Forensic Psychology : Concepts, Debates and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781843929307 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 608 str.

Joanna R. Adler;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for practice. The editors hope to inspire and stimulate debate about how forensic psychology can aid the practice of justice.

The book is divided into six sections, addressing key topics from the discipline: investigation and prosecution; testimony and evidence; serious and persistent offending; treatment as intervention; intervention and prevention and punishment and corrections. The contributors are drawn from the UK, the USA and Australia.
This updated, revised and significantly expanded edition develops the picture of diversity and depth of forensic psychology; considers ways in which the discipline has progressed and identifies challenges for its future sustainability and growth.

• includes a new section on treatment as intervention with contributions on personality disordered offenders; anger control group work with forensic psychiatric inpatients; and developments in treatment for drug misuse offenders

• additional chapters throughout including contributions on UK police interviews; the investigation and prosecutoin of rape; the effect of gender in the courtroom; forensic psychology and terrorism; the aetiology of genocide; self harm in prisons; post-corrections reintegration and many more
• an innovative textbook on forensic psychology exploring application of the subject and setting forensic psychology in a broader context
• demonstrates ways in which forensic psychology can aid the practice of criminal justice

This book will be essential reading for students of forensic psychology and practitioners working in the field.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction 1. Forensic Psychology: Some Concepts and Debates about Practice  1. Investigation and Prosecution  2 Miscarriages of Justice: What can we Learn?  3. The Interpretation and Utilisation of Offender Profiles: A Critical Review of 'Traditional' Approaches to Profiling  4. UK Police Interviews with Suspects: A Short Modern History  5. The Investigation and Prosecution of Rape  Part 2: Testimony and Evidence  6. The Effect of Gender in the Courtroom 7. 'Without fear of favour, prejudice or ill will': Magistrates' Sentencing Decisions  8. Eliciting Evidence from Eyewitnesses for Court Proceedings  9. The Aging Eyewitness  10. Safeguarding Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses at Court: Are the 'Special Measures' Working?  Part 3: Serious and Persistent Offending  11. Life-Course Persistent Offending  12. Stalking  13. Forensic Psychology and Terrorism  14. Aetiology of Genocide Part 4: Treatment as Intervention  15. Treatment of Offenders Classified as Having Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder  16. Anger Control Groupwork with Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients: Theories and Practical Applications  17. Developments in Treatment for Drug Misuse Offenders  Part 5: Intervention and Prevention  18. Intimate Partner Violence: Current Issues in Definition and Interventions with Perpetrators in the UK  19. Effective Programmes to Prevent Delinquency  20. Parenting Projects, Justice and Welfare  21. The Challenge of Managing Prejudice and Hate in Offending Behaviours  Part 6: Punishment and Corrections  22. What Role does Punishment Play in Deterring Crime? Practical, Theoretical and Ethical Perspectives  23. Women in Prison  24. Self-Harm in Prisons: Dominant Models and (Mis)understandings  25 Post-Corrections Reintegration: Prisoner Resettlement and Desistance from Crime  26. Psychology in the UK National Offender Management Service: Prisons and Probation  Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Joanna R Adler is Principal Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Director of Forensic Psychological Services at Middlesex University. Jacqueline M. Gray is Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University.