Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior

ISBN-13: 9781483376219 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 328 str.

Curtis R. Bartol; Anne M. Bartol

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Featuring thirty-one articles by experts in the field, this dynamic forensic psychology reader emphasizes the ways that forensic psychologists apply psychological knowledge, concepts, and principles on a day-to-day basis. Addressing key topics in each of three major course areas--criminal behavior, forensic psychology, and psychology and law, Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior represents cutting-edge research and theory to demonstrate the ways that psychology has contributed to the understanding of criminal behavior and policies of the criminal and civil justice systems. The Fourth Edition addresses key topics in each of the five major subareas of the field--police and public safety psychology, legal psychology, the psychology of crime and delinquency, victimology and victim services, and correctional psychology.