The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making
Author | : Wim Bernasco |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 777 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199338801 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199338809 |
Rating | : 4/5 (809 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making written by Wim Bernasco and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making provides high-quality reviews of the main paradigms in offender decision-making, such as rational choice theory and dual-process theory. It contains up-to-date reviews of empirical research on decision-making in a wide range of decision types including not only criminal initiation and desistance, but also choice of locations, times, targets, victims, methods as well as a large variety of crimes. The Handbook also provides comprehensive in-depth treatments of the major methods that can be used to study offender decision-making.