Rationalizing criminal behavior: the influence of criminal sentiments on sociomoral development in violent offenders and nonoffenders
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The influence of internalized criminal sentiments that mature level sociomoral reasoning can provide a protective factor, against antisocial and violent criminal behavior is investigated. The results suggest that the offenders, regardless of their sociomoral developmental level, endorsed a more negative attitude toward the justice system, a high willingness to neutralize offending behavior, and a high identification with criminal others.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2004
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Gender disparity in criminal offenses among persons of high IQ
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Tower's concept of conventional genius is used to analyze whether the deviant behavior varies by gender among genius offenders. It is seen that there is a gender difference among violent offenders but not among offenders generally and social and cultural factors shape the gender differences observed in offending behavior.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2006
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The inpatient evaluation and treatment of a self-professed budding serial killer
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This article evaluates an actual case in which a man claimed he was about to become a serial killer. The author, maintaining the man was hospitalized, states that after 8 months of psychological counseling in inpatient treatment he was found to be free of homicidal tendencies.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2003
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