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Curt R. Bartol
Anne M. Bartol
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For undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal behavior, criminology, the psychology of crime, crime and delinquency, and forensic psychology.
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Building on a tradition of excellence, Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach is accurate, well-researched, contemporary, and comprehensive. It offers a detailed look at crime, what may lead to it, and how criminal behavior may be prevented, all from a psychological perspective. With a focus on serious crimes, particularly those involving violence, this text offers an all-inclusive look at a very complex field through effective and engaging material that has been classroom-tested for more than thirty years.
Now in the 11th Edition, you'll find crucial updates relating to crime definitions and DSM-5 categories, as well as the most current statistics and recently proposed models and theories. Numerous topics, such as intimate partner violence, juvenile sex offending, terrorist recruitment, elderly abuse, and sexual burglary, now receive more extensive coverage than ever before.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Behavior
Chapter Objectives
Theories of Crime
Theoretical Perspectives on Human Nature
Disciplinary Perspectives in Criminology
Sociological Criminology
Psychological Criminology
Box 1-1: Hate or Bias Crimes
Psychiatric Criminology
Defining and Measuring Crime
Uniform Crime Reporting System
Box 1-2: The Problem of Internet-Facilitated Crime
Self-Report Studies
Victimization Surveys
Juvenile Delinquency
Recap: Defining Crime and Delinquency
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 2: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Developmental Risk Factors
Chapter Objectives
Cumulative Risk Model
Developmental Cascade Model
Social Environment Risk Factors
Poverty
Peer Rejection and Association with Antisocial Peers
Preschool Experiences
After-School Care
Academic Failure
Parental and Family Risk Factors
Single-Parent Households
Parental Styles and Practices
Parental Monitoring
Box 2-1: Monitoring, Middle School, and Family Relationships
Influence of Siblings
Parental Psychopathology
Psychological Risk Factors
Lack of Attachment
Lack of Empathy
Cognitive and Language Deficiencies
Intelligence and Delinquency
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Box 2-2: ADHD: Which Treatment to Use?
ADHD and Criminal Behavior
Conduct Disorder
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 3: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Biological Factors
Chapter Objectives
Genetics and Antisocial Behavior
Behavior Genetics
Studies of Twins
The Twins' Early Development Study
Twin Study of Child and Adolescent Development
Adoption Studies
Molecular Genetics
Psychophysiological Factors
Temperament
Environmental Risk Factors
Neurotoxins
Lead
Cadmium
Manganese
Mercury (Methlymercury)
Protective Properties of Micronutrients
Prenatal and Postnatal Malnutrition
Box 3-1: Malnutrition in Infants
Nicotine, Alcohol, and Drug Exposure
Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Development Abnormalities
Hormones and Neurotransmitters
Neuropsychological Factors
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 4: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Learning and Situational Factors
Chapter Objectives
Behaviorism
Skinner's Theory of Behavior
Behaviorism as a Method of Science
Behaviorism as a Perspective of Human Nature
Skinnerian Concepts
Operant Learning and Crime
Social Learning
Expectancy Theory
Imitational Aspects of Social Learning
Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory
Frustration-Induced Criminality
The Socialized and Individual Offender
Frustration-Induced Riots
Frustration and Crime
Situational Instigators and Regulators of Criminal Behavior
Authority as an Instigator of Criminal Behavior
Box 4-1: National Security Interrogations - Psychology's Role
Deindividuation
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The BBC Prison Study
Deindividuation and Crowd Violence
The Bystander Effect
Box 4-2: Do Security Cameras Affect Bystander Apathy?
Moral Disengagement
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 5: Human Aggression and Violence
Chapter Objectives
Defining Aggression
Hostile and Instrumental Aggression
Box 5-1: Aggression in Recent High Profile Cases
Interpretation by Victim
Theoretical Perspectives on Aggression
Psychoanalytical/Psychodynamic Viewpoint
Ethological Viewpoints
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
Weapons Effect
Cognitive-Neoassociation Model
Excitation Transfer Theory
Displaced Aggression Theory
Social Learning Factors in Aggression and Violence
Modeling
Observation Modeling
Cognitive Models of Aggression
Cognitive Scripts Model
Hostile Attribution Model
Box 5-2: Dealing With Anger - What Works and for Whom?
