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IN MODERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE ECONOMIC CONCERNS FROM POLITICAL ONES. YET THE FIELD OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY HAS DEVELOPED RATHER INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE STUDY OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY. THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS WHETHER THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUALISTIC, HIGHLY RATIONALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS THAT DOMINATE OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM FEED BACK TO SHAPE AND LIMIT OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. IT ALSO ASKS WHETHER THESE ASSUMPTIONS LEAD US UNWITTINGLY TO ATTRIBUTE EXCESSIVE AUTONOMY TO THE ECONOMIC SPHERE AND TO FAIL TO INTEGRATE THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION INTO PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES REGARDING OUR POLITICAL LIFE. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THESE QUESTIONS AND APPLIES THEM TO ISSUES OF TAXATION, POVERTY, SOCIAL GENEROSITY, AND NUCLEAR WINTER.

About the author -- Foreword to second edition -- Psychology and the criminal process -- The basis of criminality -- Biological explanations of crime -- Psychological explanations of crime -- Social explanations of crime -- Varieties of crime -- Acquisitive crime -- Domestic violence -- Sexual offences -- Homicide and serial killing -- Gangs, organised crime and terrorism -- Interacting with criminals -- Testimony and interviewing -- Deception and fraud -- Psychology and investigations -- Areas of application -- Psychology and the police -- Psychology in court -- Psychology in prison -- Concerning victims -- The future of psychology and crime -- Notes on publications and accessing them -- References -- Index

Pt. 1. Psychology and the worker; pt. 2, Psychology and the consumer; pt. 3, Agencies for psychological research in business.