| Contents |
Educational and training models in forensic psychology / David DeMatteo, ... [et al.] -- Police psychology : then, now, and beyond / Curt R. Bartol -- Science and pseudoscience in law enforcement : a user-friendly primer / Scott O. Lilienfeld and Kristin Landfield -- Effective policing : understanding how polygraph tests work and are used / William G. Iacono -- The criminal profiling illusion : what's behind the smoke and mirrors? / Brent Snook, ... [et al.] -- Juvenile offenders' miranda rights comprehension and self-reported likelihood of offering false confessions / Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein, ... [et al.] -- Reducing misconceptions and false beliefs in police and criminal psychology / Michael G. Aamodt -- Drugs and sexual assault : a review / Elena Pope and Michelle Shouldice -- Is it stalking? : perceptions of stalking among college undergraduates / Lorraine Phillips, ... [et al.] -- Psychopathy : a clinical construct whose time has come / Robert D. Hare -- Child sexual molestation : research issues / Robert A. Prentky, Raymond A. Knight, and Austin F. S. Lee -- What biosocial criminology offers criminology / John Paul Wright and Danielle Boisvert -- Confession evidence : commonsense myths and misconceptions / Saul M. Kassin -- Hypnosis and the law : examining the stereotypes / Graham F. Wagstaff -- Assessing allegations of domestic violence in child custody evaluations / James N. Bow and Paul Boxer -- Three types of skills for effective forensic psychological assessments / Marc Sageman -- Developmentally sensitive forensic interviewing of preschool children : some guidelines drawn from basic psychological research / Connie M. Tang -- A 10-year update of "review and critique of empirical studies of rape avoidance" / Sarah E. Ullman -- Reporting sexual victimization to the police and others : results from a national-level study of college women / Bonnie S. Fisher, ... [et al.] -- Patterns of anti-gay violence : an analysis of incident characteristics and victim reporting / Kristen Kuehnle and Anne Sullivan -- Offenders' family members' responses to capital crimes : the need for restorative justice initiatives / Sarah Eschholz, ... [et al.] -- A national survey of correctional psychologists / Jennifer L. Boothby and Carl B. Clements -- The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders : the current landscape and some future directions for correctional psychology / J. Stephen Wormith, ... [et al.] -- What is correctional about clinical practice in corrections? / Philip R. Magaletta, ... [et al.] -- The challenges of mentally ill female offenders in prison / Elaine A. Lord -- Multisystemic therapy for antisocial juveniles : suggestions for improvement / Willem H. J. Martens. |
| Abstract |
Featuring ten new articles by experts in the field, this up-to-date reader emphasizes the ways that forensic psychologists apply psychological knowledge, concepts, and principles on a day-to-day basis. Drawing on cutting-edge research to demonstrate the ways that forensic psychology has contributed to the understanding of criminal behavior and crime prevention, the Third Edition addresses key topics in each of the five major subareas of the field---police psychology, legal psychology, the psychology of crime and delinquency, victimology and victim services, and correctional psychology. |
| Abstract |
Key features: * The book's readings include published journal articles, as well as commentaries written specifically for this book by forensics experts. * High-interest topics include serial murder, acquaintance rape, the relationship between mental disorders and crime and violence, sexual deviance, death penalty mitigation, restorative justice initiatives, arson and typologies of juvenile firesetters, and sexual harassment. * The importance of ethnic and racial sensitivity to successful practice and research is emphasized throughout the book. * First-hand, research-based reports help readers understand the contributions of forensic psychology to civil and criminal justice. |
| Abstract |
Supplements: * A password-protected Instructor Teaching Site includes test questions for the readings. * An open-access Student Study Site includes relevant articles, as well as articles from the previous edition of this book. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-318) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010053715 |
| ISBN | 9781412992442 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1412992443 (paperback) |
