Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology
Samenvatting
Introduce your students to new research findings in the fascinating field of forensic and criminal psychology. Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology, 7th edition is the latest version of this widely praised book.
Demonstrating content from up-to-date research and empirical findings, this is a text that will keep your students engaged!
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
-What is forensic and criminal psychology?
-The social context of crime
-Crime and the public
-Victims of crime
-Theories of crime
-Juvenile offenders and beyond
-Theft and other crimes against property
-Violent offenders
-Sexual offenders 1: rapists
-Sexual offenders 2: paedophiles and child molestation
-Police psychology
-Terrorism and hostage-taking incidents
-Eyewitness testimony
-Profile analysis 1: FBI-style offender profiling
-Profile analysis 2: investigative psychology, statistical and geographical profiling
-False allegations
-False and true confessions
-Lies, lie detecting and credibility 1: the psychology of deception
-Lies, lie detecting and credibility 2: the polygraph test, statement validity analysis and SCAN
-Children as witnesses
-Mental disorders and crime
-Mental, personality and intellectual problems in court
-Judges and lawyers
-Juries and decision making
-Effective prison
-Psychological treatments for prisoners and other offenders
-Risk, recidivism and desistance
Glossary References Name index Subject index

