Criminal Behavior : The Underlyings, and Contemporary Applications

Abstract

This book delves into criminal behaviors and the various individual and psychosocial factors that contribute to their emergence. It also explores contemporary approaches and rehabilitation methods. Mental health and forensic professionals will find key models and applications that can be readily used. As the first printed source in the field of forensic clinical psychology, this book covers studies and intervention methods related to crime and criminal behaviors. This includes identifying the offender, matching and comparing offender behaviors with crime scene findings, and evaluating these behaviors at the legal level to correct and prevent criminal behaviors. Over the last decade, forensic clinical psychology has become a scientific discipline that has garnered the attention of mental health and forensic science professionals around the world.