Practical Psychology for Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions

✍ Scribed by Mark R. Kebbell, Graham M. Davies

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 250
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book it is a comprehensive guide, aimed at professionals, that starts with the interview of the victim of the crime, moving through the interviewing of suspects, to the decision to prosecute and enhancing the quality of evidence presented in court. Other topics discussed include: false allegations, false confessions, offender profiling and victim support. Throughout, the theme of the book is that the chain of events leading to the successful investigation and prosecution of offences is only as strong as the weakest link, and should be considered as a coherent whole.

✦ Table of Contents

Practical Psychology for Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions......Page 4
Contents......Page 10
About the Editors......Page 12
About the Contributors......Page 14
Series Preface......Page 20
Preface......Page 22
Acknowledgements......Page 23
Introduction......Page 24
1 Interviewing Victims of Crime, Including Children and People with Intellectual Disabilities......Page 30
2 Procedural Recommendations to Increase the Reliability of Eyewitness Identifications......Page 48
3 Investigating Criminal Cases of Delayed Reports of Sexual Abuse......Page 70
4 Psychological Characteristics of Offenders......Page 92
5 Detecting Deception......Page 112
6 Improving the Interviewing of Suspected Offenders......Page 126
7 Strategies for Preventing False Confessions and Their Consequences......Page 144
8 Offender Profiling: Limits and Potential......Page 174
9 Deciding to Prosecute......Page 188
10 Preventing Withdrawal of Complaints and Psychological Support for Victims......Page 206
11 Communicating Risk to the Court......Page 226
12 Future Directions for Applying Psychology to Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions......Page 242
Index......Page 248