Criminal psychology. Lecture course

The course of lectures on criminal psychology, prepared by employees of the department of psychological support of prosecutorial activities of the Academy of the General Prosecutor"s Office of the Russian Federation, was largely based on their own long -term research. The lectures present an original non-standard view of many problems of criminal psychology with a combination of theoretical and experimental approaches- attention is drawn to the specific psychological mechanisms of various crimes, both intentional and careless. The authors are extraordinary consider the problems regarding the personality of the criminal, the motivation of criminal behavior, the psychology of minor offenders, the interaction of the criminal and the victim in a criminal situation, group and organized crime, etc.
Lectures are intended for a wide range of readers - students, graduate students, teachers of law and psychology, scientists, as well as law enforcement officers