The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior

Chapter 1. Psychopathology as a Mediator of Antisocial and Criminal Behavior

• Introduction
• What Is Psychopathology?
• Mental Illness and Criminality
• Personality Disorders and Criminality
• Psychotic Disorders and Criminality
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 2. Catathymia and Compulsive Homicide: A Psychological Perspective

• Introduction
• Catathymic Crisis
• Compulsive Homicide
• Sadistic Aggression
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 3. Victimology and Predicting Victims of Personal Violence

• Introduction
• The Emergence of Victimology and Its Pioneers
• The Concepts of Victim Precipitation and Victim Blaming
• Contemporary Concepts
• Victim Characteristics and Motivations
• Victims of Interpersonal Violence: Explaining Victim Characteristics and Motivations
• Understanding Victim Motivations and Behavior Through Typologies
• Empirical Evidence of a Seven-Factor Victim Typology
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 4. Threat and Violence Intervention: Influenced by Victim and Offender Perspectives

• Introduction
• The Construct of Human Violent Behavior and Its Assessment and Link to Interventions
• Interventions
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 5. Profiling in Violent Crimes: The Perpetrator and the Victim in Cases of Filicide

• Introduction
• Background History
• Definition of Filicide
• The Legal Concept of Filicide
• Classification Systems of Filicide
• Incidence, Prevalence and Statistical Problems
• Criminal and Forensic Characteristics of Filicide
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 6. Risk Assessment in Youth Justice: A Child-Centered Approach to Managing Interventions

• Introduction
• Risk Assessment: How Does It Work?
• Consequences of Risk Assessment: The False-Positive/False-Negative Paradox
• Risk in Youth Justice: What Are We Assessing and What Do We Do With It?
• Toward a More-Inclusive System of Youth Justice: Risk Assessment and Restorative Approaches
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 7. Reciprocity and Exchange: Perspectives of Male Victims of Family Violence

• Introduction
• Defining Violence in Families
• The Gender Paradigm and Gender Symmetry
• Forms of Violence Against Men
• Precipitating Factors in Family Violence
• Reportability
• Impacts of Domestic Violence
• Repercussions of Gender Bias
• Victim Precipitation
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 8. Stalking

• Introduction
• What is Stalking?
• Stalking Behaviors
• A Brief History of Stalking and Stalking Legislation
• Incidence and Prevalence of Stalking
• Stalking Typologies and Stalking Risk Assessment
• Physical and Psychological Effects of Stalking
• Stalking Among Subpopulations
• Serial Stalking and Recidivism
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 9. Stalking Public Figures: The Fixated Loner

• Introduction
• The Stalking of Private Citizens and Public Figures
• Structured Risk Assessment in Stalking
• The Convergence of Stalking and Public Figure Threat Assessment
• Key Concepts From the Fixated Research
• Threat Assessment and Management Services for Fixated Persons
• The Fixated Threat Assessment Center – United Kingdom
• Queensland Fixated Threat Assessment Center – Queensland, Australia
• The Effectiveness of Fixated Threat Assessment Agencies
• Fixated Persons at Major Events
• The Fixated Model in Other Areas of Targeted Violence
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 10. Circumscribing Cyberbullying: Toward a Mutual Definition and Characterizations of Aggression, Assault, and Recklessness via Telecommunications Technology

• Introduction
• Background
• Reaching Consensus: The Importance of First Things First
• Cyberbullying? Online Aggression? Internet Harassment? It’s All in the Name
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 11. Domestic Violence: Psychological Issues Related to the Victim and Offender

• Introductory Aspects: Framework of a Social Scourge Named Domestic Violence
• The Offender, Victim, and Context: Risk Factors Identification
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 12. Honor Killings and Domestic Violence: The Same or Different?

• Introduction
• Domestic Violence
• Honor Killings
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 13. Homicide in Australia

• Introduction
• Impact of Homicide in Australia
• Why People Kill
• Changes in Homicide Trends
• Australian Data
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 14. Victims of Child Sexual Abuse: The Psychology of Victims

• Introduction
• Difficulties Defining and Conceptualizing Child Sexual Abuse
• Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse
• Common Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse Victims
• Misconceptions of Child Sexual Abuse
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 15. Child Sexual Offenders: The Psychology of Offending

• Introduction
• Misconceptions of Child Sexual Offenders
• Female Child Sexual Offenders
• How and Why Individuals Offend
• Crime Scripts
• Online Child Predators
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 16. The Psychology of Adult Sexual Grooming: Sinnamon’s Seven-Stage Model of Adult Sexual Grooming

• Introduction
• The Grooming Process
• Stages of the Grooming Process
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 17. Searching for the Spectrum of the Querulous

• The Querulous Spectrum
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 18. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Internet Love Scams: Implications for Law Enforcement

• A Multidisciplinary Approach
• Behavioral Characteristics Pertaining to Internet Love Scam
• Recommendations
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 19. Firesetters: A Review of Theory, Facts, and Treatment

• Costs
• Prevalence and Clearance Rates
• Explanatory Theories
• Firesetter Profiles
• Programs Designed to Reduce Recidivism
• Future Directions in Firesetter Research
• Summary
• Questions

Chapter 20. Cults

• Introduction
• What is a Cult?
• What is the Attraction to Cults?
• Conclusions
• Summary
• Questions