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Introduction to forensic psychology : research and application / Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: London : SAGE, cop. 2008Edition: 2 edDescription: 555 sISBN:
  • 9781412958301
  • 141295830X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.1 22
Other classification:
  • Oepa
  • Oek
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Covering a broad spectrum of topics, this text distinguishes between the different fields of forensic psychology for a non-specialist audience, and introduces students to the field with a variety of contemporary examples to illustrate major arguments.

Previous ed.: 2004

Includes bibliographical references and index

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Introduction
  • 1 Forensic Psychology: Introduction and Overview
  • ForensicPsychology: An Overview
  • Careers In Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology as a New Specialty
  • Defining Forensic Psychology
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Part II Police And Investigative Psychology
  • 2 Police Psychology: History and Practice
  • Trends in Police Psychology
  • The First Trend: Mental and Aptitude Testing
  • The Second Trend: Personality Assessment
  • The Third Trend: Stress Management
  • The Fourth Trend: Fairness in Testing
  • Special Circumstances in Policing
  • Polic Interrogation and False Confessions
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 3 Investigative Psychology
  • Profiling
  • Criminal Profiling
  • The Psychological Autopsy
  • Geographical Profiling and Mental Mapping
  • Why Is Profiling So Inaccurate?
  • The Polygraph
  • Forensic Hypnosis
  • Identifying the Offender: Other Procedures
  • Pretrial Identification Methods
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Part III Psychology And The Courts
  • 4 Consulting and Testifying
  • Court Structure and Jurisdiction
  • The Judicial Process
  • Trial Consultation
  • Expert Testimony
  • Surviving the Witness Stand
  • The Assessment of Risk
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 5 Consulting With Criminal Courts
  • Preventive Detention
  • Criminal Competencies
  • Insanity
  • Sentencing Evaluations
  • Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 6 Consulting With Civil Courts
  • Juvenile Courts
  • Juvenile Assessment: An Overview
  • Family and Probate Courts
  • Decisional Competency
  • Involuntary Civil Commitment
  • Other Civil Disputes
  • Sexual Harrassment
  • Employment Compensation and Personal Injury Claims
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Part IV Criminal Psychology
  • 7 The Development of Habitual Criminal Behavior
  • The Juvenile Offender
  • The Nature and Extent of Juvenile Offending
  • The Developmental Perspective
  • Coercion Developmental Model
  • Developmental Factors in the Formation of Crime and Delinquency
  • School Violence
  • Juvenile Firesetting
  • The Criminal Psychopath
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 8 Psychology of Violence and Intimidation
  • UCR Data on Violent Crime
  • Gender, Race, and Ethnic Differences in Criminal Violence
  • Criminal Homicide
  • Mulitiple Murder
  • Workplace Violence
  • Hate or Bias Crimes
  • Stalking: The Crime of Intimidation
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 9 Psychology of Sexual Assault
  • Definitions of Sexual Assault and Rape
  • Date Rape
  • Demographics of Men Who Rape
  • Typologies of Men Who Rape
  • Pedophilia
  • Juvenile Sex Offenders
  • Recidivism Rates of Sex Offenders
  • Assessment of Sex Offenders
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Part V Victimology And Victim Services
  • 10 Forensic Psychology and the Victims of Crime
  • Multiculturalism and Victimization
  • Legal Rights of Victims
  • Crime Victimization Data
  • Psychological Effects of Crime Victimization
  • Hate or Bias Crime Victimization
  • Sexual Assault Victimization
  • Property Crime Victimization
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 11 Family Violence, Abuse, and Victimization
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Child Abuse
  • Repressed and Recovered Memories
  • Child Abduction
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Part VI Correctional Psychology
  • 12 Correctional Psychology in Adult Settings
  • Institutional Corrections
  • Overview of Correctional Facilities
  • Legal Rights of Inmates
  • Correctional Psychologists
  • Psychological Assessment on Corrections
  • Treatment and Rehabilitation in Correctional Facilities
  • Treatment of Special Populations
  • Obstacles to the Treatment of Inmates and Staff
  • Community-Based Corrections
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 13 Juvenile Corrections
  • Historical Overview
  • Approaches to Rehabilitation
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Key Concepts and Review Questions
  • Cases Cited
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • About the Authors