by Richard Wortley (Author)

Psychological Criminology explores what is it about individuals and their experiences that cause them to commit crime and/or to become criminal.

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Author Biography

Richard Wortley began his career as a prison psychologist and has subsequently taught the psychology of crime and criminality for many years in criminology schools. He is currently Professor at the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science at University College London and at the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato.