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Criminal Psychology: Understanding Criminal Behaviour

2021
Criminal psychology is a field involving an amalgamation of psychology, criminology, and the law. This discipline was conceived in the mid-twentieth century, when psychologists began offering expert perspectives on criminal behaviour and speculate about the possible causes that push one to commit such acts. This chapter will expound upon the purview of
Sanjeev P. Sahni, Nisha Phakey
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Mental Disorders and Criminal Behaviour

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1995
BackgroundUsing improved methods, findings of higher criminality in a psychiatric population were tested.MethodAn unselected sample of 1265 Swiss in-patients and a matched control group drawn from the general population were studied. Detailed accounts of conviction records served as a measure of criminal behaviour.ResultsApart from traffic law ...
J, Modestin, R, Ammann
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Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Behaviour

2019
Children of incarcerated parents are prone to later criminal behaviour. Known as intergenerational transmission of crime, both parent and child exhibit criminal behaviour. In this chapter, we discuss theoretical explanations and summarise empirical evidence on this phenomenon.
Besemer, Sytske, Bui, Laura
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Intoxication and criminal behaviour

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2000
The common law position in Australia in relation to self‐induced intoxication and criminal responsibility is that evidence of intoxication should be taken into account when determining whether the Crown has proved beyond reasonable doubt that an accused person acted voluntarily and intentionally.
Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, Jennifer R. Redman, Michael G. Lenné   +2 more
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Criminal entrepreneurial behaviour

J. for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 2010
While entrepreneurship is normally researched as something positive, this paper illustrates the dark sides of the construct. This conceptual research paper applies entrepreneurship literature to generate new insights into entrepreneurship in organised crime and entrepreneurs in criminal organisations.
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Technology to Prevent Criminal Behaviour

2021
This chapter assesses the use of technology to solve social problems such as crime. Starting with a type of education programme that few would find problematic, it details step-by-step a range of interventions that might be offered to rehabilitate offenders.
Gabriel De Marco, Thomas Douglas
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Dysgenic fertility for criminal behaviour

Journal of Biosocial Science, 1995
SummaryA sample of 104 British parents with criminal convictions had an average fertility of 3·91 children as compared with 2·21 for the general population. The result suggests that fertility for criminal behaviour is dysgenic involving an increase in the genes underlying criminal behaviour in the population.
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