Criminology Research Focus

CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH FOCUS......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
THE RISK ASSESSMENT OF INTELLECTUALLYDISABLED SEX OFFENDERS......Page 17
RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS......Page 18
CONCLUSION......Page 19
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS......Page 21
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 23
Seriousness......Page 24
Measurement......Page 25
Paired Comparisons......Page 26
Thurstone Method......Page 27
Alternative Models......Page 28
Thurstone Method (Normality Model)......Page 29
Other Models......Page 31
APPENDIX 1 – EXCEL PROGRAM FOR TRANSFORMING RANKINGSINTO PAIRED COMPARISONS......Page 32
APPENDIX 2 – EXCEL PROGRAM FOR THURSTONE METHOD......Page 33
REFERENCES......Page 34
INTRODUCTION......Page 37
DIIULIO’S THESIS......Page 38
THE CRIMINOLOGICAL REACTION......Page 39
CURRENT FOCUS......Page 40
EVIDENCE......Page 41
CONCLUSION......Page 44
REFERENCES......Page 45
RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES......Page 47
ABSTRACT......Page 49
INTRODUCTION......Page 50
BUSINESS CRIME – RECOGNISING THE PROBLEM......Page 51
THE TRUTH AND THEN THE WHOLE TRUTH......Page 54
A RETAIL PERSPECTIVE......Page 56
CASE STUDY 1: MANAGER OF A MEDIUM SIZED RETAIL STORE IN ASEASIDE TOWN IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND......Page 57
CASE STUDY 3: SENIOR POLICE OFFICER WORKING IN A RETAILCRIME UNIT IN ONE OF EUROPE’S LARGEST SHOPPING MALLS......Page 58
CASE STUDY 5: AREA LOSS PREVENTION MANAGER COVERINGTHE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, NATIONAL RETAIL CHAIN......Page 60
CASE STUDY 6: REGIONAL LOSS PREVENTION MANAGER, NATIONALRETAIL CHAIN OF CONVENIENCE STORES......Page 61
COMMENTARY......Page 62
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ANALYST......Page 63
TYPOLOGY OF RETAIL OFFENDER......Page 65
TEAMS......Page 68
COMPUTATIONS AND COOPERATION......Page 73
CONCLUSION......Page 79
REFERENCES......Page 80
ABSTRACT......Page 85
INTRODUCTION......Page 86
Trait Conceptions of Self-Control......Page 87
Trait Self-Control and Crime......Page 89
The Strength Model of Self-Control: Theory......Page 90
Alternative Models of Self-Control......Page 91
The Strength Model of Self-Control: Empirical Evidence......Page 92
Self-control Depletion and Persistence on Difficult Tasks......Page 93
Self-control Depletion and Interpersonal Relationships......Page 94
Self-control Depletion and Addictive Behaviors......Page 96
State Self-Control and Crime......Page 98
Experiment 1......Page 100
Experiment 2......Page 101
Experiment 3......Page 102
Self-Control Depletion and Crime......Page 104
Implications......Page 106
REFERENCES......Page 108
ABSTRACT......Page 113
FOUR MAJOR TYPES OF MALE SERIAL KILLERS......Page 114
Differences in Offense Rates Based on Gender......Page 115
FEMALE SERIAL KILLER TYPOLOGIES......Page 117
Shared Psychotic Disorder/Folie a Deux......Page 119
Stockholm Syndrome/Posttraumatic Stress Disorder/Battered WomanSyndrome......Page 120
Gender Role Socialization......Page 121
Charlene and Gerald Gallego......Page 123
IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND APPLICATION......Page 124
Implications for Explanatory Theories......Page 125
Utility of Explanatory Theories......Page 127
IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTION AND RESEARCH......Page 128
Treatment......Page 130
Research......Page 131
CONCLUSION......Page 132
REFERENCES......Page 133
ABSTRACT......Page 135
INTRODUCTION......Page 136
GOALS......Page 140
Data Set......Page 141
Data Analyses......Page 142
Spread of Concrete Fear of Crime and of Abstract Fear of Crime......Page 143
Test of the Fear-Victimisation Paradox......Page 144
Prediction of Concrete Fear of Crime......Page 148
Prediction of Abstract Fear of Crime......Page 149
CONCLUSION......Page 150
REFERENCES......Page 153
ABSTRACT......Page 159
RESEARCH ON PUBLICIZED EXECUTIONS AND HOMICIDE......Page 160
