The Psychology of Criminal Conduct

Part 1: The Theoretical Context and Knowledge Base to the Psychology of Criminal Conduct 1. An Overview of the Psychology of Criminal Conduct 2. The Empirical Base of PCC and the RNR Model of Assessment and Crime Prevention Through Human Services 3. Understanding Through Theory: Psychopathological, Psychodynamic, Social Location, and Differential Association Perspectives 4. A General Personality and Cognitive Social Learning Approach: The Personal, Interpersonal, and Community-Reinforcement (PIC-R) Perspective Part 2: The Major Risk/Need Factors of Criminal Conduct 5. Biological, Personal, and Social Origins of the Major Risk/NeedFactors and Personal Strengths 6. Antisocial Personality Pattern 7. The Role of Antisocial Associates and Attitudesin Criminal Conduct 8. The Person in Social Context: Family, School, Work, Leisure/Recreation, Marital Attachments, and Neighborhood 9. Substance Abuse Part 3: Applications 10. Prediction of Criminal Behavior and Classifi cation of Offenders 11. Prevention and Rehabilitation 12. Creating and Maintaining RNR Adherence: A Real-World Challenge 13. Getting Mean, Getting Even, Getting Justice: Punishment and a Search for Alternatives 14. Criminal Subtypes: From the Common to the Exceptional Part 4: Summary and Conclusions 15. A General Personality and Social Psychology of Criminal Conduct: Summary and Conclusions

Comprehensive, rigorous, scholarly, evidence-driven, balanced, and incisive, this authoritative work sets the standard for correctional and criminal justice psychology course texts, and is applicable to a wide range of disciplines including psychology, psychiatry, criminology, sociology, law, forensic nursing, and related fields. Not only would the book be particularly useful as a textbook for graduate or senior undergraduate courses in criminal justice, forensic, or correctional psychology, it is a valuable and trustworthy resource for professionals in the field. In October 2010, the field of correctional and criminal justice psychology lost a giant with the sad passing of Dr. Donald Andrews, although a generous portion of his life work is captured, and his legacy continues to live on, within the pages of this book.~ MARK E. OLVER, British Journal of Psychology (2011), 102, 684-694 "With each new edition, Andrews and Bonta have striven to add to their knowledge base, incorporate new studies, and improve the readability of their work. Comprehensive, rigorous, scholarly, evidence-driven, balanced, and incisive, this authoritative work sets the standard for correctional and criminal justice psychology course."--British Journal of Psychology (2011), 102, 684-694