{"product_id":"understanding-criminal-behaviour-9781138222885","title":"Understanding Criminal Behaviour","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur understanding of criminal behaviour and its causes has been too long damaged by the failure to integrate the emotional, psychological, social and cultural influences on the way people behave. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a concise and accessible introduction to criminal behaviour, examining and integrating perspectives from criminology and psychology. It proposes a range of âpsychosocialâ approaches that seek to understand the emotions that surround criminal behaviour, allowing for an exploration of individual differences and social and cultural issues that help to bridge the gap between disciplinary approaches. It offers substantive chapters on a range of topics, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003emental disorder and the relationship between mental health and offending; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ecriminal career research;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eyouth crime and the question of criminal responsibility;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003egender and crime; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eviolent crime, including homicide and se\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the second edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The psychosocial perspective, integrating both sociological and psychological insights, is among the most exciting new developments in criminology, and there is no better guide on that journey than David W. Jones. This fascinating, highly readable text, drawing on real life case studies, is the ideal introduction to understanding the complexity of criminal behaviour.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eShadd Maruna, Professor of Criminology, Queen’s University Belfast, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The social problems confronted by criminologists include everything from the social and moral development of children, the personal and political appetites for punishing and reintegrating offenders, and the infusion of violence – including that perpetrated by state actors – with experiences of fear, anger and humiliation that are routinely inflected by the inequalities of gender, ethnicity and class. David W. Jones’ book carefully articulates why only a criminology that is dynamically psychosocial is required to develop a better understanding of these problems and why such understanding is necessary to improve our responses to crime. An essential introduction to the relevance of psychosocial and psychoanalytic concepts that builds on the historical foundations of psychological and sociological criminologies.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDavid Gadd, Professor of Criminology, University of Manchester, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the first edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Understanding Criminal Behaviour's\u003c\/em\u003e strap line should be 'the holy grail' as it promises a whole new level of understanding of criminal behaviour. Probably once in a professional career is a paradigm shift of this significance ever proposed, and several conditions have to be right for this to happen...David Jones proposes an eclectic psychological approach to understanding the nature of criminal behaviour that promises to integrate criminological and clincal perspercitves into a holistic theory.' \u003c\/strong\u003e– \u003cem\u003eMonica Lloyd,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eForensic Psychologist, NOMS, in Probation Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Jones breaks new ground in integrating psychological perspectives into the mainstream of criminological theory. He makes a compelling case that by emphasizing a psychosocial outlook as opposed to the traditional psychological approach, scholars may more effectively analyze criminality. . . . Jones presents a well conceived, timely, and well packaged work that begins to build a bridge between adversarial approaches. Highly recommended.' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e– F.E Knowles in CHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This is a timely book given the growth of psychosocial studies and the increasing political and cultural focus on criminality. Jones’s book is both comprehensive and detailed in its outline of explanations of criminal behaviour, and Jones gives a convincing account of why psychological research has been increasingly omitted from criminological topics.' \u003c\/strong\u003e– \u003cem\u003eAmanda Holt in The Psychologist,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e' . . . Jones succeeds admirably in his goal to present \"a constructive view of how psychology already does contribute, but might have more to contribute, to the debate about the problem of crime\" (pxx) . . . Anyone working in the criminological field knows that Jones is right about the depth of division that currently exists between psychology and sociology. To those who are as bored as I am with these pointless and destructive theory wars, Jones' book is a refreshing tonic.' \u003c\/strong\u003e– \u003cem\u003eRichard Wortley, International Criminal Justice Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I would recommend Jones' book to those who [do not have a first degree in criminology] as a critical, wide-ranging introduction. And there is much in the text to remind non-neophytes of aspects they may well have forgotten....' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerschel Prins, University of Leicester in The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry \u0026amp; Psychology, vol 21 no 6\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Need for a Psychosocial Criminology; 2. Mental Disorder: Madness, Personality Disorder and Criminal Responsibility; 3. The Contribution of Criminal Career Research; 4. Familial and Parental Influences; 5. Youth Crime; 6. Gender and Crime; 7. Understanding Violence: Learning from Studies of Homicide; 8. Intimate Violence and Sex Crime; 9. Public Violence and crimes of terror; 10. ‘Race’ and Crime’; 11. Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019466801495,"sku":"9781138222885","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138222885.jpg?v=1750780359","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-criminal-behaviour-9781138222885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}