Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice (Forensic Practice series)

✍ Scribed by Adrian Needs, Graham Towl

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 302
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book illustrates the wide variety of applications of psychology to the criminal and civil justice system.Illustrates the wide variety of applications of psychology to the criminal and civil justice system. Gives examples of how forensic psychology can benefit not only from clinical and criminological approaches, but also from the insights of occupational, cognitive, developmental and social psychology. Many of the chapters introduce readers to areas which have not received extensive coverage elsewhere. Includes new directions in forensic practice. Chapters draw out the implications for professionals working in the field. Contributors include both academics and practitioners. Reflects both the scope and the potential of forensic psychology.

✦ Table of Contents

Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 9
Series Editors' Preface......Page 10
Preface......Page 13
Section 1 : Working with Offenders; Analysis and Intervention......Page 17
1 The Offender's Perspective on Crime: Methods and Principles in Data Collection......Page 19
2 The Community and Family Context in Understanding Juvenile Crime......Page 34
3 Offence Paralleling Behaviour (OPB) as a Framework for Assessment and Interventions with Offenders......Page 50
4 Risk Assessment......Page 80
5 The Management of Difficult Clients......Page 98
6 Intellectual Disabilities and Crime: Issues In Assessment, Intervention and Management......Page 113
Section 2: Working with Criminal Justice Personnel......Page 131
7 Violent Police-Suspect Encounters: the Impact of Environmental Stressors on the Use of Lethal Force......Page 133
8 Enhancing Eyewitness Memory: Developments in Theory and Practice......Page 145
9 Occupational Stress and the Criminal Justice Practitioner......Page 163
10 The Contribution of Job Simulation Assessment Centres to Organizational Development in H M Prison Service......Page 183
11 Design and Evaluation of Training......Page 200
12 Facilitating Multi-disciplinary Teams......Page 218
13 Applied Psychological Services in H M Prison Service and the National Probation Service......Page 238
References......Page 252
Appendix Revolving Doors Agency......Page 290
Index......Page 291