Table of Contents

Crime, Criminology, and Psychology.

The Measurement and Distribution of Crime.

Social and Environmental Theories of Crime.

Biological Correlates of Antisocial Behaviour.

Familial and Social Correlates of Crime.

Personal Attributes of Offenders.

Aggression and Violent Crime.

Crime and Mental Disorder.

Sexual Deviation and Sexual Offending.

Forensic Psychology and the Offender.

Psychological Interventions with Offenders.

Treatment of Dangerous Offenders.

The Effectiveness and Ethics of Intervention.

About the Author

Ronald Blackburn is the author of The Psychology of Criminal Conduct: Theory, Research and Practice, published by Wiley.