Inside the criminal mind
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307394101 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0307394107 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xxv, 257 p.) - Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2004.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A caution to the reader -- Preface to the new edition -- Preface to the 1984 edition -- Chap. 1. The Basic myths about criminals -- Chap. 1. Parents don't turn children into criminals -- Chap. 3. Peer pressure : no excuse for crime -- Chap. 4. "The hell with school" -- Chap. 5. Work and the criminal -- Chap. 6. People as pawns -- Chap. 7. The ultimate pursuit of control : crimes of violence -- Chap. 8. "It's thugs, not drugs : it's thinking, not drinking" -- Chap. 9. "Getting over on the shrinks" -- Chap. 10. Locked up -- Chap. 11. The criminal as terrorist : implications for international terrorism -- Chap. 12. Criminal's self-image : "decent people" -- Chap. 13. The total failure of the conventional wisdom -- Chap. 14. Coping with criminals : dusty trails and dead ends -- Chap. 15. To change a criminal -- Chap. 16. "Habilitation" or more crime? -- Notes -- Index. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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