Criminal or forensic psychology

The rational choice perspective (RCP) is currently the core theoretical approach underpinning situational crime prevention (SCP).

Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, as one judge described her, was "e;a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer.

The past two decades have seen a rapidly growing involvement of psychologists and psychiatrists in legal proceedings for criminal cases, divorces, and traffic and industrial accidents.

This book focuses on the emotional experience of imprisonment.

This ground-breaking textbook engages readers in conversation about responding to the effects of diversity within formal criminal justice systems in Westernized nation-states.

Relying on intense ethnographic research and extensive experiences teaching human rights policing to police officers, this book teaches law enforcement professionals how to apply human rights to their everyday interactions with community members.

This book explores the reproduction of colonialism at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and examines international criminal law (ICL) vs the black body through an immersive format of art, music, poetry, and architecture and post-colonial/critical race theory lens.

The Behavioral Science of Firearms focuses on applying behavioral science principles and knowledge to inform and improve firearm-related policy, practice, and research.

The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner.

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for the courts.

Forensic Case Formulation is the first text that describes the principles and application of case formulation specifically to forensic clinical practice.

Imprisonment has become big business in the United States.

In the classic edition of this outstanding book, originally published in 2004, Dr.

This book provides an up-to-date analysis of major issues in the field of sexual abuse, both established and emerging, and asks how we can develop the most evidence-based, fit-for-purpose approach in responding to and preventing it.

This book provides and accessible text and critical analysis of the concepts and delivery of community justice, a focal point in contemporary criminal justice.

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This book explores the unique reentry experiences of incarcerated men and women who are about to be released from prisons in Portugal.

The Science of Occupational Health is an evidence-based resource for all members of the health care team working with those affected by work-based stress - whether individuals suffering physical or psychological symptoms, or organizations trying to provide optimum conditions for healthy and productive employees.

Youth crime is simultaneously a social problem and an intrinsic part of consumer culture: while images of gangs and gangsters are used to sell global commodities, young people not in work and education are labelled as antisocial and susceptible to crime.

An empirical look at the U.

Sentencing is the process through which the legitimacy of punishment is declared and justified.

The Unmaking of Crime documents the pathways of offenders reforming their journey and desisting from crime, and assesses the opportunities and limitations of the criminal justice system in aiding this process.

Cybercrimes are often viewed as technical offenses that require technical solutions, such as antivirus programs or automated intrusion detection tools.

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players, The Honest Politician's Guide to Prisons and Probation provides an authoritative account of the crisis which has gradually engulfed the prison and probation services since 1991.

This book exposes the myriad of victims of wrongful conviction by going beyond the innocent person who has been wrongfully incarcerated to include the numerous indirect victims who suffer collaterally.

This book will expand students' knowledge and understanding of the evolution of juvenile justice in the last 50 years.

A Casebook of Mental Capacity in US Legislation: Assessment and Legal Commentary employs an applied and accessible approach to the assessment of mental capacity.

Neuropsychologists are frequently asked to serve as experts for court cases where judgments must be made as to the cause of, and prognosis for, brain diseases and injuries, as well as the impact of brain dysfunction on legal competencies and responsibilities.

This book examines the experiences of relatives of those accused or convicted of serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape and sex offences.

An invaluable quick-reference source for practitioners and professionals detailing the major concerns in forensic psychology.

Capital punishment, serial killings, war, terrorism, abortion, honour killings, euthanasia, suicide bombings, war, and genocide: all involve the taking of life.

This book explores how Circles of Support and Accountability can reduce sexual reoffending.

This brief aims to shed light on the prevalence and effects of developmental trauma among offending populations' emotional, cognitive, and social development.

First published in 1965, the original blurb reads: "e;At the present time more and more public interest centres on crime, prison and prisoners, and the prison population in this country now exceeds 24, 000.

This book introduces a new conceptual framework for impunity within state crime theory and uses Turkish state criminality against Kurds between 1990 and 2000 as a case study.

Soviet Russia Fights Crime (1934) examines the workings of the Soviet penal system in the pre-war years of the Soviet Union.

This book addresses and reviews progress in a major innovative development within police work known as evidence-based policing.

Youth crime and youth violence blights our communities and shapes the lives of many, whether they are victims, perpetrators or family members.

Das Buch bietet neben aktuellem Grundwissen zum Thema Stalking konkrete Hilfestellung für Betroffene.

Austerity has reconfigured and scaled back the governance and delivery of public services and negatively affected society's most vulnerable groups.

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative account and analysis of restorative justice, one of the most rapidly growing phenomena in the field of criminology and justice studies.

Offender rehabilitation has become increasingly and almost exclusively associated with structured cognitive-behavioural programmes.

This book explores what victimology, as both an academic discipline and an activist movement, has achieved since its initial conception in the 1940s, from a variety of experts' perspectives.

Homicide Case Studies is a first-of-its-kind text, offering readers more than 30 case studies drawn from real-world homicide cases that include the often-overlooked context and complexities faced by victims, offenders, law enforcement, attorneys, jurors, and correctional personnel.

The process of judicial control over institutions is often described as growing socio-legal trend which impacts the development of modern societies.

Philosophers, legal scholars, criminologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists have long asked important questions about punishment: What is its purpose?

One of the most elusive pursuits in the study of organized crime is developing a definition, description, or conceptual model that captures its complexity, diversity, and ever-changing nature.

First published in 1977, Women, Crime and Criminology presents a feminist critique of classical and contemporary theories of female criminality.