Crime in a Psychological Context : From Career Criminals to Criminal Careers

by Glenn D. Walters

• ISBN13: 9781412996082
• ISBN10: 1412996082
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-08
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

This book examines the psychological constructs of crime and the criminal lifestyle and includes topics such as psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and criminal lifestyle. Written in an engaging style, the author introduces compelling explanations of crime, in part by showing how the criminal lifestyle is capable of integrating two seemingly incompatible crime paradigms: the career criminal paradigm and the criminal career paradigm. Starting with a context for criminality, moving from particular constructs of crime to more evidence-based theories, this volume challenges students to think in a different way about crime and criminal behavior. Each chapter: ⬢ Begins with a clinical case study that is periodically referenced throughout the chapter to illustrate and illuminate the context being discussed ⬢ examines the latent structure of crime-related constructs such as psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and criminal lifestyle ⬢ explores evidence-based interventions that could prevent further crime ⬢ offers a view of the phenomenological world of the criminal offender to help students further understand the nature of crime.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
About the Author	p. xiii
Understanding Crime: The Prime Context	p. 1
Predator	p. 1
Crime	p. 3
Lay Explanations of Crime	p. 4
Scientific Explanations of Crime	p. 6
Rapprochement	p. 8
In Context	p. 8
The Organization of This Book	p. 9
Conclusion	p. 12
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 13
Latent Structure: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Dimensional Context	p. 14
The Self-Mutilator	p. 14
What Is Latent Structure?	p. 15
The Taxometric Method	p. 16
Identifying the Number of Dimensions or Classes	p. 18
Behavioral Dimensions of a Criminal Lifestyle	p. 23
Cognitive Dimensions of a Criminal Lifestyle	p. 24
General Belief Systems	p. 25
Schematic Subnetworks	p. 27
Specific Criminal Thoughts	p. 30
Why Should We Care About Latent Structure?	p. 30
Theoretical Implications	p. 31
Research Implications	p. 31
Practical Implications	p. 32
Conclusion	p. 33
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 34
Classification: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Diagnostic Context	p. 35
Mr. Consistency	p. 35
Diagnostic Functions	p. 36
Essentials of Categorical Diagnosis	p. 38
Essentials of Dimensional Diagnosis	p. 39
Constructing a Dimensional Diagnosis for the Criminal Lifestyle	p. 40
Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form	p. 40
Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles	p. 47
Analyzing Trends and Identifying Patterns	p. 56
Trend and Pattern Analysis of Will's Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form and Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles	p. 56
Trend and Pattern Analysis of Pete's Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form and Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles	p. 58
Trend and Pattern Analysis of Rick's Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form and Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles	p. 60
Conclusion	p. 62
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 63
Assessment: The Criminal Lifestyle in an Appraisal Context	p. 64
Tuesday's Child	p. 64
Clinical Forensic Assessment	p. 66
Construct Assessment	p. 61
Risk Assessment	p. 61
Broadband Clinical Forensic Assessment Instruments	p. 69
Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form	p. 69
Psychopathy Checklist-Revised	p. 72
Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles	p. 74
Level of Service Inventory-Revised	p. 77 Predictio
Narrowband Clinical Forensic Assessment Instruments	p. 81
General Violence	p. 81
Domestic Violence	p. 82
Sexual Violence	p. 83
Clinical Forensic Evaluation of Grace	p. 83
Construct Assessment	p. 86
Risk Assessment	p. 86
Overall Impression	p. 86
Conclusion	p. 87
Key Terms and concepts	p. 88
Development or Propensity: The Criminal Lifestyle in an Etiological Context	p. 89
Born Under a Bad Sign	p. 89
Development Versus Propensity in Explaining Crime	p. 92
Moffitt's Developmental Taxonomy	p. 92 Sampson a
Hare's Psychopathy Construct	p. 96
Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory' of Crime	p. 91
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Four Models	p. 99
A Lifestyle Theory of Crime	p. 101
Precursors to a Criminal Lifestyle	p. 101
Initiation	p. 102
Transition	p. 107
Maintenance	p. 110
Burnout and Maturity	p. 112
Jerry Revisited: A Developmental Analysis	p. 115
Conclusion	p. 117
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 117
Phenomenology: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Subjective Context	p. 119
Married to the Mob	p. 119
Phenomenology	p. 122
Responses to the Ten Questions	p. 123
Tell Me About Your Life Before Crime	p. 123
Describe Your Initiation Into Crime	p. 125
Discuss How You Became Committed to a Criminal Lifestyle	p. 127
What Do You Think You Learned From Prison?	p. 129
What Factors Encourage or Facilitate Your Continued Involvement in a Criminal Lifestyle?131
What Factors Discourage or Hinder Your Continued Involvement in a Criminal Lifestyle?	p. 134
Relate to Me Your View of Society (Its People, Policies, and Institutions)	p. 135
How Do You Rate Yourself on the (Eight) Thinking Styles and (Four) Behavioral Styles of a Criminal Lifestyle?	p. 137
If You Were to Abandon the Criminal Lifestyle Today, What Would You Miss Most?	p. 139
How Do You See Your Future?	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 142
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 143
Intervention: The Criminal Lifestyle in a Programmatic Context	p. 144
The Boxer	p. 144
Programmed Intervention	p. 147
Unassisted Change	p. 148
The "Nothing Works" Controversy	p. 150
Finding a Philosophy	p. 151
The Conflict Philosophy	p. 152
The Moral Philosophy	p. 153
The Fulfillment Philosophy	p. 153
The Learning Philosophy	p. 153
Implementing the Program	p. 154
Individual Versus Group Intervention	p. 154
Preconditions for Change	p. 155
Phases of Change	p. 158
Matching Offenders to Interventions	p. 161
Specific Intervention Strategies	p. 162
Evaluating the Outcome	p. 167
Conceptual Issues	p. 167
Sampling Issues	p. 168
Practical Issues	p. 168
Measurement Issues	p. 169
An Example: The Lifestyle Change Program	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 172
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 173
Prevention: The Criminal Lifestyle in a High-Risk Youth Context	p. 174
Dennis the Menace	p. 174
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention	p. 176
The Lifestyle Approach to Secondary Prevention	p. 177
Incentive	p. 177
Opportunity	p. 180
Choice	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 192
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 194
Mental Illness and Malingering: The Criminal Lifestyle in an Application Context	p. 195
Tattoo	p. 195
Mental Illness	p. 196
Prevalence	p. 197
Latent Structure	p. 198
Diagnosis and Assessment	p. 198
Development	p. 199
Intervention	p. 200
Malingering	p. 205
Prevalence	p. 206
Latent Structure	p. 206
Diagnosis and Assessment	p. 207
Development	p. 210
Intervention	p. 210
Conclusion	p. 212
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 213
Future Contexts and Distant Horizons	p. 214
The Second Story Man	p. 214
Understanding Crime: The Prime Context	p. 217
Future Dimensional Contexts	p. 218
Future Diagnostic Contexts	p. 219
Future Appraisal Contexts	p. 221
Future Etiological Contexts	p. 222
Future Subjective Contexts	p. 223
Future Programmatic Contexts	p. 224
Future Preventive Contexts	p. 225
Future Application Contexts	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 228
Key Terms and Concepts	p. 228
References	p. 229
Index	p. 263
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