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Criminal Behavior: How Personality Traits Influence Delinquent Habits , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 102min

Criminal behavior, particularly violent and antisocial behavior, is considered to be a major social problem with complex causes. It is known that a myriad of environmental, social, and psychological factors are associated with increased risk of convictions for this type of criminality. Interrelated factors include poverty, poor housing, high levels of social inequality in society, low educational attainment, poor diet, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.There is a vast criminological literature that identifies a wide range of environmental factors as causally linked to criminal behavior. These include developmental, social, and economic factors. For example, poverty is often cited as a socioeconomic condition linked to crime. The stress, strain, and frustration experienced by those lacking the financial resources to meet their needs and fulfill their desires through legitimate means renders them more inclined to commit crime than affluent individuals with ready access to legitimate means.Poor nutrition is an especially troubling aspect of poverty. Nutritional deficiencies can result in or exacerbate problems such as learning disabilities and poor impulse control. Such cognitive dysfunctions have been identified as precursors to delinquency and adult criminality. Thus, one’s position in the social structure of society can be a significant contributing factor in the criminal activities of some individuals by virtue of its impact on brain function.The origin of crime can be traced back to at least 7,000 years, when Cain murdered his brother Abel, as mentioned in the Bible. That was the first murder and the first crime committed in this world, and ever since then, mankind has been committing crimes of different levels, such as the most recent and shocking Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. For a long time, criminologists have pondered for a way to prevent crime, and this is why it is important to examine criminal behavior and why crimes are com ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Enrico Carducci. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/230978/bk_acx0_230978_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Besondere Probleme der Kriminologie

The International Handbook is to be published in two volumes. The first volume with 27 chapters is dedicated to the basic principles of criminology. The second volume with 32 articles is occupied with special criminological problems. The chapters of the two volumes are dealt with by forty leading criminologists of ten countries. The International Handbook is providing information on all essential fields of criminology. It gives information on the level of the latest criminological research outcome. Comprehensive bibliographies lead the way to a deepening of criminological knowledge. The International Handbook can be used as basic literature in criminological research and as instrument of daily decision making for the practitioner of the criminal justice system. It places great emphasis on the international and interdisciplinary approaches of criminology. It focusses on theoretical and empirical research work of the sociological, psychological and socialpsychological criminology.Das Internationale Handbuch der Kriminologie dient Lehr-, Forschungs- und Nachschlagezwecken und informiert über alle wesentlichen Bereiche der Kriminologie auf dem neuesten internationalen und nationalen Stand der Forschung. Dabei legt es besonderes Gewicht auf die europäische und internationale, sozialwissenschaftliche und empirische Kriminologie, ohne die deutschsprachige Kriminologie zu vernachlässigen. Praktiker der Strafrechtspflege werden über die neuesten kriminologischen Erkenntnisse informiert und erhalten so Hilfestellung bei der Lösung praktischer Probleme des strafrechtlichen, strafprozessualen und strafvollzuglichen Alltags. Durch seine internationale und europäische, sozialwissenschaftliche Ausrichtung will es der Bereicherung und Entwicklung der deutschsprachigen Kriminologie dienen. Vierzig führende Kriminologen aus zehn Ländern haben die Bearbeitung vorgenommen.

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Handbuch Psychoaktive Substanzen

Das Handbuch Psychoaktive Substanzen bietet einen fundierten Überblick und vereint das aktuelle Grundlagenwissen einer neu entstehenden Drogenwissenschaft, die psychoaktive Substanzen mehrdimensional betrachtet, Chancen und Risiken bilanziert und gegenwärtige Debatten mit Fakten fundiert. Das Handbuch ist ein wichtiges Referenzdokument für verschiedene Disziplinen und Professionen; von Medizinern, Psychologen, Suchttherapeuten, Pharmakologen und Neurowissenschaftlern zu Sozialwissenschaftlern, (Sozial-)Pädagogen, Kriminologen, Juristen und Polizisten. Es ist außerdem für jene Personen von Interesse, die sich mit den soziokulturellen und historischen Aspekten des Ge- und Missbrauchs von psychoaktiven Substanzen beschäftigen - einschließlich Lehrern, Journalisten und Politikern. Basierend auf einem interdisziplinären Ansatz wird in den Kapiteln das komplexe Wirkungsgefüge zwischen Mensch und psychoaktiven Substanzen untersucht und in strukturierter und übersichtlicher Weise zugänglich gemacht. Aktuelle Entwicklungen wie das Erscheinen neuer psychoaktiver Substanzen (NPS) sowie die kulturellen und politischen Veränderungen der letzten Jahre werden ebenfalls beleuchtet.The Handbook of Psychoactive Substances integrates the current knowledge base of the evolving field of drug science that views psychoactive substances from an interdisciplinary perspective. Opportunities and risks are balanced alongside objective facts in order to add to current debates. The Handbook is an important reference document, with relevance to many disciplines and professions; from medical doctors, psychologists, addiction therapists, pharmacologists and neuroscientists to criminologists, police officers, lawyers and attorneys. It will also be of interest to those involved in the socio-cultural and historical aspects of drug use and misuse, including teachers, journalists and politicians. In a helpful structured form the handbook offers user-friendly and trustworthy information concerning classes of psychoactive substances. Chapters explore psychoactive drugs as therapeutic tools, their benefits for medicine and research and the problems associated with their harmful use. Current developments, including the recent appearance of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and the associated political and cultural changes in recent years are also explored in the book.

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