Exploring the Criminal Decision Process

Rachael Steele is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice and the interim subject lead for Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

• 1. What this book is about.- 2. What has the Rational Choice Perspective told us about crime.- 3. Critique and Methodological issues.- 4. The importance of understanding thinking.- 5. Other Challenges to Consider.- 6. Exploring experiences of crime.- 7. The lived experience of crime- In their own words.- 8. Rewards, Benefits and goals.- 9. Violent and emotional offending.- 10. Mixed up rationalities.- 11. Confounding factors and decision enhancers.- 12. Putting it all together.- 13. Developing a model to fit the data.- 14. Reflections and thought.