Cognition and crime offender decision making and script analyses

<P>The rational choice perspective developed by Cornish and Clarke in 1986 provides criminologists with a valuable and practical framework for purposes of crime control and prevention. More than twenty-five years later, <I>Cognition and Crime</I> pushes the boundaries of this field...

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Otros Autores: LeClerc, Benoit, editor (editor), Wortley, Richard (Richard K.), editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2014.
Colección:Crime science series (Routledge (Firm))
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  • Cover ; Cognition and Crime; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1 The Reasoning Criminal: twenty-five years on; 2 What are violent offenders thinking?; 3 How house burglars decide on targets: a computer-based scenario approach; 4 The risks and rewards of motor vehicle theft: implications for criminal persistence; 5 The rational choice perspective and the phenomenon of stalking: an examination of sex differences in behaviours, rationales, situational precipitators and feelings
  • 6 Interpersonal scripts and victim reaction in child sexual abuse: a quantitative analysis of the offender-victim interchange7 Drug dealing: Amsterdam's Red Light District; 8 Human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Italy; 9 Script analysis of corruption in public procurement; 10 Cigarette smuggling and terrorism financing: a script approach; 11 Script analysis of the transnational illegal market in endangered species: dream and reality; 12 New developments in script analysis for situational crime prevention: moving beyond offender scripts
  • 13 Rational choice and offender decision making: lessons from the cognitive sciencesIndex