Forensic Psychology: Routes Through the System

ISBN-13: 9780230249097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 464 str.

James McGuire; Simon Duff

Opis

This text is aimed at advanced undergraduates taking Forensic Psychology option courses and postgraduates taking Forensic Psychology masters programmes, as well as for those practitioners at the start of their careers.

Spis treści

PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS, METHODS AND THEORY 1.Setting the scene 2.Defining and surveying crime 3.Researching crime: methods and correlates 4.Explaining criminal offences and patterns 5.Criminal acts and actors PART TWO: TYPES OF CRIME AND INFLUENCING FACTORS 6.Serious Violence: Assault and hate crimes 7. Serious crime: Single victim homicide 8.Extreme violence: multiple homicide 9.Sexual offences and partner assault 10.Substance-related offending and other serious crimes 11.Mental disorder and crime PART THREE: INVESTIGATION, EVIDENCE AND SENTENCING 12.Police investigation and interviews 13.Profiling: methods and results 14.Court processes and legal decision making 15.Evidence: witnesses, experts and juries 16.Sentencing: principles and procedures 17.After sentencing PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, STANDARDS AND SKILLS 18.Assessment in forensic psychology 19.Interventions to reduce re-offending 20.Ethical issues in practice 21.Professional training, competence and expertise.

O autorze

James McGuire is Emeritus Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK. During his career, he worked as a psychologist in a variety of settings including intellectual disabilities services and a high security hospital, and he has carried out research in prisons, probation, addictions services, and the youth justice system. He has helped to develop guidelines on personality disorders for the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), and is a member of the Correctional Services Advisory and Accreditation Panel, Ministry of Justice.

Simon Duff is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Deputy Director of Forensic Programmes at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he oversees the doctorate programme. His research interests focus primarily on aspects of sexual offending, stalking, fetishism and the impact of pornography. In addition to his academic career, he works with a variety of clients at Mersey Forensic Psychology Service. 

Blurb

Adopting a unique approach is organised around the course of a typical case through the justice system, Forensic Psychology: Routes through the System identifies where and how the role of forensic psychology fits in, hence the subtitle ‘Routes through the system’. 

This text is aimed at advanced undergraduates taking Forensic Psychology option courses and postgraduates taking Forensic Psychology masters programmes, as well as for those practitioners at the start of their careers. 

Key features:

•         “Where do you stand” and “Focus on” which help in understanding the subject in depth and also act as discussion starters 
  
•         Well-known author team with a wealth experience
  
•         Employability tools aimed to help future forensic psychologists in their career
  
•         Online interviews with a police officer, clinical psychologist, probation officer and a person serving a prison sentence which offer perspectives on the route through the system
  
•        A glossary of key terms which act as easy reference