Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology, 7th Edition
- Length: 768 pages
- Edition: 7
- Language: English
- Publisher: Pearson
- Publication Date: 2022-03-11
- ISBN-10: 1292295783
- ISBN-13: 9781292295787
- Sales Rank: #549942 (See Top 100 Books)
Discover more about the fascinating field of forensic and criminal psychology with this widely praised book, ideal for the students who want to understand how psychology relates to criminal justice and the law.
Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology, seventh edition is an essential resource for students studying psychology, applied psychology, criminology, and other relevant subjects, providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to this developing discipline.
This market-leading text follows an accessible pedagogical approach, focusing on contextualising theory stemming from extensive, up-to-date research and key empirical findings. It covers major areas in the field, such as profile analysis, lie detecting, mental disorders and crime – among others. It also explores further relevant and significant research studies from the UK and international perspectives and introduces new, contemporary material such as the impact of COVID-19 on crime and police use of force.
The book aims to support your broader understanding of the key concepts surrounding the field, helping you develop your critical thinking skills and challenging group discussion in class.
Some of the helpful features introduced in the chapters are ‘Key Concepts’, ‘Forensic Psychology in Action’, and ‘Controversies’, which encourage a deeper understanding of the subject. The Overview section at the beginning of each chapter and the comprehensive list of figures and diagrams further support your learning experience on the extensive research data and theory developed.
Along with its comprehensive Glossary on key terms for easy reference, this is an invaluable tool for those who would like to follow a career in criminology and forensic psychology and is guaranteed to keep you engaged.
Front Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Brief Contents Contents List of figures, tables and boxes Preface Author's acknowledgements 1 What is forensic and criminal psychology? Overview Introduction Researcher-practitioners History of forensic and criminal psychology Conclusion Further reading 2 The social context of crime Overview Introduction The extent of crime The extent of criminality Crime rates compared internationally Estimating the amount of crime Life-time likelihood of being a crime victim Conservative and radical interpretations COVID-19 and crime International variations in justice systems Conclusions Further reading 3 Crime and the public Overview Introduction Knowledge of crime What is fear of crime? What influences fear of crime? Theories of fear of crime Conclusions Further reading 4 Victims of crime Overview Introduction Victim-offender overlap Psychology and the victims of crime PTSD and the victims of crime What leads to a greater likelihood of PTSD? PTSD and re-victimisation PTSD among offenders Post-traumatic anger Psychological help for victims Victim decision making Counterfactual thinking Victim resistance to crime Restorative justice Conclusions Further reading 5 Theories of crime Overview Introduction Neuropsychology of offending Intelligence and crime Psychoanalysis and crime Addiction to crime Eysenck's biosocial theory of crime Social learning theory The social construction of crime Conclusions Further reading 6 Juvenile offenders and beyond Overview Introduction International comparisons Adolescents, crime and the family Criminogenic factors in childhood Continuity of childhood and adult antisocial behaviour Biological factors in antisocial behaviour Two types of delinquents Specific explanations of antisocial behaviour in childhood Social interventions to reduce delinquency Diversion from the criminal justice system Conclusions Further reading 7 Theft and other crimes against property Overview Introduction Illegal downloading Shoplifting Burglary Expertise among criminals Arson and pyromania Conclusions Further reading 8 Violent offenders Overview Introduction Are violent criminals specialists? Alcohol and violent crime Anger and its management in violent crime Media influences on violent crime Theories of homicide Domestic violence: forensic issues Domestic violence by women against men Stalking: what sort of crime? Desistance from violent crime Conclusions Further reading 9 Sexual offenders 1: rapists Overview Introduction Frequency of rape Youthful sex offenders Sex offenders as specialists and generalists Is rape a sexual orientation? Anger and hostility and sex offending Patterns in rape The nature of rapists Rape myths Rape myths and policing Socio-cultural factors and sexual violence More on the theory of rape Synthesising explanations of sex offending Offence Seriousness Escalation Conclusions Further reading 10 Sexual offenders 2: paedophiles and child molestation Overview Introduction Classifications of child molesters How common is paedophilia? The normal sex lives of paedophiles The nature of paedophile offences Theories of paedophilia Denial and sex offending Internet paedophile offenders Conclusions Further reading 11 Police psychology Overview Introduction Police culture Explaining police bias The cognitive interview Other types of police interview Forensic hypnosis Police as eyewitnesses: how accurate are they? The police caution Use of lethal force Stress and other impacts of police work Conclusions Further reading 12 Terrorism and hostage-taking incidents Overview Introduction The consequences of terrorism The nature of terrorism Mental health and personality problem issues and terrorism The problem of terrorist risk assessment What makes a terrorist? Planning terrorist attacks The end of terrorist organisations Hostage barricade incidents Hostage negotiation Conclusions Further reading 13 Eyewitness testimony Overview Introduction Eyewitness testimony as a central issue in forensic and criminal psychology The accuracy of witness evidence Later intrusions into