Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions(BPS Textbooks in Psychology)

Forensic Psychology is essential reading for all undergraduate courses in forensic psychology and an excellent introduction for more detailed postgraduate courses. Expert authors cover every aspect of forensic psychology, from understanding criminal behaviour, to applying psychological theory to criminal investigation, to analysis of the legal process and the roles of witnesses, to the treatment of offenders.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors xix Preface to Second Edition xxi About the Editors xxiii Introduction 1 Graham Davies, Anthony Beech and Clive Hollin PART I THE CAUSES OF CRIME 15 1 Psychological Approaches to Understanding Crime 17 Emma J. Palmer 2 Developmental and Psychological Theories of Offending 37 David P. Farrington and Maria M. Ttofi 3 Contributions of Forensic Neuroscience 55 Anthony Beech, Benjamin Nordstrom and Adrian Raine 4 Effects of Interpersonal Crime on Victims 77 Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis and Emma Sleath PART II INVESTIGATING CRIME 97 5 Eyewitness Evidence 99 Lindsay C. Malloy, Daniel B. Wright and Elin M. Skagerberg 6 Interviewing Vulnerable Witnesses 115 Robyn E. Holliday, Joyce E. Humphries, Charles J. Brainerd and Valerie F. Reyna 7 Interviewing Suspects 135 Ulf Holmberg 8 Detecting Deception 151 Pär Anders Granhag and Maria Hartwig 9 Offender Profi ling and Crime Linkage 171 Jessica Woodhams 10 Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking 189 Louise Dixon and Erica Bowen 11 Terrorism 207 Max Taylor PART III THE TRIAL PROCESS 227 12 Judicial Processes 229 Jacqueline M. Wheatcroft 13 Safeguarding Witnesses 247 Helen L. Westcott and Graham Davies 14 Identifi cation Evidence 267 Tim Valentine 15 Role of the Expert Witness 287 Brian R. Clifford PART IV DEALING WITH OFFENDERS 305 16 Crime and Punishment: 'What Works'? 307 James McGuire 17 Risk Assessment and Offender Programmes 327 Ruth Hatcher 18 Interventions with Dangerous Offenders 349 Leigh Harkins, Jayson Ware and Ruth Mann 19 Interventions for Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities 369 William R. Lindsay, John L. Taylor and Amanda M. Michie 20 Interventions with Mentally Disordered Offenders 391 Dawn Fisher, Michelle Ginty and Jagjit Sandhu 21 Offender Rehabilitation: Good Lives, Desistance and Risk Reduction 407 Tony Ward, Chelsea Rose and Gwenda M. Willis Glossary 425 Index 433

About the Author :
Graham Davies is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester and an Honorary Professor of Forensic Psychology at the Universities of Birmingham and Coventry, UK. His research interests focus on the testimony of children and adults and the support of vulnerable witnesses at court, on which topics he has published 10 books and over 150 articles in scientific journals. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a former president of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition and of the European Association for Psychology and Law. Anthony Beech is a Professor and Head of the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles, 39 book chapters and 5 books in the area of forensic science/criminal justice. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and was the recipient of the Senior Award from the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology for a significant lifetime contribution to Forensic Psychology in 2009. He also received the Significant Achievement award from the US-based Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) in 2009.