Criminal or forensic psychology

Over the years, psychologists have devoted uncountable hours to learning how human beings make judgments and decisions.

Of all the steps in the Supreme Court's decision-making process, only one is visible to the public: the oral arguments.

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

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

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

In three parts, this volume in the AP-LS series explores the phenomena of captivity and risk management, guided and informed by the theory, method, and policy of psychological jurisprudence.

We all seem to think that we do the acts we do because we consciously choose to do them.

More so than in any other form of forensic evaluation, mental health professionals who conduct parenting plan evaluations must have an understanding of the most current evidence in the areas of child development, optimal parenting plans across various populations, behavioral psychology, family violence, and legal issues to inform their opinions.

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With the world's prison population continuing to grow and the number of secure inpatient beds in psychiatric hospitals on the rise, establishing valid and reliable methods of identifying individuals who will commit violent acts is an important global health and public safety issue.

Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Principles and Practice is one of the first texts to provide a comprehensive review of important topics in the intersection of geriatric psychiatry, medicine, clinical neuroscience, forensic psychiatry, and law.

Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Principles and Practice is one of the first texts to provide a comprehensive review of important topics in the intersection of geriatric psychiatry, medicine, clinical neuroscience, forensic psychiatry, and law.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond.

Animal maltreatment includes physical or sexual abuse, neglect, or hoarding of animals, and all states have laws prohibiting various forms of animal maltreatment.

The nexus between the digital revolution and adolescent sexual behavior has posed significant challenges to mental health practitioners, attorneys, and educators.

Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court.

Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court.

Therapists once promised patients "e;Everything you tell me will remain in this room.

Threat assessment is a method used by mental health and law enforcement professionals to assess the risk of intended violence toward a specific target, such as attacks and assassinations of public figures, workplace homicides, mass murders, school shootings, and acts of terrorism, both domestic and foreign.

Terrorism has returned to the streets of Northern Ireland.

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

Public figures require attention, whether from a constituency who votes them in or out of office, shareholders who decide their economic benefit to the corporation, or fans who judge their performances.

The insanity defense is one of the oldest fixtures of the Anglo-American legal tradition.

There is much controversy about the dangers of a free media when it comes to children and adolescents.

With the media spotlight on the recent developments concerning the Supreme Court, more and more people have become increasingly interested in the highest court in the land.

This book is written for researchers, scholars, advanced graduate students, and clinicians who work in risk assessment and criminal responsibility.

Over recent decades, tremendous advances in the prevention, medical treatment, and quality of life issues in children and adolescents surviving cancer have spawned a host of research on pediatric psychosocial oncology.

In its roughly 25 years of existence, the trial consulting profession has grown dramatically in membership, recognition, and breadth of practice.

Few crimes generate greater public reaction than those where a mother murders her child.

How can otherwise normal, moral persons - as citizens, voters, and jurors - participate in a process that is designed to take the life of another?

In recent years, the public has become increasingly fascinated with the criminal mind.

Human emotional suffering has been studied for centuries, but the significance of psychological injuries within legal contexts has only recently been recognized.

Many hospital emergency departments are overcrowded and short-staffed, with a limited number of available hospital beds.

This comprehensive reference by nationally recognized experts provides an interdisciplinary overview of existing knowledge about sex offenders.

Juvenile offending and anti-social behavior are enormous societal concerns.

In this fascinating new book, Vincent Henry (a 21-year veteran of the NYPD who recently retired to become a university professor) explores the psychological transformations and adaptations that result from police officers' encounters with death.

Most professional forensic literature addresses the assessment of adults yet neglects the necessary differences that arise when working with minors.

Sexual aggression is a pervasive societal problem with devastating and sometimes permanent effects on its victims.

Children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses--and their families--require a unique kind of care to meet a wide variety of needs.

Today, American mental health law and policy promote the restoring of "e;law and order"e; in the community rather than protecting civil liberties for the individual.

It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity.

ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and research into the methodology, but also a framework for training.

ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and research into the methodology, but also a framework for training.

From a barrage of photons, we readily and effortlessly recognize the faces of our friends, and the familiar objects and scenes around us.

This book introduces readers to the concept of parental alienation (PA), a belief system that is used with increasing frequency in judicial child custody and parenting plan decisions.

The debate about whether mental health law should be abolished or reformed emerged during the negotiations of the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and has raged fiercely for over a decade.