Understanding Sexual Homicide Offenders
An Integrated Approach
Published on 24. April 2015
Book
Hardback
XVI, 179 pages
978-1-137-45371-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a comprehensive understanding of sexual homicide. It includes a thorough survey of offender classifications, and analyses current theoretical explanations and understandings of sexual homicide from a criminological perspective. It proposes an important new integrated theoretical understanding of sexual homicide offenders.
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Edition
2015 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XVI, 179 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-45371-6 (9781137453716)
DOI
10.1057/9781137453723
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04/2015
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Palgrave Macmillan
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01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€85.59
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Person
Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. Oliver was awarded the 'Early Career Award' by the Research Grants Council of the University Grants Committee, Hong Kong, in 2014 and received the 'Outstanding Criminology Ambassador Award' in 2012 from the University of South Florida, USA.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Sexual Homicide Offending: Offender Classifications 3. Sexual Homicide Offending: Theoretical Explanations 4. Sexual Homicide Offending: In Search of a Criminological Explanation 5. Sexual Homicide Offending: Toward an Integrative Theoretical Explanation 6. Implications and Conclusions