Criminal Psychology

Author: Xiao Xingzheng / Hao Zhilun, Editors
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China designated "Rule of Law" as the fundamental strategy for the Party to lead the people in governing the country. To meet the needs of talent for building a socialist rule-of-law state, we compiled this textbook. Criminology is a branch of criminal science and an interdisciplinary field between criminal science and psychology. It applies psychological theories, principles, and methods to deeply study the causes, processes, and patterns of criminal psychology formation and criminal behavior, analyzes the psychological characteristics and behavioral traits of different types of criminals, and elucidates several applied psychological issues in criminal justice practice. Its purpose is to provide scientific basis and methods for law students and judicial workers to gain a profound understanding of the inner world of criminals, expose, punish, prevent crime, and rehabilitate offenders.
This book consists of 13 chapters, starting with an explanation of social crime and human psychology, and delving into the analysis and exploration of the generation, formation, development, and change patterns of criminal psychology and criminal behavior, as well as psychological issues in criminal countermeasures. The book highlights four key features: First, inheritability. During the research process, this book fully utilizes proven scientific theories and inherits the achievements of previous scholars. Second, developmental nature. As society continuously evolves, the content, methods, and approaches of research also develop. Therefore, on the basis of inheritance, this book combines the characteristics of the times and its own scientific research achievements to selectively refine and further enrich and perfect existing theories. Third, practicality and applicability. This book primarily serves as a textbook for undergraduate law students, emphasizing a theoretical foundation while closely aligning with social realities and judicial practice, highlighting practicality and applicability. Fourth, readability. This book can not only serve as a textbook for law students but also as a reference for comrades on the judicial front in their research on punishment, crime prevention, and offender rehabilitation. It is also available for all individuals with research interests in this field.