Criminal Behavior and the Justice System Psychological Perspectives
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Research in Criminology
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Criminal Behavior and the Justice System
Psychological Perspectives Edited by Hermann Wegener Friedrich Losel J ochen Haisch
With 26 Illustrations
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Hermann Wegener Institute of Psychology, University of Kiel, New University, Building N 30, OlshausenstraBe 40, 2300 Kiel, FRG Friedrich LOsel Institute of Psychology I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, BismarckstraBe 1, 8520 Erlangen, FRG Jochen Haisch Department of General Medicine, University of Ulm, Am HochstraB 8, 7900 Ulm, FRG
Series Editors Alfred Blumstein School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA David P. Farrington Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DT, England, UK
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Criminal behavior and the justice system: p. psychological perspectives / edited by Hermann Wegener, Friedrich Losel, 10chen Haisch. cm. - (Research in criminology) Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 978-3-642-86019-5 I. Criminal behavior - Cross-cultural studies. 2. Psychology, Forensic - Cross-cultural studies. 3. Criminal justice, Administration of - Cross cultural studies. I. Wegener, Hermann, 1921. II. Losel, Friedrich. III. Haisch, Jochen. IV. Series. HV6080.C73 1989364.3'01'9 dcl9 88-29488 CIP Printed on acid-free-paper
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