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1 online resource |
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BPS textbooks in psychology |
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BPS textbooks in psychology.
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| Contents |
Forensic Psychology; Brief Contents; Contents; Contributors; Preface to Third Edition; About the Editors; About the Companion Website; Introduction; FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY; Legal Psychology; Criminological Psychology; HOW TO BECOME A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST; PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS FOR FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGISTS; STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THIS BOOK; Part 1: The Causes of Crime; Part 2: Investigating Crime; Part 3: The Trial Process; Part 4: Dealing with Offenders; PART 1 The Causes of Crime; 1 Psychological Approaches to Understanding Crime; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES |
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1.2.1 Moral Reasoning Theory1.2.2 Social Information-Processing Theory; 1.3 THEORIES, EVIDENCE, AND CRIME; 1.3.1 Interpersonal Violence; 1.3.2 Sexual Offending; 1.3.3 Arson; 1.4 MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS; 1.4.1 Why Are Mentally Disordered Offenders a Special Case?; 1.4.2 Types of Mentally Disordered Offender; 1.4.3 Psychopathy and Offending; 1.5 CONCLUSIONS; 1.6 SUMMARY; ANNOTATED READING LIST; REFERENCES; 2 Developmental and Psychological Theories of Offending; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES; 2.2.1 Moffitt: Adolescence-Limited Versus Life-Course-Persistent Offending |
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2.2.2 Lahey and Waldman: Developmental Propensity Theory2.2.3 Thornberry and Krohn: Interactional Theory; 2.2.4 Sampson and Laub: Age-Graded Informal Social Control Theory; 2.2.5 Comparing DLC Theories; 2.3 CASE STUDIES FROM THE CAMBRIDGE STUDY IN DELINQUENT DEVELOPMENT; 2.4 PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES; 2.4.1 Bowlby: Attachment Theory; 2.4.2 Eysenck: Personality Theory; 2.4.3 Patterson: Social Learning Theory; 2.4.4 Walters: Lifestyle Theory; 2.5 THE ICAP THEORY; 2.5.1 Long-term Risk Factors; 2.5.2 Explaining the Commission of Crimes; 2.5.3 Testing the Theory; 2.6 CONCLUSIONS; 2.7 SUMMARY |
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ESSAY/DISCUSSION QUESTIONSANNOTATED READING LIST; REFERENCES; 3 Psychopathy; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOPATHY; 3.2.1 Dissociating Psychopathy from Antisocial Personality Disorder; 3.2.2 Psychopathic Subtypes; 3.3 PSYCHOPATHY AND AGGRESSION; 3.4 CORRELATES OF PSYCHOPATHY IN ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN; 3.5 GENETIC BASIS OF PSYCHOPATHY; 3.6 FAMILY FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOPATHY; 3.7 ATTACHMENT, PSYCHOPATHY AND OFFENDING; 3.8 FACIAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION; 3.8.1 A Neurobiological Model of Fearful Face Recognition Deficits in Psychopathy |
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3.8.2 Eye Scan Paths, Fearful Face Recognition and Psychopathy3.9 PSYCHOPATHY AND AVERSIVE CONDITIONING; 3.10 NEUROCHE MISTRY OF PSYCHOPATHY; 3.11 CONCLUSIONS; 3.12 SUMMARY; ESSAY/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; ANNOTATED READING LIST; REFERENCES; 4 Understanding Risk Factors for Offending: The Contributions of Neuroscience; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN; 4.3 THE SOCIAL BRAIN; 4.3.1 Evidence Suggesting Problems in the Structural Integrity of the Brains of Offenders; 4.3.2 Evidence Suggesting Functional Problems in the Brain of Offenders; 4.4 RISK FACTORS FOR OFFENDING |
| Summary |
Essential reading for all undergraduate courses in forensic psychology, it also provides an introduction for more detailed postgraduate courses. Introduces forensic psychology to students and professionals who want to better understand psychology's expanding influence on the study of law, crime and criminality Forensic psychology is a constantly growing discipline, both in terms of student interest and as a profession for graduates. This book highlights the often sizeable gap between media myths surrounding forensic practice and reality. Editors Graham Davies and Anthony Beech present an exciting and broad range of topics within the field, including detailed treatments of the causes of crime, investigative methods, the trial process, and interventions with different types of offenders and offences. Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions, Third Edition covers every aspect of forensic psychology-from understanding criminal behaviour, to applying psychological theory to criminal investigation, analysing the legal process and the treatment of witnesses and offenders. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated with the latest findings. The book also includes two entirely new chapters-one on psychopathy and crime, the other on female offenders. Drawing on a wealth of experience from leading researchers and practitioners, this new edition will interest and enthuse today's generation of students. All chapters thoroughly revised and updated Features two brand new chapters Supplemented by additional online resource materials, including related links, multiple choice questions, and PowerPoint slides Authored by a wide-range of experienced forensic psychology professionals Forensic Psychology, Third Edition is essential reading for undergraduates' first encounter with the subject area and is an excellent introduction for more specialised postgraduate courses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 29, 2018) |
| Subject |
Forensic psychology.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Forensic psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davies, Graham, 1943- editor.
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Beech, Anthony R., editor
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| LC no. |
2017025886 |
| ISBN |
9781119106654 |
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1119106656 |
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