Criminal or forensic psychology

Little of what we know about prison comes from the mouths of prisoners, and very few academic accounts of prison life manage to convey some of its most profound and important features: its daily pressures and frustrations, the culture of the wings and landings, and the relationships which shape the everyday experience of being imprisoned.

This book examines the process and purpose of sentencing in the criminal justice system, beyond the confines of its legalistic aspects.

This book seeks to distinguish empirically-based knowledge from widespread misconceptions in the fields of legal and forensic psychology.

This book develops a sociological account of lie detection practices and uses this to think about lying more generally.

This book brings together a team of experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and the techniques employed in key areas of research, policy and practice.

Grounded in the latest clinical and developmental knowledge, this book brings together leading authorities to examine the critical issues that arise when children and adolescents become involved in the justice system.

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the role of the prison as a source of political ideas and site of political engagement, as well as in the prisoner's quest for citizenship.

This rigorous yet reader-friendly book reviews the state of the science on a broad range of psychological issues commonly encountered in the forensic context.

The Youth Court Guide is the definitive legal handbook for practitioners involved in the youth court.

This book examines a range of therapeutic approaches used in prisons and other secure settings and explores the challenges in such work.

This timely manual presents a new perspective on teaching and learning focused on countering the impacts of trauma on adults' ability to learn.

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This book takes the head-scratching out of human sexuality.

Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new punitiveness' in penal and political affairs.

Sexual Violence on Trial provides a contemporary critical examination of the investigation, prosecution and cultural contexts of sexual violence.

This structured yet flexible manual presents an innovative group treatment approach that targets deficits in self-regulationa central problem for sex offenders.

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

This book systematically defends an account of the institution of legal punishment that draws on both retributive and crime-prevention thinking.

The book addresses the central theme of mental health and provides an in-depth look into the protagonist's individual struggles with dark thoughts, depression and anxiety.

The Psychology of Arson is the first book in its field to focus specifically on contemporary topics relevant to practitioners and professionals working with adolescent and adult deliberate firesetters.

Providing essential knowledge and understanding that midwives, health visitors, nursery nurses and lay birth and early parenting educators need to deliver effective and evidence-based education to all new parents and families, this book explores key issues in perinatal education.

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

This groundbreaking book examines the changing Chinese legal system since 1978.

Freedom of thought is one of the great and venerable notions of Western thought, often celebrated in philosophical texts - and described as a crucial right in American, European, and International Law, and in that of other jurisdictions.

Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life After Punishment addresses the reasons why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated or resettled back into the community.

This book explores the concept of punishment: its meaning and significance, not least to those subject to it; its social, political and emotional contexts; its role in the criminal justice system; and the difficulties of bringing punishment to an end.

Most of us can recall a time when we pretended to be sick to reap the benefits that go along with illness.

This book engages with a controversial issue, namely the establishment of penal colonies and concentration camps in imperial spaces, which have informed ongoing debates on the repressive practices of colonial rule and popular resistance against it.

These essays, first published in 1996, focus on class, race, and gender as organising and analytical concepts in criminology.

What makes someone responsible for a crime and therefore liable to punishment under the criminal law?

Most people assume that criminal offenders have only been convicted of a single crime.

Interviewers face a dilemma when questioning children in a forensic context--an inherent mismatch between the needs of the legal system and the capabilities of young children.

Recognition and diagnosis of child abuse and neglect creates an important foundation for the protection of children.

This Element offers a critical review of forensic linguistic studies in the Philippines.

Until now, most discussion of racial profiling has given only fleeting consideration of its causes.

Criminal Psychology in Action provides a practical, hands-on introduction to criminal psychology through unique projects for students, illustrating the many ways research into crimes and criminals can be conducted.

This comprehensive workbook addresses the use of illegal online sexual images.

Although there has been an increase in research on terrorism across the social and behavioural sciences in the past few decades, until recently most of this work has originated from political science, psychology or economics.

This book provides a definitive empirical study of antisocial character pathology and its assessment through the use of the Rorschach.

Bringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political science, Thinking About Victimization offers an authoritative and refreshingly accessible overview of scholarship on the nature, sources, and consequences of victimization.

This unique volume presents cutting-edge research on the nature and extent of a wide range of scams, cons, frauds, and deceptive activities, including sextortion, the use of ransomware, phishing, identity theft, Ponzi schemes, online shopping fraud, gift card scams, and health care fraud targeting elderly victims.

This book systematically investigates the capital punishment of girls and women in one jurisdiction in the United States over nearly four centuries.

Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment examines criminal sentencing courts' changing characterisations of Indigenous peoples' identity, culture and postcolonial status.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

Few mental illness treatments are more reviled in the public mind than Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy.

Genocide and Victimology examines genocide in its diverse features, from different yet connected perspectives, to offer an interdisciplinary, victimological imagination of genocide.

Working with Violent Men gives a detailed insight into working with men who have been violent towards intimate partners.

In recent times the question of private sector involvement in public affairs has become framed in altogether new terms.

The nexus between terrorism and organised crime consists of a strategic alliance between two non-state actors who are able to exploit illegal markets, threaten the security of individuals, and influence policy-making on a global level.