FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY Complete introduction to forensic psychology and understanding psychologyOs expanding influence on the study of law, crime, and criminality Highlighting the often-sizable gap between media myths surrounding forensic practice and reality, Forensic Psychology presents a broad range of topics within the field, including detailed treatments of the causes of crime, investigative methods, the trial process, and interventions with different types of offenders and offenses. To aid in reader comprehension, this Fourth Edition is supplemented with additional online resource materials, including related links, multiple choice questions, and PowerPoint slides. Authored by a wide range of experienced forensic psychology professionals and drawing on a wealth of experience from leading researchers and practitioners, Forensic Psychology includes information on: O Psychological approaches to understanding crime and developmental and psychological theories of offendingO Contributions of neuroscience in understanding risk factors for offending and effects of interpersonal crime on victimsO Eyewitness evidence, psychopathy, interviewing witnesses and suspects, detecting deception, and offender profiling and crime linkageO Interpersonal violence and stalking, judicial processes, safeguarding vulnerable witnesses, criminal responsibilities, and the role of the expert witnessO Rehabilitation of offenders, risk assessment, treating dangerous offenders, and interventions with female offenders and offenders with intellectual disabilities With comprehensive coverage of the subject and its many important intricacies, the Fourth Edition of Forensic Psychology is essential reading for undergraduatesO first encounter with the subject area and is also an excellent introduction for more specialized postgraduate courses.
Preface to the Fourth Edition
About the Editors
List of Contributors
About the Companion Website
1.Theory and Practice in Forensic Psychology: An Overview
Graham M. Davies, Anthony R. Beech and Melissa F. Colloff
Part I THE CAUSES OF CRIME
1A. Psychological Approaches to Understanding Crime
Emma Palmer
1B. Developmental and Psychological Theories of Offending
David P. Farrington
2. Psychopathy
Steven M. Gillespie and Carlo Garofalo
3. Understanding Risk factors for Offending: The Contributions of Neuroscience
Lilia Psalta, Anthony R. Beech and Adrian Raine
4. Effects of Interpersonal Crime on Victims
Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis and Emma Sleath
Part II INVESTIGATING CRIME
5. Criminal Investigation and Decision Making
Neil Shortland and Laurence Alison
6. Eyewitness Evidence
Melissa F. Colloff, Heather D. Flowe, and Tia C. Bennett
7. Interviewing Witnesses
Allison P. Mugno, Lindsay C. Malloy and David J. La Rooy
8. Interviewing Suspects
Erik Mac Giolla and Pär Anders Granhag
9. Detecting Deception
Pär Anders Granhag and Maria Hartwig
10. Offender Profiling and Crime Linkage
Jessica Woodhams, Matthew Tonkin and Amy Burrell
11. Interpersonal Violence and Stalking
Louise Dixon and Erica Bowen
12. Terrorism
Max Taylor
Part III THE TRIAL PROCESS
13. Judicial Processes
Jacqueline M. Wheatcroft
14. Safeguarding Vulnerable Witnesses
Graham M. Davies and Rachel Wilcock
15. Criminal Responsibility and Legal Insanity
John M. Fabian
16. The Role of the Expert Witness
Daniel T Wilcox and Leam A. Craig
Part IV DEALING WITH OFFENDERS
17. The Rehabilitation of Corrections Clients: Good lives and Risk Reduction
Tony Ward, Gwenda M. Willis and David S. Prescott
18. Risk Assessment
Anthony R. Beech and Ruth Hatcher
19. Treating Dangerous Offenders
Leigh Harkins, Adam J, Carter, Andrea Jackson and Jayson Ware
20. Interventions with Justice-Involved Girls and Women
Franca Cortoni and Nathalie M. G. Fontaine
21. Interventions for Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities
John L. Taylor and Ian Freckelton
22. Working with mental health issues in people who have offended
Jason Davies and Claire Nagi
23. Modifying Risk Factors, Building Strengths
Corine de Ruiter and Vivienne de Vogel
Part V FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY: EMERGING ISSUES, FUTURE CHALLENGES
The Utility of Cyberpsychology and Forensic Cyberpsychology
Mary Aiken
Data-Driven Policing
Kari Davies
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Eyewitness Identification
John T. Wixted
Targets of Explanation in Correctional and Forensic Psychology
Tony Ward
Future Directions in Treatment: What Might Work for Whom, Where and When?
Jason Davies
Cultural Responsivity Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Justice-Involved Populations
Ida Dickie
Future Approaches to Personality Difficulties, Trauma and Reducing the Risk of Reoffending
Jackie Craissati
Index
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