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Modelling the Criminal Lifestyle: Theorizing at the Edge of Chaos

By Glenn D. Walters (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
978-3-319-57770-8, 978-3-319-57771-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3349858 bytes)
Series
Palgrave's Frontiers in Criminology Theory
Edition
1
Pages
XVI, 301\312
Time added
2018-02-03 11:00:00
Criminological Theory

Description

This book offers Walters's latest evolution of criminal lifestyle theory. It introduces the concept of criminal thought content to illustrate how the potential interplay between what offenders think and their thought processes can greatly aid our understanding of both crime and criminals. In this new study on criminal behaviour, Walters calls for criminological theory to be placed within a broader scientific context, and provides us with several key models which embrace constructs from numerous important theories including: the general theory of crime, social cognitive and social learning theories, general strain theory, psychopathic personality theories of crime, and labelling theory. Another unique aspect of this work is that it places lifestyle theory within a larger scientific framework, namely, nonlinear dynamical systems theory or chaos. Seven principles from chaos theory are used to explain relationships and processes central to lifestyle theory and Walters uses this to draw conclusions on what affects criminal decision-making and desistance from crime. Highly original and innovative in scope, this book will be useful to practitioners and scholars of criminal justice alike, with chapters focussed on decision-making, assessment, and intervention. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Tracing the Roots of Criminal Lifestyle Theory (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 1-25 Definitions and Major Assumptions (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 27-51 The Fractal Nature of Lifestyles (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 53-74 The Control Model of Criminal Lifestyle Development (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 75-114 The Moral Model of Criminal Lifestyle Development (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 115-151 Choice in a Criminal Lifestyle (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 153-182 Assessing the Criminal Lifestyle (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 183-208 Changing the Criminal Lifestyle (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 209-243 Criminal Justice Policy and the Criminal Lifestyle (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 245-273 Future Issues, Questions, and Concerns (Glenn D. Walters)....Pages 275-294 Back Matter ....Pages 295-301

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