Criminal Belief Systems: An Integrated-Interactive Theory of Lifestyles
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0275978206
ISBN 13
9780275978204
Category
Sociology
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Publication Year
2002
Publisher
Pages
264
Description
This book seeks to clarify the inner workings of the criminal mind by proposing an integrated-interactive lifestyle theory to explain criminal behavior. To begin, author Glenn D. Walters summarizes six different models of criminal behavior which are then synthesized into the lifestyle theory. He then explains the social and cognitive foundations of human belief systems and how those belief systems can enable criminal behavior. He describes the belief systems and lifestyles that fuel violent crime, sexual assault, white-collar crime, and drug trafficking. At the end, he identifies belief systems incongruent with crime and provides suggestions on how to instill those beliefs in people and society. This book is highly dense and technical.
Number of Copies
1
