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The Criminal Lifestyle
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The Criminal Lifestyle
Patterns of Serious Criminal Conduct

September 1993 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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What kind of choices does a hardened criminal make? What belief systems are these choices based on? The Criminal Lifestyle approaches these questions by examining how various biological, sociological and psychological factors interact to bring about criminal behaviour. Walters develops a model of crime as a lifestyle and shows that this concept is historically, cross-nationally and empirically valid. This groundbreaking book will be of interest to psychologists and sociologists as well as criminologists.
 
A Working Hypothesis
 
Criminological Theory
 
Crime as a Lifestyle
 
The Criminal Lifestyle
Postulates and Key Terms

 
 
The Criminal Lifestyle
Developmental Issues

 
 
The Criminal Lifestyle
Cognitive Patterns

 
 
The Criminal Lifestyle
Assessment and Change

 
 
The Working Hypothesis Revisited

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