| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Contents |
CONTENTS; Part A-CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND MENTALDISORDER; Chapter One: MENTAL DISORDERS AND CRIMINALBEHAVIOR; Chapter Two: ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS ANDPERSONALITY DISORDERS; Chapter Three: THE ROLE OF THE FORENSICPSYCHOLOGIST; Chapter Four: RISK ASSESSMENT; Part B-DECEIT, MEMORY, ANDCONFESSIONS; Chapter Five: THE DETECTION OF DECEIT; Chapter Six: EYEWITNESS MEMORY; Chapter Seven: COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING; Chapter Eight: FORENSIC HYPNOSIS; Chapter Nine: FALSE CONFESSIONS; Part C- INVESTIGATING OR RESPONDINGTO CRIME; Chapter Eleven: PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY; Chapter Twelve: CRISIS NEGOTIATION; INDEX |
| Summary |
Forensic psychology is a thriving subject with a dedicated focus beginning to emerge on the issue of crime from the discipline of psychology. Applied Criminal Psychology provides the reader with a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological research and techniques. Major topics include: (1) mental disorders and criminal behavior, antisocial behavior and personality disorders, the role of the forensic psychologist, risk and assessment; (2) the detection of deceit, eyewitness testimony, cognitive interviewing, forensic hypnosis, false confessions; and (3) criminal profiling, psychological |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal psychology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Criminal psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780398085513 |
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039808551X |
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