Forensic psychology concepts, debates, and practice
This book brings together a team of experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and the techniques employed in key areas of research, policy and practice. Its aim is to go beyond the introductory texts on the subject to challenge perceptions, to raise quest...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. :
Willan
2004.
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| Edición: | [New ed.] |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798345406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 Forensic psychology in context
- Chapter 1 Forensic psychology: concepts, debates and practice
- References
- Chapter 2 Public perceptions of crime and punishment
- Public perceptions of offenders
- Socio-demographics and attitudes to crime and punishment
- Fear of crime and attitudes to crime and punishment
- Victimisation and attitudes to crime and punishment
- Individual principles and attitudes to crime and punishment
- Type of offence and punitiveness
- Expectations of punishment and attitudes
- Conclusions
- References
- Section 2 Investigation and prosecution
- Chapter 3 USA and UK responses to miscarriages of justice
- Concerns about police competence in criminal investigations
- Miscarriages of justice as a driver for change
- The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Safer UK justice?
- Miscarriages of justice in the United States of America
- USA and UK similarities and differences
- Conclusions: minimising miscarriages of justice - opportunities for forensic psychologists
- References
- Chapter 4 The interpretation and utilisation of offender profiles: a critical review of 'traditional' approaches to profiling
- The plausibility of traditional approaches to offender profiling
- Assumptions underlying traditional approaches to profiling
- The interpretation of profiles
- Stories and profiles
- Case-based reasoning in criminal investigation: novice and experts
- References
- Section 3 Testimony and evidence
- Chapter 5 Eliciting evidence from eyewitnesses in court
- Background
- Examinations in court
- Factors having an impact on witness accuracy
- Witness credibility
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6 The ageing eyewitness
- Eyewitness errors in the recall of event details.
- Eyewitness recognition errors
- Study 1: exposure to mug-shots and accuracy of subsequent identification
- Study 2: identification abilities of young-old and old-old witnesses
- Study 3: duration of exposure and eyewitness recognition
- Study 4: context reinstatement and eyewitness identification
- Post-line-up questionnaire
- Conclusion
- References
- Section 4 Correlates of criminality: sensations and substances
- Chapter 7 The status of sensational interests as indicators of possible risk
- What is the aetiology of the idea of the pathological status of sensational interests?
- Popular culture and sensational interests
- Mechanisms underlying sensational interests: arousal
- Mechanisms underlying sensational interests: evolution and mating effort
- Evidence linking fantasies, interests and behaviour
- Personality and sensational interests
- Systematic research into the topic: validating a measure of sensational interests
- Basic principles: sensation-seeking intelligence
- Are sensational interests associated with DSM-IV personality disorder?
- The SIQ and psychopathy
- A case example
- Sustaining fantasies and sensational interests
- Do sensational interests denote serious offenders?
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8 Drug use and criminal behaviour: indirect, direct or causal relationship?
- Types of link
- Drug use and offending in the general population
- Drug use in the known offending population
- Offending amongst the 'problem drug using' population
- Patterns of drug use and offending amongst criminally involved problem drug users
- The nature of the drugs-crime relationship
- References
- Chapter 9 Drug arrest referral schemes and forensic perspectives on the treatment of addiction
- Drug use, misuse and problems
- Drugs guide
- Population use of alcohol and other drugs.
- Addressing the treatment needs of substance misusing offenders
- Drug arrest referral schemes
- The development of Drug Arrest Referral in North Yorkshire
- Case study: York Arrest Referral Scheme operations guide
- Counselling substance misusers
- A typical psychological approach to substance misuse counselling
- Outcome effectiveness of substance misuse interventions
- Additional measures for drug misusing offenders
- Conclusions
- Case study: C's story
- References
- Section 5 Persistent offending
- Chapter 10 Life-course persistent offending
- Moffitt's developmental taxonomy
- How do race and gender fit into the taxonomy?
- Research on Moffitt's taxonomy
- Challenges to Moffitt's theory
- The way forward: future research topics
- References
- Chapter 11 Stalking
- A new crime?
- What is stalking?
- The victims of stalking
- The perpetrators of stalking
- Stopping stalking
- Stalker remedies
- Conclusions
- References
- Section 6 Intervention and prevention
- Chapter 12 Domestic violence: current issues in definitions and interventions with perpetrators in the UK
- Introduction
- Definitions and debates
- What's in a name?
- Do women do as much as men?
- What are the theories?
- What evidence is there? The empirical data
- Are there different types of domestic violence offender?
- Interventions
- North American interventions with perpetrators
- Interventions with perpetrators in the UK
- Do these programmes work?
- UK programmes and do they work?
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13 Effective programmes to prevent delinquency
- Individual and family programmes
- Peer, school and community programmes
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14 Parenting projects, justice and welfare
- The history of youth justice: the move from welfare to a justice model.
- Drawing in the parents: the legal context of children and parenting
- Parenting projects in practice
- Parenting classes, mothers and state responsibility: the future
- References
- Section 7 Punishment and corrections
- Chapter 15 Women in prison
- Nancy Loucks
- Backgrounds of women in custody
- Characteristics
- Issues for women in custody
- A man's world
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 16 Applied Psychological services in Prisons and Probation
- Graham Towl
- The context
- Background
- Current and future practice
- Conclusions
- References
- Concluding remarks
- Index.
