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• Contents
• Note from series editors
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Criminal justice system
• Book overview
• Chapter 2 Defining and measuring crime
• Introduction
• Problems defining crime
• Official statistics
• Victim and offender surveys
• Comparing different measures of crime
• Further reading
• Chapter 3 Social and psychological theories
• Introduction
• Early theories of crime
• Social theories of crime
• Psychological theories of crime
• Further reading
• Chapter 4 Biological and cognitive theories
• Introduction
• Biological explanations of crime
• Sociobiological theories of crime
• Cognitive theories of crime
• Further reading
• Chapter 5 Theory integration and application
• Introduction
• Theory integration
• Risk factors
• Developmental processes
• Crime prevention
• Aggression and violence
• Further reading
• Chapter 6 Forensic science and offender profiling
• Introduction
• Collection and processing of physical evidence
• Approaches to offender profiling
• Effectiveness of offender profiling
• Further reading
• Chapter 7 Eyewitness testimony
• Introduction
• Unreliability of eyewitness testimony
• Descriptive evidence
• Identification evidence
• Further reading
• Chapter 8 Investigative interviewing
• Introduction
• Confessions and false confessions
• Interviewing and interrogation
• Investigative interviewing
• Further reading
• Chapter 9 Jury decision-making
• Introduction
• Methods of jury research
• Models of jury decision-making
• Majority and minority influence
• Further reading
• Chapter 10 Jury bias
• Introduction
• Procedural and case factors
• Participant factors
• Procedural safeguards
• Further reading
• Chapter 11 Punishing offenders
• Introduction
• Aims of sentencing
• Restorative justice
• Prison and probation
• Alternative punishments
• Prison life
• Further reading
• Chapter 12 Treating offenders
• Introduction
• What works
• Cognitive-behavioural treatment
• Biological treatment
• Accredited offender behaviour programmes
• Alternative treatment programmes
• Further reading
• Glossary
• References
• Index