Title: Inside the criminal mind /
Authors: Samenow, Stanton E.,
Date: 1984
Publisher: Times Books,
Physical description: xviii, 285 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: H
Abstract: A clinical psychologist on Reagan's task force on crime analyzes criminal motivation and behavior, provides a factual profile of the criminal mind, and explains effective methods of dealing with hardened criminals.
Contents: A new beginning -- The basic myths about criminals -- Parents don't turn children into criminals -- Peer pressure : no excuse for crime -- "The hell with school" -- Work and the criminal -- People as pawns -- "Getting over on the shrinks" -- Locked up -- Criminals' self-image : "decent people" -- The conventional wisdom : how wise? -- Coping with criminals : dusty trails and dead ends -- To change a criminal -- Corrections that correct.
Subject headings (LCSH): Criminal psychology.; Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.; Juvenile delinquents--Psychology.; Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States.