Crime - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Selected psychosocial and psychopathological factors determining criminal behaviours among professional and drafted military personnel--comparison analysis, years: 1990-2000]

30 Aug 2009 The structure of armed forces undergoes dynamic changes. The expectations regarding psychophysical performance of military personnel--both professional and drafted members are constantly rising. THE AIM OF THIS PAPER: To answer the question: which ... Read more...

[The comparative analysis of selected psychosocial and psychopathological factors determining crime behaviours in military and non military environment]

30 Aug 2009 The issues related to factors influencing crime activities are complex. A comprehensive theory describing crime behaviour has not yet been developed. THE AIM OF THE PAPER: To answer the question which psychosocial and psychopathological factors were ... Read more...

Socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime and the social context of contemporary urban China.

30 Aug 2009 Previous research in the West has established major socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime. The interpretation of these correlates is typically based on the concept of physical or social vulnerability of individuals. These correlates are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Crime - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• New models of collaboration between criminal justice and mental health systems. 30 Oct 2009
• [Selected psychosocial and psychopathological factors determining criminal behaviours among professional and drafted military personnel--comparison analysis, years: 1990-2000] 30 Aug 2009
• [The comparative analysis of selected psychosocial and psychopathological factors determining crime behaviours in military and non military environment] 30 Aug 2009
• Socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime and the social context of contemporary urban China. 30 Aug 2009
• Meta-analytic interval estimation for standardized and unstandardized mean differences. 30 Aug 2009
• The scientific significance of Collins's Violence. 30 Aug 2009
• Is violence natural, unnatural, or rational? 30 Aug 2009
• The micro-sociology of violence. 30 Aug 2009
• Crime, policing and social order: on the expressive nature of public confidence in policing. 30 Aug 2009
• Pathological gambling and criminality. 30 Aug 2009
• Aging and everyday judgments: the impact of motivational and processing resource factors. 30 Aug 2009
• Iatrogenic effect of juvenile justice. 30 Jul 2009
• More attention should be paid to schizophrenic patients with risk of violent offences. 30 Jul 2009
• The concealed information test as an instrument of applied differential psychophysiology: methodological considerations. 19 Jul 2009
• Information gain of psychophysiological detection of deception in forensic and screening settings. 14 Jul 2009
• [Psychiatric assessment of physicians on probation] 29 Jun 2009
• Avatar acts. 29 Jun 2009
• Ease of counterfactual thought generation moderates the relationship between need for cognition and punitive responses to crime. 7 Jun 2009
• Tonic arousal during field polygraph tests in guilty vs. innocent suspects in Japan. 3 Jun 2009
• Risk factors for attempting suicide in prisoners. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Crime'

Definition: A violation of the criminal law, i.e., a breach of the conduct code specifically sanctioned by the state, which through its administrative agencies prosecutes offenders and imposes and administers punishments. The concept includes unacceptable actions whether prosecuted or going unpunished.

Descriptor UI: D003415

Alternative terms: Crime; Crimes; Kidnapping; Kidnappings;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240; I01.880.735.191;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent