Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach (9th Edition)
By:
Curt R. Bartol Anne M. Bartol
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CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH, 9/eapproaches the understanding of delinquent and criminal behavior from a psychological perspective—with particular focus on the developmental, cognitive-behavioral aspects of offending. Viewing the juvenile and adult offender as being embedded and continually influenced by multiple systems, it highlights how psychological, social, economic, political and ecological factors all play a role in influencing individual behavior. Streamlined in this edition, it offers a separate chapter on delinquency, updated examples and more on the link between psychology and specific crimes.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Excellent Service! - The book was promptly received and was in excellent condition. I was very pleased with this purchase.
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
Psychology of Criminal Behavior - I had to purchase this book for a class for a master's level degree. I found it a great resource and have enjoyed the information in the book.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Criminal Behavior Review - This latest edition of Criminal Behavior by Bartol & Bartol has proved to be very useful in the study of forensic psychology.
Customer Review: 2 out of 5
Prepare to be... meh. - This was required for a graduate course for me. It's a decent text, very similar to the two or three other texts by the same authors I've had to read for my course of study. There are some concepts which are particular to this text which I did not see in their others, but overall it was just kind of "meh" to me.
Some topics are glossed over, in particular I was disappointed in their discussion of profiling. While there is a reference to the work of Turvey in that section, the context implied the authors were not very familiar with his work, or chose to focus on more "popular" realms of thought on the topic.
For the undergraduate student I might recommend this text, or to someone just beginning to enter the field of psychology, criminal psychology, or forensic psychology, but to the seasoned graduate student or practitioner I would not.
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