Criminal or forensic psychology

From the 'nothing works' maxim of the 1970s to evidence-based interventions to challenge recidivism and promote pro-social behavior, psychological therapy has played an important role in rehabilitation and risk reduction within forensic settings in recent years.

This book is the first comparative law study of collateral consequences of criminal conviction in all federally recognized Indian tribes in the lower 48 U.

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

The Life-Course of Serious and Violent Youth Grown Up addresses significant gaps in the literature on youth involved in chronic, serious, and violent offending.

The past decade has seen dramatic growth in every area of the prison enterprise.

Can punishments ever meaningfully be proportioned in severity to the seriousness of the crimes for which they are imposed?

Criminal Recidivism intends to fill a gap in the criminological psychology literature by examining the processes underlying persistent criminal careers.

A two-volume handbook that explores the theories and practice of correctional psychology With contributions from an international panel of experts in the field, The Wiley International Handbook of Correctional Psychology offers a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the most relevant topics concerning the practice of psychology in correctional systems.

This book presents an in-depth comparative study of sentencing practice for rape in six common law jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Drawing on work from inside some of America's largest and toughest prisons, this book documents an alternative model of "e;restorative corrections"e; utilizing the lived experience of successful inmates, fast disrupting traditional models of correctional programming.

A new global history perspective on the relationship between convict mobility and governance, nation building, imperial expansion, and knowledge formation.

Habeas Corpus in Wartime unearths and presents a comprehensive account of the legal and political history of habeas corpus in wartime in the Anglo-American legal tradition.

Handbook on Punishment Decisions: Locations of Disparity provides a comprehensive assessment of the current knowledge on sites of disparity in punishment decision-making.

Sadly, it is highly likely that psychological torture is committed by governments worldwide and yet, notwithstanding the serious moral questions that this disturbing and elusive concept raises, and research in the area so limited, there is no operational or legal definition.

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied.

This book is an ethnographic examination of the young people who serve voluntarily as judges, advocates and other court personnel at the Red Hook Youth Court (RHYC) in Brooklyn, New York-a juvenile diversion program designed to prevent the formal processing of juvenile offenders-usually first-time offenders-for low-level offenses (such as fare evasion, truancy, vandalism) within the juvenile justice system.

This book examines the meaning and significance of finality in capital cases.

When is it fair to hold young people criminally responsible?

The professional practice of counseling and mental health can often be complex and litigious.

The Routledge Handbook of Attachment: Assessment provides, in one volume, a detailed discussion of the formal measurement tools available to assess attachment across the age range, including with families.

Written specifically for the clinical neuropsychologist who does forensic consultations, the book is a comprehensive review by experts of the procedures available to evaluate malingered neuropsychological deficits.

When it was published twenty years ago, Rethinking What Works with Offenders made a major contribution to criminological knowledge on why people stopped offending, and the impact the probation service had on the desistance process.

Exploring why prison officers leave His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the processes and trajectories involved in returning to 'civilian life', this book examines the reasons that prison officers want to leave HMPPS and how they transition back to 'civvy street'.

Methods, Measures, and Theories in Eyewitness Recognition Tasks provides a comprehensive review of the fundamental issues surrounding eyewitness recognition phenomena alongside suggestions for developing a more methodologically rigorous eyewitness science.

This book presents an in-depth comparative study of sentencing practice for rape in six common law jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.

This book establishes a new framework for prison design to promote the health and well-being of all prison users.

This book examines serial homicidal poisonings in the modern era, to improve our contemporary understanding of poisons, poisoners, and investigation.

Given that persons typically have a right not to be subjected to the hard treatment of punishment, it would seem natural to conclude that the permissibility of punishment is centrally a question of rights.

It is generally accepted that men commit more crimes than women.

The women's movement and increasing social consciousness regarding gender disparity and discrimination has helped to make gains over the past several decades to reduce gender disparity for women in the workplace.

The use of solitary confinement in prisons became common with the rise of the modern penitentiary during the first half of the nineteenth century and his since remained a feature of many prison systems all over the world.

"e;I like the use of research and citations throughout the text.

Since the shutdown of our public psychiatry system, the seriously mentally ill are now mostly managed by public safety officers, school officials, emergency first responders and social workers with little experience in recognizing symptoms, triggers and issues.

This up-to-date collection begins with an account and analysis of the role of psychologists in prisons in relation to research.

This book distils thirty years of research on the impacts of jail and prison environments.

A psychiatric assessment is a structured clinical conversation, complemented by observation and mental state examination, and supplemented by a physical examination and the interview of family members when appropriate.

This book maps the problems and possibilities of the policies and practices designed to tackle violence against women in the domestic sphere over the last 40 years.

This book comprehensively discusses 13 infamous cases of serial and non-serial sexual homicide committed around the globe in the past four decades (1974-2010).

This thoroughly updated and revised new edition provides an essential overview of a full range of psychological contributions to the understanding of crime and the processes of dealing with offenders and helping their victims.

In a managed care era, the MMPI-2 is becoming an overloaded workhorse, required to generate more and more of the assessments that a battery of instruments once did.

Global Perspectives on Interventions in Forensic Therapeutic Communities: A Practitioner's Guide explores the validity and effectiveness of secure settings as therapeutic communities (TCs).

What remains anti-democratic in our criminal justice systems, and where does it come from?

Predictive Sentencing addresses the role of risk assessment in contemporary sentencing practices.

The literature on domestic violence will often treat homicide as its most extreme outcome.

Over 95% of criminal convictions are by guilty plea.

In The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment, editors Carl B.

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.

This book combines the latest in sociology, psychology, and biology to present evidence-based research on what works in community and institutional corrections.