Criminal or forensic psychology

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.

Focused on the Australian punk and hardcore music scene, this book provides an innovative balance between the acknowledgement of harm and the celebration of pleasure in live music spaces.

In everyday life we identify faces regularly and seemingly with great ease.

In everyday life we identify faces regularly and seemingly with great ease.

Our understanding of how pain in early life differs to that in maturity is continuing to increase and develop, using a combination of approaches from basic science, clinical science, and implementation science.

Our understanding of how pain in early life differs to that in maturity is continuing to increase and develop, using a combination of approaches from basic science, clinical science, and implementation science.

The importance of palliative care for children facing life threatening illness and their families is now widely acknowledged as an essential part of care, which should be available to all children and families, throughout the child's illness and at the end of life.

Until now, the influential agents in rampage killings have been described with unsatisfactory generalizations or chalked up to unconscious impulses.

Why be lenient towards children who commit crimes?

Why be lenient towards children who commit crimes?

Depression is amorphous.

Depression is amorphous.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination.

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

Sexual cases are inherently complex and sometimes controversial presenting the practitioner with a multitude of procedural and legal challenges.

Sexual cases are inherently complex and sometimes controversial presenting the practitioner with a multitude of procedural and legal challenges.

Truly global in scope and with contributions from leading researchers around the world, The Handbook of Cannabis is the definitive resource on this fascinating drug.

Truly global in scope and with contributions from leading researchers around the world, The Handbook of Cannabis is the definitive resource on this fascinating drug.

Children's nurses are faced with unique challenges when undertaking clinical skills, adapting their knowledge and practice for the physical and developmental age of their patients.

Children's nurses are faced with unique challenges when undertaking clinical skills, adapting their knowledge and practice for the physical and developmental age of their patients.

Mental disorders are ubiquitous, profoundly disabling and people suffering from them frequently endure the worst conditions of life.

This title examines the role of political culture and penal populism in the response to the emotive subject of child-on-child homicide.

This title examines the role of political culture and penal populism in the response to the emotive subject of child-on-child homicide.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.

This book is a survival guide for all nurses who provide emergency care to children and young people.

This book is a survival guide for all nurses who provide emergency care to children and young people.

Lie detection, offender profiling, jury selection, insanity in the law, predicting the risk of re-offending , the minds of serial killers and many other topics that fill news and fiction are all aspects of the rapidly developing area of scientific psychology broadly known as Forensic Psychology.

The past 20 years have seen unparalleled advances in neurobiology, with findings from neuroscience being used to shed light on a range of human activities - many historically the province of those in the humanities and social sciences - aesthetics, emotion, consciousness, music.

In this fascinating and sometimes disturbing book, the well-known writer Karl Sabbagh looks at psychologists' present understanding of the nature of memory, especially recollections of childhood, and how, in cases of so-called 'recovered memories', the unreliability and flexibility of memory has led to tragic consequences, destroying the lives of whole families.

Lie detection, offender profiling, jury selection, insanity in the law, predicting the risk of re-offending , the minds of serial killers and many other topics that fill news and fiction are all aspects of the rapidly developing area of scientific psychology broadly known as Forensic Psychology.

One in 70 children are admitted to paediatric intensive care (PIC) at some time during childhood.

Focuses on nurturing the emotional health of patients and families to ensure improved outcomesThis innovative clinical practice resource for neonatal nurses embodies family-centered care strategies for optimal outcomes through every phase of the NICU experience.

Enabling nurses to deliver safe and effective care and to achieve the best possible results for their patients, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, 2nd edition is concise and practical guide to all aspects of the CYP nurse's role.

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years.

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years.

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

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

With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being increasingly thrust into the spotlight.

With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being increasingly thrust into the spotlight.

Enabling nurses to deliver safe and effective care and to achieve the best possible results for their patients, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, 2nd edition is a concise and practical guide to all aspects of the nurse's role.

Principles of Medical Law is the leading practitioner text in its field.

Principles of Medical Law is the leading practitioner text in its field.

This book is the first of its kind to bridge the gap between corpus linguistics and forensic linguistics, illustrating the value of applying corpus linguistic data, tools, and methods in the analysis of language in the law, evidence, crime, and justice.

Around 85 children die each year in the UK due to abuse or neglect.

Around 85 children die each year in the UK due to abuse or neglect.

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making.

In recent history, planned violent attacks have persisted in the United States and abroad.