Inside the Criminal Mind

Name: Inside the Criminal Mind
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ISBN: 9780812910827

ISBN-10: 0812910826

ISBN-13: 9780812910827

Edition: 1984

Authors: Stanton E. Samenow

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Long-held myths defining the sources of and cures for crime are shattered in this ground-breaking book--and a chilling profile of today's criminal emerges.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/12/1984
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



A caution to the reader


Preface to the new edition


Preface to the 1984 edition


The basic myths about criminals


Parents don't turn children into criminals


Peer pressure : no excuse for crime


"The hell with school"


Work and the criminal


People as pawns


Ultimate control : crimes of violence


"It's thugs, not drugs; it's thinking, not drinking"


"Getting over on the shrinks"


Locked up


The criminal as terrorist : implications for international terrorism


The criminal's self-image : "decent people"


The total failure of the conventional wisdom


Coping with criminals : dusty trails and dead ends


To change a criminal


"Habilitation" or more crime?


Notes


Index