The book provides a thorough investigation and overview of the decision making process that individuals may (or may not) go through when proceeding to commit a crime.
Rachael Steele is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice and the interim subject lead for Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Innehållsförteckning
1. What this book is about.- 2. What has the Rational Choice Perspective told us about crime.- 3. Critique and Methodological issues.- 4. The importance of understanding thinking.- 5. Other Challenges to Consider.- 6. Exploring experiences of crime.- 7. The lived experience of crime- In their own words.- 8. Rewards, Benefits and goals.- 9. Violent and emotional offending.- 10. Mixed up rationalities.- 11. Confounding factors and decision enhancers.- 12. Putting it all together.- 13. Developing a model to fit the data.- 14. Reflections and thought.