01986nam a2200301Ia 4500001000700000003001100007005001700018008004100035010001500076020003800091035001300129040001800142050002400160245011700184264006800301300002700369336002100396337002500417338002300442504005100465520104300516650002501559650001701584650001901601650002301620700002301643700001801666343972000000000020211104091601.0170312s2018    mau      b    001 0 eng    a2017007368  a9781284129014 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a19548868  aDLCcDLCerda  aHV 6133b.V812 2018 0aViolent offenders :btheory, research, policy, and practice /c[edited by] Matt DeLisi, PHD Peter J. Conis, PHD.  aBurlington, Massachusetts :bJones & Bartlett Learning,c[2018]  axi, 374 pages c23 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aViolent Offenders: Theory, Research, Policy, and Practice is a compilation of original scholarship from an impressive list of applied and academic criminologists who are international experts on violent offenders. Now in an updated third edition, the text continues to lead with cutting-edge material on all types of violent offenders, including gangs, serial killers, sex offenders, career criminals, and conventional street criminals. The numerous case studies featured throughout the text have been updated to reflect the contemporary and relevant information that students encounter in news and media. The Third Edition also features six new chapters on current highly-debated topics including violent juvenile offenders, sexual offenders as well as sex offending policy and practice, and more thought-provoking discussions. Violent Offenders is an engaging text that challenges readers to think critically of the subject not only while inside the classroom, but also in their everyday lives as consumers of daily news. --Amazon.co.uk  aCriminal psychology.  aCriminology.  aViolent crimes  aViolent offenders.  aConis, Peter John,  aDeLisi, Matt,