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Although the public interest in criminal predators is extensive, the criminology of criminal predators is fragmented. Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy and Practice is a collection of original scholarship from an international collection of applied and academic criminologists. The text contains cutting-edge scholarship on the broad category of criminal predators, including homicide offenders, sex offenders, financial predators, and conventional street criminals. Whereas most texts narrowly focus on one type of criminal (e.g., serial killers), Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy and Practice illustrate the systemic importance of predation in antisocial… behavior.The text is divided into three sections. Part one covers the theoretical and disciplinary foundations of the study of violent behavior, spanning the disciplines of sociology, psychology, biology, and neuroscience.Part two discusses empirical and topical linkages to criminological subjects, including homicide offenders and victims, sex offenders, and gang members.Part three explores public policy and practical applications, describing the various ways that criminal justice systems respond to violent offenders from the insightful perspectives of people who work among them on a daily basis.
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