Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Needs, Adrian; Towl, Graham J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book illustrates the wide variety of applications of psychology to the criminal and civil justice system. * Illustrates the wide variety of applications of psychology to the criminal and civil justice system. * Gives examples of how forensic psychology can benefit not only from clinical and criminological approaches, but also from the insights of occupational, cognitive, developmental and social psychology. * Many of the chapters introduce readers to areas which have not received extensive coverage elsewhere. * Includes new directions in forensic practice. * Chapters draw out the implications for professionals working in the field. * Contributors include both academics and practitioners. * Reflects both the scope and the potential of forensic psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470693186
• Artikelnr.: 38184345

Autorenporträt

Adrian Needs runs the MSc in Forensic Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. He worked in the Prison Service for many years and as an office holder in the BPS has played a leading role in the development of training in forensic psychology. Published work includes articles on social skills interventions, sexual and violent offending and prison officer training. Graham Towl is Head of Psychology for the Prison Service and the National Probation Service. His recent publications include Psychology in Prisons (Blackwell Publishing, 2003) and numerous journal articles on suicide and self-injury, risk assessment with offenders, ethics and public sector management.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors.
Series Editors' Preface.
Preface.
Section I: Working with Offenders; Analysis and Intervention.
1. The Offender's Perspective on Crime: Methods and Principles in Data
Collection: Claire Nee.
2. The Community and Family Context in Understanding Juvenile Crime: Mark
Wilson.
3. Offence Paralleling Behaviour (OPB) as a Framework for Assessment and
Interventions with Offenders: Lawrence Jones.
4. Risk Assessment: David Crighton.
5. The Management of Difficult Clients: Ruby Bell and Sue Evershed.
6. Intellectual Disabilities and Crime: Issues iIn Assessment, Intervention
and Management: William R. Lindsay, Jacqueline Law and Fiona MacLeod.
Section 2: Working with Criminal Justice Personnel.
7. Violent Police-Suspect Encounters: the Impact of Environmental Stressors
on the Use of Lethal Force: Aldert Vrij and Jo Barton.
8. Enhancing Eyewitness Memory: Developments in Theory and Practice: Pam
Newlands.
9. Occupational Stress and the Criminal Justice Practitioner: Jennifer
Brown.
10. The Contribution of Job Simulation Assessment Centres to Organizational
Development in HM Prison Service: Keith Baxter, Kirstin Davis, Eliot Franks
and Sonia Kitchen.
11. Design and Evaluation of Training: David Boag.
12. Facilitating Multi-disciplinary Teams: Adrian Needs and Jo Capelin.
13. Applied Psychological Services in HM Prison Service and the National
Probation Service: Graham Towl.
References.
Appendix: Revolving Doors Agency.
Index.

Rezensionen

"At a time when forensic psychology is playing an important andincreasing role in the criminal justice system the editors of thisbook are to be congratulated on bringing together a wide and wellwritten range of contributions... a must for all forensicpsychologists and their associated colleagues." ProfessorHerschel Prins, Loughborough University

"This comprehensive collection of essays on the emerging role offorensic psychology makes for stimulating reading. Bringingtogether analyses of research techniques, practical discussions onmeeting needs and supporting practitioners, with theories oforganisational development in the criminal justice system, the bookbenefits from its contributors' shared vision of what is requiredin order to successfully tackle and prevent problems of offending."Crispin Truman, Chief Executive, Revolving DoorsAgency

"This wide-ranging book covers many important topics and will bevery useful to scholars and practitioners in providing valuableinformation about key roles in forensic psychology." David P.Farrington, Professor of Psychological Criminology, CambridgeUniversity

"A good marker of how much forensic psychology has developed inrecent years, this thought-provoking book is written by a number ofthe current leading experts (both practitioners and researchers)and provides up-to-date illustrations of some of the most excitingareas in the field. It will appeal to academics and students,people interested in becoming a forensic psychologist, currentforensic psychologists and other psychologists who wish to gain avaluable insight into this expanding area." Dr Peter Banister,Department of Psychology and Speech Pathology, ManchesterMetropolitan University

"Practitioners in forensic psychology will find new insights inthis book whatever their level of knowledge and expertise in theirsubject ... This book, as it promises, is somewhat different fromother texts on forensic psychology and deserves a place on yourbookcase. It will make you think about how more psychology, whichis not forensic, could be adapted, applied, or provide some furtherinsight to the benefit of better forensic practice. While it wouldbe hard to meet all the expectations on the outside cover, it willnot disappoint." Zoë Ashmore, Consultant ForensicPsychologist, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol 44 No 1,February 2005