The use of secret police, security agencies and informers to spy on, disrupt and undermine opposition to the dominant political and economic order has a long history.
The Chilling Inside Story of Women Who Are Driven to Kill Killer Women are the most disturbing yet compelling of all criminals, representing the very darkest side of humanity and subverting the conventional view of women as the weaker sex.
Democratic therapeutic communities have been set up all over the world, but until now there has not been a manual that sets out the underlying theories, and describes successful practice.
This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science.
From the body language of a liar to profiling serial killers the ultimate introduction to criminal psychology 'Interesting, comprehensive, and informative.
Bringing together experts in the field, this comprehensive volume presents the state of the art in evaluating noncredible performance in clinical contexts.
Favored by instructors and students for its real-world focus and engaging style, this authoritative text on the interface of psychology and law has now been revised and expanded.
This book demonstrates that the criminal justice system in the United States has allowed the natural emotions surrounding sexuality to allow the minority of sexual offenders who are truly dangerous to be merged with the majority of offenders who pose little, if any, risk to be at large.
The inaugural edition of The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry was the first of its kind, and subsequent editions have raised the bar, earning it a spot as a leading text in this fascinating subspecialty of psychiatry.
Sexual violence, in all its forms, is a crime for which anecdotal accounts and scholarly reports suggest victims in their great majority do not receive adequate 'justice' or redress.
Presenting a comprehensive framework for conducting a scientifically grounded violence risk assessment, this book is authoritative, current, and practical.
Addressing key topics in child custody evaluation, this book provides essential knowledge for practitioners who want to meet the highest standards for both scientific validity and legal admissibility.
This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the rapidly growing research base on child and adolescent psychopathy: its nature, causes, development, assessment, and treatment.
Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines.
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.
A pragmatic guide to a growing area of professional practice, this book describes the multiple roles of the trial consultant and provides tools for carrying them out competently and ethically.
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.
The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.
By presenting current psychological theories alongside individual case studies, this book will guide you to understand the theory as it applies to specific instances of each crime.
By presenting current psychological theories alongside individual case studies, this book will guide you to understand the theory as it applies to specific instances of each crime.
This book provides an in-depth investigation of different psychological phenomena in forensic psychology through an analysis of key case studies in the field.
Forensic Perspectives on Cybercrime is the first book to combine the disciplines of cyberpsychology and forensic psychology, helping to define this emergent area.
Sexual abuse, a topic still struggling to break free of its social taboos, is an issue that must be addressed, assessed, and discussed in order to further efforts for prevention and treatment.
Very little advancement in the treatment of delinquents or criminals can be expected if typical characteristics and their bearings on behavior are not understood.
Americas first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago, now updated with a new afterword discussing Holmes exhumation on American Ripper.
Shares with readers America's first and most infamous serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in ChicagoThe first comprehensive book following the life and career of H.
This edited book brings together a range of expert voices - academics, researchers, practitioners, activists, and policy leads - who are responding to domestic and sexual violence (DASV) in various settings.
This book unearths the buried legacies of modern legal thought, exposing femicide's entanglements with colonialism, Black Atlantic slavery, and their enduring afterlives, while forging countercolonial pathways to justice.
The field of threat assessment and the research surrounding it have exploded since the first edition of Threat Assessment and Management Strategies: Identifying the Howlers and Hunters.
A truly international and multi-disciplinary compendium of current best practices authored by top practitioners from around the world, the book covers current trends and technology advances in the following disciplines within forensic science: bloodstain pattern analysis, forensic photography, ballistics, latent prints, forensic genetics and DNA, questioned documents, forensic toxicology, forensic clinical medicine, forensic pathology, forensic odontology, forensic anthropology, forensic entomology, forensic biometry, forensic psychology and profiling, law comparison and ethics, and much more.
Police use of force has been a major concern for police departments and citizens in the United States since the 1840s, when police first started carrying guns.
The field of threat assessment and the research surrounding it have exploded since the first edition of Threat Assessment and Management Strategies: Identifying the Howlers and Hunters.
