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Violent Offenders : Understanding and Assessment by Mattson, Curtis A.; Pietz, Christina A is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Violent Offenders : Understanding and Assessment about?

Offenders convicted of violent crimes accounted for almost 15,000 (7.5%) of the federal inmate population in recent reports; and, despite the public's perception that the overall crime rate is down, there are indications that rates of violent crime may actually be increasing in certain geographic areas and populations. In response, forensic psychologists are increasingly being called upon to understand the causes of violence, predict violent behavior and the likelihood or recidivism, develop treatment programs, and even assist law enforcement in solving crimes. The assessment of violence is an ever-evolving field of study and the need for updated analysis of personality constructs, etiological links, corollary elements, and tools for violence prediction are of primary import. __Violent Offenders__ addresses the numerous challenges and issues facing individuals working with this population and provides broad coverage regarding specific groups of violent perpetrators. It looks at a wide-range of topics and offending populations including violent children and adolescents, intimate partner violence, terrorism, sexually based crimes, gang violence, institutional violence, and violence p

Who reads Violent Offenders : Understanding and Assessment?

Author

Mattson, Curtis A.; Pietz, Christina A

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781322110844

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Health & Fitness, Psychology