Understanding Sexual Homicide Offenders

An Integrated Approach
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-45371-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3501 g

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of sexual homicide. It includes a thorough survey of offender classifications, and analyses current theoretical explanations and understandings of sexual homicide from a criminological perspective. It proposes an important new integrated theoretical understanding of sexual homicide offenders.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chan, O.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Sexual Homicide Offending: Offender Classifications 3. Sexual Homicide Offending: Theoretical Explanations 4. Sexual Homicide Offending: In Search of a Criminological Explanation 5. Sexual Homicide Offending: Toward an Integrative Theoretical Explanation 6. Implications and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. Oliver was awarded the 'Early Career Award' by the Research Grants Council of the University Grants Committee, Hong Kong, in 2014 and received the 'Outstanding Criminology Ambassador Award' in 2012 from the University of South Florida, USA.