Exploring the Criminal Decision Process

The book provides a thorough investigation and overview of the decision making process that individuals may (or may not) go through when proceeding to commit a crime. Drawing on interviews with real offenders and conducted in a novel way, this book includes quotes throughout which make theirdecision making and emotional processes relatable to the reader.Itexamines arangeof offences from petty theft to murder and includes both male and female offenders.Based onvarious iterations of the rational choice theories of crime, this book examines the relevance of these theories in real offending situationsand the influence of emotion and context on these decisions. Finally, it explores how understanding the decision making process of committing offences can inform criminal justice practice.