The General Aggression Model
I³ Theory
Overt and Covert Acts of Aggression
Reactive and Proactive Forms of Aggression
Gender Differences in Aggression
Effects of Media Violence
Copycat Crime or Contagion Effect
Box 5-3: Copycat Gamers
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts 140 Review Questions
Chapter 6: Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter Objectives
Definitions of Delinquency
Legal Definition
Social Definition
Psychological Definitions
Nature and Extent of Juvenile Offending
Status Offenses
The Serious Delinquent
Gender Differences in Juvenile Offending
Developmental Theories of Delinquency
Moffitt's Developmental Theory
Box 6-1: Emerging Adulthood as a Developmental Stage
Steinberg's Dual Systems Model
Coercion Developmental Theory
Callous-Unemotional Trait Theory
Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment of Juvenile Offending
Treatment and Rehabilitation Strategies
Characteristics of Successful Programs
Box 6-2: Gender Responsive Programming
Classification of Prevention and Treatment Programs
Primary Prevention
Selective or Secondary Prevention
Box 6-3: The Fast Track Experiment
Treatment Approaches
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 7: Psychopathy
Chapter Objectives
What is a Psychopath?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Examples of Primary Psychopaths
Behavioral Descriptions
Behavioral Characteristics
Psychological Testing Differences
Psychopaths and Mental Disorders
Psychopaths and Suicide
Other Principal Traits
The Criminal Psychopath
Prevalence of Criminal Psychopathy
Offending Patterns of Criminal Psychopaths
Recidivism of Criminal Psychopaths
Psychological Measures of Psychopathy
The PCL-R
Criticisms of the PCL-R
Box 7-1: Corporate Psychopaths
Core Factors of Psychopathy
The Two-Factor Position
The Three-Factor Position
The Four-Factor Model
The Boldness Factor
The Meanness Factor
The Female Psychopath
Racial/Ethnic Differences
Juvenile Psychopathy
Can Juvenile Psychopathy Be Identified?
Box 7-2: Treating Adolescents with Psychopathic Features
Ethical Considerations
Measures of Juvenile Psychopathy
Neurobiological Factors and Psychopathy
Genetic Factors
Neuropsychology and Psychopathy
Central Nervous System Differences
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) Research
Autonomic Nervous System Research
The Dual-Process Model of Psychopathy
Childhood of the Psychopath
Treatment of Criminal Psychopaths
Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Psychopathic
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 8: Crime and Mental Disorders
Chapter Objectives
Defining Mental Illness
The DSM
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Box 8-1: Does Serious Mental Disorder Cause Crime?
Competency and Criminal Responsibility
Incompetency to Stand Trial
Criminal Responsibility
Insanity Standards
Guilty but Mentally Ill
Unique Defenses and Conditions
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Dissociation
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative Amnesia
Mental Disorder and Violence
Research on the Violence of the Mentally Disordered
The MacArthur Research Network
Police and the Mentally Disordered
Mentally Disordered Inmates
Dangerousness and the Assessment of Risk
The Tarasoff Case
Violence Risk Factors and Measures
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 9: Homicide, Assault, and Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Chapter Objectives
Definitions
Criminal Homicide
Aggravated Assault
Demographic and Other Factors of Homicide
Race/Ethnicity
Gender
Age
Socioeconomic Status
Circumstances
Weapons
Box 9-1: Guns, Crime, and Cumulative Risk
Psychological Aspects of Criminal Homicide
General Altercation Homicide
Felony Commission Homicides
Juvenile Homicide Offenders
Box 9-2: Boys, Girls, and Homicide: Why and How do They Do It?
