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Using social science to reduce violent offending /

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Bringing together experts in the fields of social science forensic psychology and criminal justice, this book addresses what truly works in reducing violent offending, promoting an approach to correctional policy grounded in an evidence-based and nuanced understanding of human behaviour.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dvoskin, Joel A. (Joel Alan)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:American Psychology-Law Society series.
Subjects:
Violent crimes > United States.
Violent offenders > Rehabilitation > United States.
Crime prevention > United States.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Crimes violents > États-Unis.
Criminalité > Aspect sociologique.
Forensic Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Psychopathology.
Crime prevention
Crime > Sociological aspects
Violent crimes
Violent offenders > Rehabilitation
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Bringing together experts in the fields of social science forensic psychology and criminal justice, this book addresses what truly works in reducing violent offending, promoting an approach to correctional policy grounded in an evidence-based and nuanced understanding of human behaviour.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxv, 312 pages)
ISBN:9780199914609
0199914605