1st Edition

Crime and Personality

By Hans Eysenck Copyright 2013
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

When Crime and Personality was first published in 1964, J.A.C. Brown, writing in the New Statesman, commented: ‘There can be no doubt of the importance of Professor Eysenck’s book on the nature and treatment of criminal behaviour.’ This third edition originally published in 1977 had been completely revised and brought up to date, and although the major theory linking personality and crime has... Read more

Introduction  1 Is human conduct predictable?  2 The nature of personality  3 The mark of Cain  4 The biological roots of personality  5 Is conscience a conditioned reflex?  6 Crime and conditioning  7 Punishment or cure?  8 The task of society  9 Some questions answered  Epilogue  References  Index

Biography

Eysenck, H.J.