Psychological Characteristics of Juvenile Murderers
Treatment of Juveniles Who Kill
Intimate Partner Violence
IPV among Older Adults
IPV among Hispanics
Same Sex or Nonheterosexual IPV
IPV within Law Enforcement and Military Families
Psychological and Demographic Characteristics of Abusers
Family Violence
Prevalence
Victims
Child Maltreatment
Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Abusive Head Trauma
Infanticide
Neonaticide
Filicide
Elderly Abuse
Sibling-to-Sibling Violence
Child-to-Parent Violence
Multiassaultive Families
The Cycle of Violence
The Effects of Family Violence on Children
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 10: Multiple Murder, School and Workplace Violence
Chapter Objectives
Investigative Psychology
Forms of Profiling
Psychological Profiling
Suspect-Based Profiling
Geographical Profiling
Crime Scene Profiling
Equivocal Death Analysis
Multiple Murders
Definitions
Serial Murders
Choice of Victims and Modus Operandi
Geographical Location of Serial Killing
Ethnic and Racial Characteristics
Risk Factors and Psychological Motives
Research on Backgrounds
Female Serial Killers
Juvenile Serial Killers
Mass Murderers
Public Mass Shootings
A Mass Murder Typology
School Violence
School Shootings
Box 10-1: Safety Drills in Schools: Unanticipated Consequences
Psychological Characteristics of School Shooters
Workplace Violence
Categories of Workplace Violence
Perpetrators of Workplace Violence
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 11: Psychology of Modern Terrorism
Chapter Objectives
Definitions and Examples
Classification of Terrorist Groups
A Terrorist Typology
Followers and Leaders: Who Joins and Who Leads
Why Do They Join?
Quest for Significance Theory
Terror Management Theory
Suicidal Terrorism
Becoming a Terrorist: The Process of Radicalization
Terrorist Leaders
Lone Wolf Terrorists
Boston Marathon Bombers
Box 11-1: The Marathon Bombing and Beyond
Fort Hood Shooter
The Times Square Bombing Attempt
The Psychosocial Context of Terrorism
Terrorist Motives and Justifications
Additional Disengagement Practices
Psychological Effects and Nature of Terrorism
Cognitive Restructuring
Moral Development
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 12: Sexual Assault
Chapter Objectives
Definitions and Statistics
Sexual Assault in Date and Acquaintance Relationships
Box 12-1: Campus Sexual Assault
Incidence and Prevalence of Rape
Impact of Sexual Assault on Survivors
Psychological Effects
Physical Injury
Sexual Assault Vulnerability Factors
Situational Factors
Location
Age of Victims
Relationship Factors
Consumption of Alcohol
History of Victimization
Risk Taking Behaviors
Characteristics of Sexual Offenders: Who Offends?
Ages of Sex Offenders
Recidivism and Offending History
Applying Crime Scene Analysis to Predictions of Recidivism
Attitudes and Myths That Support Rape and Other Sexual Assaults
Cognitive-Perceptual Distortions in Communication
The Influence of Pornography
Classification of Rape Patterns
Massachusetts Treatment Center Classification System
Box 12-2: Sexual Burglary
The MTC: R3
MTC Version 4
The Groth Typology
Treatment of Sex Offenders
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 13: Sexual Abuse of Children and Youth
Chapter Objectives
Incidence and Prevalence of Child Sex Abuse
Box 13-1: Sexual Abuse: The Shame of Juvenile Corrections
Situational and Victimization Characteristics
Incest
Types of Sexual Contact
Psychological Effects of Child Sexual Victimization
Characteristics of Child Sex Offenders
Age and Gender
Selection of Victims
Backgrounds
Interpersonal and Intimacy Deficits
Cognitive Distortions
Neurocognitive Functions
Recidivism and Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
Classification of Male Child Sex Offender Patterns
The MTC: CM3
The Groth Classification Model
Female Sex Offender Typology
Internet-Facilitated Sexual Offending
Who Are the Offenders?
Who Are the Child Victims?
Online Sex Offenders Interested in Adolescents
Sex Trafficking
Treatment of Child Sex Offenders
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 14: Burglary, Home Invasions, Thefts, and "White-Collar" Offenses
Chapter Objectives
Burglary
Characteristics of Burglary
Who Commits Burglary?
Burglary Cues and Selected Targets
Burglar Cognitive Processes
Entry Strategies
How Far Do Burglars Travel?
Gender Differences in Methods and Patterns
Property Taken and Disposed
Motives
Burglar Typologies
Psychological Impact of Burglary
Home Invasions
Larceny and Motor Vehicle Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
Fraud and Identity Theft
Box 14-1: Identity Theft - Anyone Can Be Victimized
Shoplifting
Who Shoplifts?
