Violent Offenders‎:‎ Theory‎,‎ Research‎,‎ Public Policy and Practice provides the latest information to help students understand the many different types of violent offenders we hear about in the media daily‎,‎ from homicide and sex offenders to financial predators and street criminals to serial killers and career criminals‎.‎ The authors have compiled original scholarship from an international collection of applied and academic criminologists to provide students with a realistic and cutting‎-edge view of why people commit violent crimes and how our criminal justice system‎,‎ as a whole‎,‎ responds to these offenders and these violent acts‎.‎ The text is divided into three sections‎.‎ Part one covers the theoretical and disciplinary foundations of the study of violent behavior‎,‎ spanning the disciplines of sociology‎,‎ psychology‎,‎ biology‎,‎ and neuroscience‎.‎ Part two discusses empirical and topical linkages to criminological subjects‎,‎ including homicide offenders and victims‎,‎ sex offenders‎,‎ and gang members‎.‎Part three explores public policy and practical‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