{"product_id":"crime-and-crime-reduction-9781138685284","title":"Crime and Crime Reduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problems associated with groups that commit crime are well known and notoriously complex. However, there are many questions that we still cannot answer with certainty. This book seeks to deepen understanding of the group processes involved in crime and the treatment of offenders' thoughts and behaviour. Together, the chapters in this volume address the following questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre people more likely to commit crime because of the influence of their group?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes group membership cause people to become criminals, or does the group merely foster people's pre-existing criminal inclinations? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow does group membership exert such a strong hold on people so that some risk imprisonment or even death, rather than relinquish their membership?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to Crime and Crime Reduction consider the social psychological influences of groups and specific forms of group crime such as street and prison gangs, terrorism, organized criminal networks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people agree that crime is a bad thing and that rather less of it would be a good thing. At a time when a great deal of psychology research has retreated to the biological interior, it is refreshing to see this excellent text put social psychology to work in the cause of crime reduction. \u003cstrong\u003e- Clive Hollin, Professor of Criminological Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people agree that crime is a bad thing and that rather less of it would be a good thing. At a time when a great deal of psychology research has retreated to the biological interior, it is refreshing to see this excellent text put social psychology to work in the cause of crime reduction. \u003cstrong\u003e- Clive Hollin, Professor of Criminological Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathering the work of both rising and established authors, Wood and Gannon (both, forensic psychology, Univ. of Kent, UK) have produced an organized, comprehensive, well-written resource that adds to understanding across disciplines... As a whole, this valuable resource addresses far-reaching implications of crime across several key disciplines in the social sciences. - \u003cstrong\u003eT. Cottledge, CHOICE, Vol. 50, No. 7\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Social Influence of Groups on Individuals,\u003cem\u003e G. T.Viki, D. Abrams.\u003c\/em\u003e Street Gangs: The Inter- and Intra-Group Processes, \u003cem\u003eJ. L. Wood, E. Alleyne.\u003c\/em\u003e Gangs: Displaced and Group-Based Aggression, \u003cem\u003eE. A. Vasquez, B. Lickel, K.Hennigan\u003c\/em\u003e. A Multi-Factorial Approach to Understanding Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Offending, L. Harkins, L. Dixon. The Role of Group Processes in Terrorism, \u003cem\u003eM. A. Wilson, E. Bradford, L. Lemanski. \u003c\/em\u003eOrganized Crime: Criminal Organizations or Organized Criminals? \u003cem\u003eV. Egan, S. Lock \u003c\/em\u003eSurviving and Thriving: The Growth, Influence and Administrative Control of Prison Gangs, \u003cem\u003eM. L. Griffin, D. Pyrooz, S.H. Decker. \u003c\/em\u003eFeatures of Treatment Delivery and Group Processes that Maximize the Effects of Offender Programs, W\u003cem\u003e. L. Marshall, D. L. Burton, L. E. Marshall\u003c\/em\u003e. Should Group Membership be Considered for Treatment to be Effective? \u003cem\u003eJ. Thakker.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084563607895,"sku":"9781138685284","price":43.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138685284.jpg?v=1762206814","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crime-and-crime-reduction-9781138685284","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}