Male Crime and Deviance: Exploring Its Causes, Dynamics and Nature (Hardcover)

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MALE CRIME AND DEVIANCE seeks to explore in-depth the types of offenses most identified with and committed by males, dynamics of male crime, characteristics of male offenders, how male criminality and delinquency compare with and differ from female delinquent and criminal behavior, explanations for male crime, and efforts at combating crime in this country. Particular attention is given to exploring the relationship between male aggression and masculinity, as well as the role that testosterone and other biological factors play in male crime and violence. The book also focuses on the correlations between male violence and aggressive behavior and firearms, violence involving intimates, male sexual violence, bias crimes, workplace violence, terrorism, male perpetrated sexual offenses, youth gang crime, and school violence. These areas of male criminality and deviance are examined within the context of all male offending, arrest, self- report, and inmate data, along with criminological theoretical approaches to understanding the causes and related factors of male deviant behavior. The book is written primarily for undergraduate and graduate level students for coursework in criminal justice, criminology, male aggression, violent behavior, homicide, youth studies, gang studies, delinquency, law, law enforcement, sociology, social science, psychology, biology, and related areas of study. However, it is appropriate as well for academicians, social scientists, psychologists, law officers, medical workers, and a general readership with a vested interest in antisocial behavior and its implications on the greater society.

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Dedicated to victims of the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, as well as the victims of anthrax biological terrorism to follow.

And to the memory of Sharon Tate, Marilyn Sheppard, Elizabeth Short, and Nicole Brown Simpson.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 353 pages
• Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher; 1 edition (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0398074003
• ISBN-13: 978-0398074005
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,441,806 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)