METHODOLOGY......Page 163
ANALYSIS......Page 164
Historical Analysis......Page 165
CONCLUSION......Page 169
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 171
REFERENCES......Page 172
INTRODUCTION......Page 177
Ecological Level Research......Page 179
Routine Activities and Homicide Victimization......Page 180
RACE, MARITAL STATUS, AND HOMICIDE......Page 181
METHODOLOGY......Page 183
ANALYSIS......Page 184
CONCLUSION......Page 186
REFERENCES......Page 188
ABSTRACT......Page 191
INTRODUCTION......Page 192
WHAT POP IS AND WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO IMPLY......Page 193
POP IN OSLO POLICE PRACTICE......Page 194
POP Patrols and Incident Steered Patrols......Page 195
HOW POP IS PERCEIVED BY POLICE OFFICERS......Page 196
Officers’ Resistance to POP......Page 198
POP is for “Specialists”......Page 199
POLICE CULTURE AS IMPEDIMENTTO CHANGE IN POLICING STRATEGIES......Page 200
The Desire to Perform “Real Police Work” as an Impediment to POP......Page 201
ORGANISATIONAL FEATURES AS IMPEDIMENT TO POP......Page 202
Limitation of Police Discretion as an Impediment to POP......Page 204
EFFECTS OF POP ON POLICING OF ETHNIC MINORITIES......Page 205
CONCLUSION......Page 206
REFERENCES......Page 207
ABSTRACT......Page 211
INTRODUCTION......Page 212
LOCATING THE FIELD......Page 213
GAINING, NEGOTIATING AND MAINTAINING ACCESSAS A NON HOME OFFICE RESEARCHER IN PRISON......Page 215
Older Offenders......Page 216
‘Out of Sight – Out of Mind’: The Invisible Minority......Page 219
CONCLUSION: THINKING ABOUT THE IMPRISONMENT OF ELDERS......Page 224
REFERENCES......Page 225
INTRODUCTION......Page 229
OVERVIEW OF THE QUEENSLAND CORRECTIVE SERVICES......Page 232
RECENT TRENDS IN THE QUEENSLAND PRISON POPULATION......Page 234
POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE TREND......Page 238
IMPLICATIONS OF THE INCREASING PRISON POPULATION......Page 242
REFERENCES......Page 244
LEGISLATION CITED......Page 249
ABSTRACT......Page 251
INTRODUCTION......Page 252
BRIEF BIOSKETCH OF JOSÉ INGENIEROS......Page 256
PHILOSOPHICAL NATURALISM AND EVOLUTIONARY POSITIVISM......Page 259
CONTEXT OF INGENIEROS’ CRIMINOLOGY STUDIES......Page 260
SUBJECT MATTER OF INGENIEROS’ CRIMINOLOGY......Page 262
II. The Crisis of the Contemporary Penal Legislation......Page 263
III. Criminology......Page 264
VI. Psychopathological Classification of the Delinq Uents......Page 265
VIII. The New Bases of Social Defense......Page 266
CONCLUSION......Page 267
REFERENCES......Page 269
ABSTRACT......Page 273
INTRODUCTION......Page 274
THE ATTITUDE CONSTRUCT IN CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY......Page 275
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY......Page 276
CRIMINAL ATTITUDES AND CRIME: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS......Page 277
SUMMARY......Page 278
Measures......Page 279
Analytic Strategy......Page 281
Estimation Method......Page 282
RESULTS......Page 283
CONCLUSION......Page 288
REFERENCES......Page 290
INTRODUCTION......Page 293
International......Page 295
Africa......Page 297
Asia......Page 298
Oceania......Page 299
North America......Page 300
THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL SYSTEM......Page 302
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT......Page 305
DRUG TRAFFICKING AND THE ICC – PROS AND CONS......Page 308
DISCUSSION......Page 309
ABSTRACT......Page 311
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN THE RECREATIONAL ARENA –THEORETICAL APPROACHES......Page 312
EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR......Page 313
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR......Page 314
METHOD......Page 315
Research Instrument......Page 316
Violence at Discotheques and Rock Concerts – Venue Comparison......Page 317
Gender Differences and Involvement in Violence......Page 318
Alcohol Consumption and Involvement in Violence......Page 319
CONCLUSION......Page 320
APPENDIX 1......Page 322
REFERNCES......Page 323
INDEX......Page 327