Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780230249097 |
| ISBN10: | 0230249094 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 464 pages |
| Size: | 35x194x260 mm |
| Weight: | 1318 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 40 Farbabb., 40 Farbtabellen Illustrations, color |
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Category:
Forensic Psychology
Routes through the system
Edition number: 1st ed. 2018
Publisher: Macmillan Education
Date of Publication: 3 May 2018
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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Short description:
Adopting a unique approach is organised around the course of a typical case through the justice system, Forensic Psychology: Routes through the System identifies where and how the role of forensic psychology fits in, hence the subtitle ?Routes through the system?.
This text is aimed at advanced undergraduates taking Forensic Psychology option courses and postgraduates taking Forensic Psychology masters programmes, as well as for those practitioners at the start of their careers.
Key features:
- ?Where do you stand? and ?Focus on? which help in understanding the subject in depth and also act as discussion starters
- Well-known author team with a wealth experience
- Employability tools aimed to help future forensic psychologists in their career
- Online interviews with a police officer, clinical psychologist, probation officer and a person serving a prison sentence which offer perspectives on the route through the system
- A glossary of key terms which act as easy reference
Long description:
This brand new textbook provides a complete course in forensic psychology, covering the criminal justice system, law and legislation, and treatments and outcomes for offenders. It offers rigorous coverage of the major topics: from theoretical concepts and research methods to explaining criminal acts and patterns of crime. The authors, both from leading institutions and well-known in the field, guide readers through the interlocking systems of criminal justice, mental health and social service provision, providing a deeper critical appreciation of what motivates crime and how criminal behaviour can be understood, assessed and treated.
This text will be core reading for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates studying forensic psychology, either as a module on a BSc Psychology degree or on an MSc for trainee Forensic Psychologists. It will also be ideal for early career practitioners.
This text will be core reading for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates studying forensic psychology, either as a module on a BSc Psychology degree or on an MSc for trainee Forensic Psychologists. It will also be ideal for early career practitioners.
Table of Contents:
PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS, METHODS AND THEORY.- 1. Setting the scene.- 2. Defining and surveying crime.- 3. Researching crime: methods and correlates.- 4. Explaining criminal offences and patterns.- 5. Criminal acts and actors.- PART TWO: TYPES OF CRIME AND INFLUENCING FACTORS.- 6. Serious Violence: Assault and hate crimes.- 7. Serious crime: Single victim homicide.- 8. Extreme violence: multiple homicide.- 9. Sexual offences and partner assault.- 10. Substance-related offending and other serious crimes.- 11. Mental disorder and crime.- PART THREE: INVESTIGATION, EVIDENCE AND SENTENCING.- 12. Police investigation and interviews.- 13. Profiling: methods and results.- 14. Court processes and legal decision making.- 15. Evidence: witnesses, experts and juries.- 16. Sentencing: principles and procedures.- 17. After sentencing.- PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, STANDARDS AND SKILLS.- 18. Assessment in forensic psychology.- 19. Interventions to reduce re-offending.- 20. Ethical issues in practice.- 21. Professional training, competence and expertise.