eyewitness memory Eyewitness evidence in court Improving the validity of the line-up The importance of eyewitness evidence research Facial composites, age progression and identification Conclusions Further reading 14 Profile analysis 1: FBI-style offender profiling Overview Introduction The origins of offender profiling The FBI profiling process The methodology of the FBI profilers Profiling and police investigations An example of FBI profiling What research says about profiles Does profiling work? Conclusions Further reading 15 Profile analysis 2: investigative psychology, statistical and geographical profiling Overview Introduction Geographical profiling Criminal profiling - the research-based approach The homology issue and basic theory Consistency in offending Crime linkage Profiling and personality Conclusions Further reading 16 False allegations Overview Introduction The police approach to false allegations Pathways to false allegations The recovered memory/false memory debate False claims of abuse and children Suggestibility The diagnosticity of signs of abuse In what ways are genuine allegations different? Conclusions Further reading 17 False and true confessions Overview Introduction Methods of inducing confessions Police interrogation and false confessions Demonstrating different types of false confession Distinguishing between true and false confessions Consequences of a false confession Can evidence of a confession be disregarded in court? Conclusions Further reading 18 Lies, lie detecting and credibility 1: the psychology of deception Overview Introduction Ekman's theory of lie detection Are professional lie detectors really no better? Reliance on invalid cues to deception The quest for lie detection wizards Improving lie detection hit rates - cognitive overload What offenders say about lying Talking more for better lie detection Strategic questioning and the Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) technique Verifiability approach to lie detection Wider uses of deception research Training in lie detection Conclusions Further reading 19 Lies, lie detecting and credibility 2: the polygraph test, statement validity analysis and SCAN Overview Introduction The polygraph Problems with the polygraph Studies of the validity of polygraphy Polygraphy and the post-conviction sex offender Alternatives to the polygraph Statement validity analysis: criterion-based content analysis and the validity checklist The validity of statement validity analysis The status of criterion-based content analysis Scientific content analysis (SCAN) Conclusions Further reading 20 Children as witnesses Overview Introduction What is difficult about forensic interviews with children? The ground rules for interviews Improving forensic questioning of children Interviewing very young children The problem of non-compliance with good questioning The trade-off of accuracy against completeness What do we know about interviewing children? Rapport Children and lying Errors of omission and commission Long-term influences of questioning Children and line-up identifications Facial fit construction Interviewers and child witness testimony Conclusions Further reading 21 Mental disorders and crime Overview Introduction Mental disorders and the criminal justice system Controlling for confounding factors Psychosis and criminal violence Violence in the mentally ill and national trends Confounding by overlapping definitions The confounding effects of medication The clinical sample problem Misclassification of the mentally ill and violence Effects of general social trends Mental illness and violent crime in community samples Post-traumatic stress disorder and crime Clinical aspects of violence Who among the mentally ill is violent? Mental illness and crime in general Why should there be greater criminality among the mentally ill? Violent victimisation of the mentally ill The special issue of psychopaths and crime Reconviction and mental illness The police and mental illness Conclusions Further reading 22 Mental, personality and intellectual problems in court Overview Introduction Competence/capacity/fitness to stand trial Psychopaths and mental illness Post-traumatic stress disorder as a defence Conclusions Further reading 23 Judges and lawyers Overview Introduction The adversarial and inquisitorial types of trial Are trial outcomes predictable? The presentation of evidence in court Underlying narrative of legal arguments Other lawyer tactics Is expert evidence understood in court? Judgements Decision making in court Theories of judicial decision making Conclusions Further reading 24 Juries and decision making Overview Introduction Scientific jury selection and litigation consultation Simple improvements to aid jurors The effect of jury size and decision rules How real juries make decisions Non-evidential evidence Conclusions Further reading 25 Effective prison Overview Introduction Prison as a therapeutic community Violence in prison Therapeutic fixes for prison violence A quick fix for prison aggression? Suicide in prison The effectiveness of prison 'Nothing works' Prison work works The many dimensions of psychology in prison Conclusions Further reading 26 Psychological treatments for prisoners and other offenders Overview Introduction Sex offender therapy in prison Does treatment work? Treating violent criminals The Aggression Training Programme (ART) Other treatments for violent offending Anger and violence Manualisation The high-risk offender problem Conclusions Further reading 27 Risk, recidivism and desistance Overview Introduction Risk assessment Just what are dynamic risk factors? What does research say about risk factors? Clinical judgement versus statistical assessment Some structured clinical methods Predictors may be specific rather than general Statistical or actuarial prediction Predictive factors Issues in the assessment of risk and dangerousness Offence paralleling behaviour Protective factors in risk assessment Conclusions Further reading Glossary References Name Index Subject Index Publisher's acknowledgements Back Cover
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