John Paul Wright

Criminals in the Making

Criminality Across the Life Course

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Why do individuals exposed to the same environment turn out so differently, with some engaging in crime and others abiding by societal rules and norms? Why are males involved in violent crime more often than females? And why do the precursors of serious pathological behaviour typically emerge in childhood? This fascinating text addresses key questions surrounding criminal propensity by discussing studies of the life-course perspective-criminological research that links biological factors associated with criminality with the social and environmental agents thought to cause, facilitate, or otherwise influence a tendency towards criminal activit… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Tibbetts, Stephen G. / Daigle, Leah E.

ISBN: 978-1-4522-1799-4
EAN: 9781452217994
Produktnummer: 15260382
Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 328 S.
Masse: H20.3 cm x B25.2 cm x D1.5 cm 664 g
Auflage: 2 Revised edition
Gewicht: 664
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

John Paul Wright is Professor of Criminal Justice in the Division of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati and is Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jedda, Saudia Arabia. Dr. Wright was rated as the most productive associate professor in criminology and was recently evaluated as one of the most cited criminologists in the United States. He earned his undergraduate degrees in criminology from Indiana State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. He has published over 130 scholarly articles in criminology, psychology, behavioral genetics, and molecular genetics journals and is a frequent lecturer to professional organizations interested in the development of serious, violent offending. The winner of four teaching awards, he teaches in the area of life-course development and biosocial criminology.