Exploring the Criminal Decision Process

Rachael Steele

ISBN 10: 3031462335 / ISBN 13: 9783031462337

Published by Springer Nature Switzerland, Springer International Publishing Dez 2024, 2024

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Neuware -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. Drawing on interviews with real offenders and conducted in a novel way, this book includes quotes throughout which make their decision making and emotional processes relatable to the reader. It examines a range of offences from petty theft to murder and includes both male and female offenders. Based on various iterations of the rational choice theories of crime, this book examines the relevance of these theories in real offending situations and the influence of emotion and context on these decisions. Finally, it explores how understanding the decision making process of committing offences can inform criminal justice practice.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 252 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring the Criminal Decision Process
• Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland, Springer International Publishing Dez 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031462335
• ISBN 13: 9783031462337
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 14D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 331 grams

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Synopsis

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. Drawing on interviews with real offenders and conducted in a novel way, this book includes quotes throughout which make their decision making and emotional processes relatable to the reader. It examines a range of offences from petty theft to murder and includes both male and female offenders. Based on various iterations of the rational choice theories of crime, this book examines the relevance of these theories in real offending situations and the influence of emotion and context on these decisions. Finally, it explores how understanding the decision making process of committing offences can inform criminal justice practice. 

About the Author

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.