Handbook of Crime Correlates
Handbook of Crime Correlates
Editor/Author
Ellis, Lee, Farrington, David and Hoskin, Anthony
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
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$99.95

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$149.93
ISBN: 978-0-12-804417-9
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The Handbook of Crime Correlates, Second Edition summarizes more than a century of worldwide research on traits and social conditions associated with criminality and antisocial behavior. Findings are provided in tabular form, enabling readers to determine at a glance the nature of each association.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- The Prevalence of Offending and Associations Between Different Types of Offending
- 1.1: Conceptualizing Offending Behavior
- 1.2: The Incidence of Offending
- 1.3: Prelude to Identifying Relationships Between Different Types of Offending
- 1.4: Inter-Relationships Among Forms of Crime and Delinquency
- 1.5: Inter-Relationships Among Forms of Clinical/Personality Antisocial Behavior
- 1.6: Relationships Between Crime/Delinquency and the C/P Antisocial Indicators
- 1.7: Individual Stability in Antisocial and Criminal Behavior
- 1.8: Highlights
- Demographic Factors
- 2.1: Gender and Criminality/Delinquency
- 2.2: Gender/Sex and Antisocial Behavior
- 2.3: Age and Maturation
- 2.4: Race/Ethnicity
- 2.5: Immigrant Factors
- 2.6: Individual Social Status
- 2.7: Parental (Family) Social Status
- 2.8: Highlights
- Institutional Factors
- 3.1: Education-Related Factors
- 3.2: Religiosity
- 3.3: Religious Group Comparisons
- 3.4: Employment and Work
- 3.5: Socioeconomic Ecological Factors
- 3.6: Political-Governance Factors
- 3.7: Criminal Justice Policies and Practices
- 3.8: Social Geographic Factors
- 3.9: Physical Ecological Factors
- 3.10: Temporal Factors
- 3.11: Highlights
- Familial, Reproductive, and Peer Factors
- 4.1: Family Formation and Dissolution
- 4.2: Reproductive Factors
- 4.3: Comparisons of Offending Among Close Relatives
- 4.4: Health-Related Family Traits
- 4.5: Intactness and Cohesion of the Family Unit
- 4.6: Parental Rearing Practices (Excluding Forms of Discipline)
- 4.7: Disciplinary Practices by Parents
- 4.8: Peer-Related Factors
- 4.9: Highlights
- Personality and Behavioral Factors
- 5.1: Personality/Temperament Traits
- 5.2: Alcohol and Drug Use
- 5.3: Firearms-Related Behavior
- 5.4: Recreational Activities
- 5.5: Behavioral Responsiveness to Stimuli
- 5.6: Sexual Behavior
- 5.7: Residual Behavioral Factors
- 5.8: Highlights
- Cognitive and Mental Health Factors
- 6.1: Ambition and Planning
- 6.2: Authority-Related Attitudes
- 6.3: Moral/Political Attitudes
- 6.4: Negativity
- 6.5: Self-Reflected Attitudes
- 6.6: Social Preferences
- 6.7: Learning Ability and Intelligence
- 6.8: Mental Illness
- 6.9: Mental/Behavioral Disorder
- 6.10: Drug Addiction/Dependence
- 6.11: Other Cognitive Conditions
- 6.12: Highlights
- Biological Factors
- 7.1: Genetic Influences: Indirect Evidence
- 7.2: Genetic Influences: Specific Chromosomes and Genes
- 7.3: Gestation and Fetal/Infant Development Factors
- 7.4: Dietary and Ingestion Factors
- 7.5: Health Factors
- 7.6: Morphology
- 7.7: Physiological Factors: The Cardiovascular System
- 7.8: Physiological Factors: Dermal and Motor Responses
- 7.9: Cellular Receptors, Transporters, and Binding Sites
- 7.10: Biochemical Factors: Hormones
- 7.11: Biochemical Factors: Non-Hormonal
- 7.12: Pharmacological Factors
- 7.13: Brain Structures
- 7.14: Brain Functioning
- 7.15: Highlights
- Crime Victimization and Fear of Crime
- 8.1: Crime Victimization and Demographic Factors
- 8.2: Crime Victimization and Non-Demographic Factors
- 8.3: Fear of Crime and Individual Traits
- 8.4: Fear of Crime and Ecological Variables
- 8.5: Highlights
- Epilogue: Grand Summary
- 9.1: Confidence in the Nature of Crime Correlates
- 9.2: Consistency Scores for Chapter 2: Demographic Factors
- 9.3: Consistency Scores for Chapter 3: Institutional and Ecological Factors
- 9.4: Consistency Scores for Chapter 4: Familial, Reproductive, and Peer Factors
- 9.5: Consistency Scores for Chapter 5: Personality and Behavioral Factors
- 9.6: Consistency Scores for Chapter 6: Cognitive and Mental Health Factors
- 9.7: Consistency Scores for Chapter 7: Biological Factors
- 9.8: Consistency Scores for Chapter 8: Crime Victimization and Fear of Crime
- 9.9: Cultural Generalizability for the Strong Crime Correlates
- 9.10: Closing Comments