| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 261 pages) |
| Series |
Crime science series |
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Crime science series (Routledge (Firm))
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| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword / Cornish, Derek B -- Contributor biographies -- 1. The reasoning criminal / Leclerc, Benoit and Wortley, Richard -- 2. What are violent offenders thinking? / Felson, Richard -- 3. How house burglars decide on targets : a computer-based scenario approach / Homel, Ross, MacIntyre, Stuart and Wortley, Richard -- 4. The risks and rewards of motor vehicle theft : implications for criminal persistence / Copes, Heith and Cherbonneau, Michael -- 5. The rational choice perspective and the phenomenon of stalking : an examination of sex differences in behaviours, rationales, situational precipitators and feelings / Thompson, Carleen and Leclerc, Benoit -- 6. Interpersonal scripts and victim reaction in child sexual abuse : a quantitative analysis of the offender-victim interchange / Leclerc, Benoit, Smallbone, Stephen and Wortley, Richard -- 7. Drug dealing : Amsterdam's Red Light district / Jacques, Scott and Bernasco, Wim -- 8. Human trafficking for sexual exploitation in italy / Savona, Ernesto, Giommoni, Luca and Mancuso, Marina -- 9. Script analysis of corruption in public procurement / Zanella, Marco -- 10. Cigarette smuggling and terrorism financing : a script approach / Hiropoulos, Alexandra, Freilich, Joshua, Chermak, Steven and Newman, Graeme -- 11. Script analysis of the transnational illegal market in endangered species : dream and reality / Moreto, William and Clarke, Ronald V -- 12. New developments in script analysis for situational crime prevention : moving beyond offender scripts / Leclerc, Benoit -- 13. Rational choice and offender decision making : lessons from the cognitive sciences / Wortley, Richard -- References -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
This book presents a series of original contributions on offender decision-making during crime and crime script analysis as well as offering a critical perspective of what could be achieved in the future to further help develop this field of research for prevention purposes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal psychology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Criminal psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
LeClerc, Benoit
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Wortley, Richard (Richard K.)
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| ISBN |
9781136185342 |
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1136185348 |
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9781136185359 |
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1136185356 |
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9780203083482 |
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0203083482 |
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9781136185304 |
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1136185305 |
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9781138922358 |
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1138922358 |
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