Overview
- Includes quotes throughout from offending individuals to bring the theory to life
- Explores how these decisions can be understood to affect behaviour
- Examines a range of crimes and offenders
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book provides a thorough investigation and overview of the decision making process that individuals may (or may not) go through when proceeding to commit a crime. Drawing on interviews with real offenders and conducted in a novel way, this book includes quotes throughout which make their decision making and emotional processes relatable to the reader. It examines a range of offences from petty theft to murder and includes both male and female offenders. Based on various iterations of the rational choice theories of crime, this book examines the relevance of these theories in real offending situations and the influence of emotion and context on these decisions. Finally, it explores how understanding the decision making process of committing offences can inform criminal justice practice.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rachael Steele is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice and the interim subject lead for Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exploring the Criminal Decision Process
Book Subtitle: Rational Choice, Irrational Behaviour?
Authors: Rachael Steele
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46231-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46230-6Published: 17 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46233-7Due: 18 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46231-3Published: 16 November 2023
Series ISSN: 2946-2517
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 233
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Criminal Behavior, Crime Control and Security, Criminological Theory, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Critical Criminology