a project based approach Canter, David V. creator author. text bibliography Print books. enk 2024 monographic eng access 300 pages "Criminal Psychology in Action provides a practical, hands-on introduction to criminal psychology through unique projects for students, illustrating the many ways research into crimes and criminals can be conducted. It also provides an overview of many individual and social psychological theories of criminality. Drawing on over half a century of experience supervising hundreds of projects at undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels, David Canter provides well-grounded and detailed guidance for students of how to conduct a range of relevant and interesting projects designed to engage students directly with empirical research. This includes consideration of the ethical and practical issues of doing research in this area, as well as examples of documents needed for informed consent and submissions to ethical committees. The range of research designs described - laboratory experiments, surveys, case studies and simulations - provide introductions to methodologies relevant to many other areas of research beyond criminal psychology. Both engaging and interactive, this is an invaluable resource for instructors and students from colleges and universities around the world in many different fields, such as psychology, criminology, and socio-legal studies. It will also be of interest to all those who want to know more about the psychology of crime and criminality"-- David Canter ; drawings by Mikko. Access limited to UNC Chapel Hill-authenticated users. Unlimited simultaneous users. Criminal behavior Criminal psychology Criminology HV6080 .C3753 2024 9781032773278 Access limited to UNC Chapel Hill-authenticated users. au 240411 20260218110702.0 TFDDATF9781003487678 eng