Motives
Shoplifting by Proxy
Shoplifting as an Occupation
Methods of Shoplifting
Kleptomania: Fact or Fiction?
White-Collar and Occupational Crime
Green's Four Categories of Occupational Crime
Box 14-2: Political Crimes - Unexamined Issues
Prevalence and Incidence of Occupational Crime
Corporate Crime
Justifications and Neutralizations
Individual Occupational Crime
Employee Theft
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 15: Violent Economic Crime, Cybercrime, and Crimes of Intimidation
Chapter Objectives
Robbery
Bank Robbery
Amateurs and Professionals
Commercial Robbery
Street Robbery
Motives and Cultural Influences
Robbery by Groups
Cybercrime
Box 15-1: Cybercrime - Heists and Intrusions
Privacy Concerns and Cybercrime Laws
Psychological Characteristics of Cybercriminals
Stalking
Categories of Stalking
Cyberstalking
Cyberbullying
Hostage-Taking Offenses
Instrumental and Expressive Hostage Taking
FBI Categories of Hostage Taking
Strategies for Dealing with Hostage Takers
The Stockholm Syndrome
Rules for Hostages to Follow
Arson
Incidence and Prevalence
Developmental Stages of Firesetting
Persistent and Repetitive Firesetting among Adults
Female Arsonists
Behavioral Typologies and Trajectories
Psychological Disorders
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Chapter 16: Substance Abuse and Crime
Chapter Objectives
Juvenile Drug Use
Who Is Selling to Juveniles?
Gender Differences in Juvenile Drug Use
Consistent Findings on Illict Drug Use
Tripartite Conceptual Model
Major Categories of Drugs
Tolerance and Dependence
The Hallucinogens
Marijuana
How Is Marijuana Prepared?
Synthetic Marijuana
Synthetic Cathinones
Salvia
Cannabis and Crime
Phencyclidine (PCP)
PCP and Crime
The Stimulants
Amphetamines
Methamphetamine
Other Stimulants with Similar Effects
Cocaine and Its Derivatives
Psychological Effects
Adverse Physical Effects
Stimulants and Crime
Crack Cocaine
Crack and Crime
MDMA (Ecstasy or Molly)
Narcotic Drugs
Heroin
Box 16-1: Prescription Medications: Fraudulent Distribution
Heroin and Crime
Fentanyl
Other Narcotic Drugs
OxyContin® and Vicodin®
OxyContin®, Vicodin®, and Crime
The Club Drugs: Sedative Hypnotic Compounds
Ketamine
Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
Rohypnol
Alcohol
Psychological Effects
Alcohol, Crime, and Delinquency
Substance Abuse and Violence
Summary and Conclusions
Key Concepts Review Questions
Glossary
Cases Cited
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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Curt Bartol earned a PhD in Personality/Social Psychology from Northern Illinois University. He was then a psychology professor for over 30 years, teaching a wide array of both graduate and undergraduate courses, including Criminal Behavior, Biopsychology, Social Psychology, Introduction to Forensic Psychology, Juvenile Delinquency, and Psychology and Law. He was instrumental in creating and launching a Master's Program in Forensic Psychology at Castleton State College (now Castleton University) and served as its director for six years. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who has offered psychological services to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and public safety offices for over 35 years. He was editor of the scholarly journal Criminal Justice and Behavior for 17 years.
Anne Bartol earned an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. and PhD in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany. Over a 20-year college teaching career she taught criminal justice, sociology, and journalism courses, including Criminology, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Women and Criminal Justice, Occupational Crime, and Media Law. She was managing editor of Criminal Justice and Behavior and has worked as a news reporter and a social worker in family and child protective services.
In addition to individual published articles in journals and encyclopedias, the Bartols have collaborated on and co-authored five books through multiple editions, with each subsequent edition carefully updated to reflect changes in data, research findings, theories, and law. Besides Criminal Behavior in its Eleventh Edition, they have written: Juvenile Delinquency (Third Edition, 2009); Psychology and Law (Third Edition, 2015); Introduction to Forensic Psychology (Fourth Edition, 2015); and Criminal and Behavioral Profiling (First Edition, 2013). They also have co-edited a book of readings, Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior (Fourth Edition, 2016).
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