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Crime in a Psychological Context From Career Criminals to Criminal Careers

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ISBN-10: 1412996082

ISBN-13: 9781412996082

Edition: 2012

Authors: Glenn D. Walters

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Glenn D. Walters received his Ph.D. at Texas Tech University in 1982 with a concentration in Counseling Psychology and a minor in Neuroscience. He is employed full-time as a psychologist in a correctional setting while also teaching courses, both graduate and undergraduate, as an Adjunct Professor at The Pennsylvania State University, Schuylkill, and Lehigh University. In addition to forensic psychology, he teaches abnormal psychology, psychological assessment, and developmental psychology. He has written two other books with SAGE: Drugs & Crime in Lifestyle Perspective (1994) and The Criminal Lifestyle: Patterns of Serious Criminal Conduct (1990). The present book is an outgrowth of the…    

Preface
About the Author
Understanding Crime: The Prime Context
Predator
Crime
Lay Explanations of Crime
Scientific Explanations of Crime
Rapprochement
In Context
The Organization of This Book
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Latent Structure: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Dimensional Context
The Self-Mutilator
What Is Latent Structure?
The Taxometric Method
Identifying the Number of Dimensions or Classes
Behavioral Dimensions of a Criminal Lifestyle
Cognitive Dimensions of a Criminal Lifestyle
General Belief Systems
Schematic Subnetworks
Specific Criminal Thoughts
Why Should We Care About Latent Structure?
Theoretical Implications
Research Implications
Practical Implications
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Classification: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Diagnostic Context
Mr. Consistency
Diagnostic Functions
Essentials of Categorical Diagnosis
Essentials of Dimensional Diagnosis
Constructing a Dimensional Diagnosis for the Criminal Lifestyle
Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form
Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles
Analyzing Trends and Identifying Patterns
Trend and Pattern Analysis of Will's Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form and Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles
Trend and Pattern Analysis of Pete's Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form and Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles
Trend and Pattern Analysis of Rick's Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form and Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Assessment: The Criminal Lifestyle in an Appraisal Context
Tuesday's Child
Clinical Forensic Assessment
Construct Assessment
Risk Assessment
Broadband Clinical Forensic Assessment Instruments
Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form
Psychopathy Checklist-Revised
Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles
Level of Service Inventory-Revised
Narrowband Clinical Forensic Assessment Instruments
General Violence
Domestic Violence
Sexual Violence
Clinical Forensic Evaluation of Grace
Construct Assessment
Risk Assessment
Overall Impression
Conclusion
Key Terms and concepts
Development or Propensity: The Criminal Lifestyle in an Etiological Context
Born Under a Bad Sign
Development Versus Propensity in Explaining Crime
Moffitt's Developmental Taxonomy
Hare's Psychopathy Construct
Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory' of Crime
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Four Models
A Lifestyle Theory of Crime
Precursors to a Criminal Lifestyle
Initiation
Transition
Maintenance
Burnout and Maturity
Jerry Revisited: A Developmental Analysis
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Phenomenology: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Subjective Context
Married to the Mob
Phenomenology
Responses to the Ten Questions
Tell Me About Your Life Before Crime
Describe Your Initiation Into Crime
Discuss How You Became Committed to a Criminal Lifestyle
What Do You Think You Learned From Prison?
What Factors Encourage or Facilitate Your Continued Involvement in a Criminal Lifestyle?131
What Factors Discourage or Hinder Your Continued Involvement in a Criminal Lifestyle?
Relate to Me Your View of Society (Its People, Policies, and Institutions)
How Do You Rate Yourself on the (Eight) Thinking Styles and (Four) Behavioral Styles of a Criminal Lifestyle?
If You Were to Abandon the Criminal Lifestyle Today, What Would You Miss Most?
How Do You See Your Future?
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Intervention: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Programmatic Context
The Boxer
Programmed Intervention
Unassisted Change
The "Nothing Works" Controversy
Finding a Philosophy
The Conflict Philosophy
The Moral Philosophy
The Fulfillment Philosophy
The Learning Philosophy
Implementing the Program
Individual Versus Group Intervention
Preconditions for Change
Phases of Change
Matching Offenders to Interventions
Specific Intervention Strategies
Evaluating the Outcome
Conceptual Issues
Sampling Issues
Practical Issues
Measurement Issues
An Example: The Lifestyle Change Program
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Prevention: The Criminal Lifestyle in a High-Risk Youth Context
Dennis the Menace
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention
The Lifestyle Approach to Secondary Prevention
Incentive
Opportunity
Choice
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Mental Illness and Malingering: The Criminal Lifestyle in an Application Context
Tattoo
Mental Illness
Prevalence
Latent Structure
Diagnosis and Assessment
Development
Intervention
Malingering
Prevalence
Latent Structure
Diagnosis and Assessment
Development
Intervention
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
Future Contexts and Distant Horizons
The Second Story Man
Understanding Crime: The Prime Context
Future Dimensional Contexts
Future Diagnostic Contexts
Future Appraisal Contexts
Future Etiological Contexts
Future Subjective Contexts
Future Programmatic Contexts
Future Preventive Contexts
Future Application Contexts
Conclusion
Key Terms and Concepts
References
Index