. The text includes an insightful chapters on the effects ofviolence and sex in television on children and feminist perspectives oncriminal psychology.
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