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Author Lowenstein, L. F. (Ludwig Fred), 1928-

Title Criminal behaviour : a retrospective : with an emphasis on crimes of extreme violence and sexual abuse / L. F. Lowenstein
Published Chichester : Barry Rose Law Publishers, [1998]
©1998

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Description viii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents 1 : When and Where Do Madness and Evil Meet? (Are There Any Solutions?) -- 2 : Why Children Kill -- 3 : The Psychology of the Child Who Could Murder -- 4 : Homicide - A Review of Research -- 5 : The Psychology of the Obsessive-Compulsive Killer -- 6 : Signs and Traits of True and Fabricated Allegations in the Accuser of Child Sexual Abuse -- 7 : The Child and Child Sex Abuse Allegation : Is it True or False? -- 8 : Men Who Have Sex With Children -- 9 : Sexual Harassment : Causes, Associated Features, Differential Perception and Possible Prevention and Cures -- 10 : Rape : Victims, Kinds of Rapists and How Best Treated -- 11 : Licence to rape -- 12 : Understanding and Treating the Rapist : A Review of the Literature -- 13 : Recent Investigations into Criminality Focusing on the Genetic and Environmental Theme and Including the Obsessive-Compulsive Elements of Criminality -- 14 : Violence by and towards the Police --15: A Review of Investigations into the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Arsonists, 1987-1989 -- 16 : An Analysis of the Research Literature and Treatment Approaches to Kleptomania in a Therapeutic Community -- 17: The Psychopath and his Anti-Social Deviant Behaviour Expressed through Violence and Vandalism
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Criminal behavior.
Criminal psychology.
Violent crimes.
ISBN 1872328547 (paperback)