Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior
ISBN: 9781412992442 | 1412992443
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 3/16/2011
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Covering three major areas, criminal behaviour, forensic psychology, and psychology and law, and comprising journal articles and commentaries, this reader provides a clear overview of the theories surrounding forensic psychology.
This text is a dynamic forensic psychology reader that provides cutting-edge research in police and correctional psychology, the psychology of crime and victimization, and psychology as applied to criminal and civil courts. Addressing key topics in each of three major course areas--crimina... MORE
This text is a dynamic forensic psychology reader that provides cutting-edge research in police and correctional psychology, the psychology of crime and victimization, and psychology as applied to criminal and civil courts. Addressing key topics in each of three major course areas--crimina... MORE
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Educational and Training Models in Forensic Psychology | |
| Police and Investigative Psychology | |
| Police Psychology: Then, Now, and Beyond | |
| Science and Pseudoscience in Law Enforcement: a User-Friendly Primer | |
| Effective Policing: Understanding How Polygraph Tests Work and Are Used | |
| The Criminal Profiling Illusion: WhatâÇÖs Behind the Smoke ... MORE | |
| Juvenile OffendersâÇÖ Miranda Rights Comprehension and Self-Reported Likelihood of Offering False Confessions | |
| Criminal and Delinquent Behavior | |
| Introduction and Commentary | |
| Reducing Misconceptions and False Beliefs in Police and Criminal Psychology | |
| Drugs and Sexual Assault: a Review | |
| Is It Stalking? Perceptions of Stalking Among College Undergraduates | |
| Psychopathy: a Clinical Construct Whose Time Has Come | |
| Child Sexual Molestation: Research Issues | |
| What Biosocial Criminology Offers Criminology | |
| Legal Psychology | |
| Introduction and Commentary | |
| Confession Evidence: Common Myths and Misconceptions | |
| Hypnosis and the Law: Examining the Stereotypes | |
| Assessing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Child Custody Evaluations | |
| Three Types of Skills for Effective Forensic Psychological Assessments | |
| Developmentally Sensitive Forensic Interviewing of Preschool Children: Some Guidelines Drawn from Basic Psychological Research | |
| Victimology and Victim Services | |
| Introduction and Commentary | |
| a 10-Year Update of âÇ£Review and Critique of Empirical Studies of Rape AvoidanceâÇ | |
| Reporting Sexual Victimization to the Police and Others: Results From a National-Level Study of College Women. | |
| Patterns of Anti-Gay Violence: An Analysis of Incident Characteristics and Victim Reporting | |
| OffendersâÇÖ Family MembersâÇÖ Responses to Capital Crimes: The Need for Restorative Justice Initiatives | |
| Correctional Psychology | |
| Introduction and Commentary | |
| a National Survey of Correctional Psychologists | |
| The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders: The Current Landscape and Some Future Directions for Correctional Psychology | |
| What is Correctional About Clinical Practice in Corrections? | |
| The Challenges of Mentally Ill Female Offenders in Prison | |
| Multisystemic Therapy for Antisocial Juveniles: Suggestions for Improvement | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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