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Offending behaviour : moral reasoning, criminal conduct and the rehabilitation of offenders /

By: Palmer, Emma J.
Publisher: Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2003Description: xii, 228 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1843920395; 9781843920397:; 9781843920397; 1843920387 (pbk.); 9781843920380 (pbk.).Subject(s): Criminal behavior -- Moral and ethical aspects | Criminal behavior | Criminals -- RehabilitationDDC classification: 364.3
Contents:
Setting the context: theories of offending behaviour -- Theories of moral reasoning 1: Piaget and Kohlberg -- Theories of moral reasoning 2: critiques of Kohlberg's theory -- The measurement of moral reasoning -- Moral reasoning and offending: theory and research -- Placing moral reasoning in a wider explanation of offending -- Interventions: implications for practice -- What next: the future for research and practice.
Summary: This title provides a comprehensive and up to date review of the relationship between psychology, morality and offending behaviour. It sets out the theory and research which has been carried out in the field, and examines the ways in which this knowledge has been used in practice.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 364.3 PAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0060016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the context: theories of offending behaviour -- Theories of moral reasoning 1: Piaget and Kohlberg -- Theories of moral reasoning 2: critiques of Kohlberg's theory -- The measurement of moral reasoning -- Moral reasoning and offending: theory and research -- Placing moral reasoning in a wider explanation of offending -- Interventions: implications for practice -- What next: the future for research and practice.

This title provides a comprehensive and up to date review of the relationship between psychology, morality and offending behaviour. It sets out the theory and research which has been carried out in the field, and examines the ways in which this knowledge has been used in practice.

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