Forensic Psychologists Casebook : Psychological profiling and criminal investigation

ISBN-13: 9781843921011 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 432 str.

Opis

A forensic psychologist's casebook.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Context of Criminal Investigation  1. From trait-based profiling to psychological contributions to apprehension methods  2. Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders: a very Victorian critical incident  3. Psychological research and police investigations: does the research meet the needs?  4. Suspect prioritization in the investigation of sex offences: from clinical classification and profiling to pragmatism  5. The range of issues in crime analysis  6. The interpersonal dynamics of police interviewing  7. Policing the police: theoretical and practical contributions of psychologists to understanding and preventing corruption  8. Working with the courts: advice for expert witnesses  Part 2: Advising on Investigations  9. Rhetorical shaping in an undercover operation: the investigation of Colin Stagg in the Rachel Nickell murder enquiry  10. Guidelines for profilers  11. Assessing the reliability of interviews with vulnerable witnesses  12. Malingering or memory loss in a major collision investigation: reconstructing accounts of suspects, victims and witnesses  13. Suicide or murder? Implicit narratives in the Eddie Gilfoyle case  14. A stalking management programme: preparing advisory material for non-psychologists  15. Consent, inference and patterns of abuse in a case of domestic violence  16. Conclusions: personal reflections on the last decade

O autorze

Laurence Alison is Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool. He is also a Chartered Forensic Psychologist, and Academic Director of the National Centre for the Study of Critical Incident Decision Making.