Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Research and Application

While students most often associate forensic psychology with criminal profiling, crime scene investigations, and serial murder, the Second Edition of "Introduction to Forensic Psychology" covers the many others areas where psychology has played a significant role in providing research knowledge to the civil and criminal justice systems. Practical applications and case law are discussed along with a summary of contemporary research and practice across a broad spectrum of topics.This book contains more contemporary developmental and biological material in criminal behaviour sections. It includes more information on the relationship between mental disorders and crime and violence; and more examples throughout the text, with a case at the beginning of each chapter. It now covers topics such as: the death penalty, restorative justice, civil forensic issues, arson and typologies of juvenile firesetters, and eyewitness identification and discrimination. It includes new learning objectives at beginning of each chapter, review questions at the ends of each chapter, a list of key concepts defined, chapter summaries, boxes. It is more visually appealing with 2-colour page design: improved design of figures and tables.

Table of Contents:
PART I. Introduction 1. Forensic Psychology: Introduction and Overview ForensicPsychology: An Overview Careers In Psychology Forensic Psychology as a New Specialty Defining Forensic Psychology Summary and Conclusions PART II. POLICE AND INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2. Police Psychology: History and Practice Trends in Police Psychology The First Trend: Mental and Aptitude Testing The Second Trend: Personality Assessment The Third Trend: Stress Management The Fourth Trend: Fairness in Testing Special Circumstances in Policing Polic Interrogation and False Confessions Summary and Conclusions 3. Investigative Psychology Profiling Criminal Profiling The Psychological Autopsy Geographical Profiling and Mental Mapping Why Is Profiling So Inaccurate? The Polygraph Forensic Hypnosis Identifying the Offender: Other Procedures Pretrial Identification Methods Summary and Conclusions PART III. PSYCHOLOGY AND THE COURTS 4. Consulting and Testifying Court Structure and Jurisdiction The Judicial Process Trial Consultation Expert Testimony Surviving the Witness Stand The Assessment of Risk Summary and Conclusions 5. Consulting With Criminal Courts Preventive Detention Criminal Competencies Insanity Sentencing Evaluations Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Summary and Conclusions 6. Consulting With Civil Courts Juvenile Courts Juvenile Assessment: An Overview Family and Probate Courts Decisional Competency Involuntary Civil Commitment Other Civil Disputes Sexual Harrassment Employment Compensation and Personal Injury Claims Summary and Conclusions PART IV. CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY 7. The Development of Habitual Criminal Behavior The Juvenile Offender The Nature and Extent of Juvenile Offending The Developmental Perspective Coercion Developmental Model Developmental Factors in the Formation of Crime and Delinquency School Violence Juvenile Firesetting The Criminal Psychopath Summary and Conclusions 8. Psychology of Violence and Intimidation UCR Data on Violent Crime Gender, Race, and Ethnic Differences in Criminal Violence Criminal Homicide Mulitiple Murder Workplace Violence Hate or Bias Crimes Stalking: The Crime of Intimidation Summary and Conclusions 9. Psychology of Sexual Assault Definitions of Sexual Assault and Rape Date Rape Demographics of Men Who Rape Typologies of Men Who Rape Pedophilia Juvenile Sex Offenders Recidivism Rates of Sex Offenders Assessment of Sex Offenders Summary and Conclusions PART V. VICTIMOLOGY AND VICTIM SERVICES 10. Forensic Psychology and the Victims of Crime Multiculturalism and Victimization Legal Rights of Victims Crime Victimization Data Psychological Effects of Crime Victimization Hate or Bias Crime Victimization Sexual Assault Victimization Property Crime Victimization Summary and Conclusions 11. Family Violence, Abuse, and Victimization Intimate Partner Violence Child Abuse Repressed and Recovered Memories Child Abduction Elder Abuse and Neglect Summary and Conclusions PART VI. CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 12. Correctional Psychology in Adult Settings Institutional Corrections Overview of Correctional Facilities Legal Rights of Inmates Correctional Psychologists Psychological Assessment on Corrections Treatment and Rehabilitation in Correctional Facilities Treatment of Special Populations Obstacles to the Treatment of Inmates and Staff Community-Based Corrections Summary and Conclusions 13. Juvenile Corrections Historical Overview Approaches to Rehabilitation Summary and Conclusions Key Concepts and Review Questions Cases Cited References Author Index Subject Index About the Authors

About the Author :
Anne M. Bartol earned an MA and a PhD in Criminal Justice from State University of New York at Albany. She also holds an MA in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has taught criminal justice, sociology, and journalism courses over a 20-year college teaching career, primarily at Castleton State College, and has worked as a journalist and a social worker in child and adolescent protective services. In addition to Introduction to Forensic Psychology, she coauthored, with Curt Bartol, Juvenile Delinquency: A Systems Approach, Delinquency and Justice: A Psychosocial Approach (2nd edition), and Psychology and Law: Theory, Research, and Application (3rd edition). She has served as book review editor of Criminal Justice and Behavior and has published articles on women and criminal justice, rural courts, and the history of forensic psychology. Curt R. Bartol has been a college professor for more than 30 years, teaching a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate courses, including biopsychology, criminal behavior, juvenile delinquency, introduction to forensic psychology, social psychology, and psychology and law. He earned his PhD in Personality/Social Psychology from Northern Illinois University in 1972. He was instrumental in creating and launching Castleton State College's graduate program in Forensic Psychology and served as its Director for 6 years. As a licensed clinical psychologist, he has been a consulting police psychologist to local, municipal, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for nearly 25 years. He is also the Editor of Criminal Justice and Behavior, the international journal of the American Association for Correctional Psychologists. In addition to Introduction to Forensic Psychology, he has written Criminal Behavior: A Psychosocial Approach, now in its sixth edition, and coauthored, with Anne Bartol, Juvenile Delinquency: A Systems Approach, Delinquency and Justice: A Psychosocial Approach (2nd edition), and Psychology and Law: Theory, Research, and Application (3rd edition). He has published extensively in the field of forensic psychology.