Applying psychology to forensic practice / / edited by Adrian Needs and Graham Towl

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910877078903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : BPS Blackwell, 2004
• ISBN: 1-281-31915-5; 9786611319151; 0-470-69397-5; 0-470-69318-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Collana: Forensic practice
• Altri autori (Persone): NeedsAdrian; TowlGraham J
• Disciplina: 614/.1
• Soggetti: Forensic psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Section 1 : Working with Offenders; Analysis and Intervention; 1 The Offender's Perspective on Crime: Methods and Principles in Data Collection; 2 The Community and Family Context in Understanding Juvenile Crime; 3 Offence Paralleling Behaviour (OPB) as a Framework for Assessment and Interventions with Offenders; 4 Risk Assessment; 5 The Management of Difficult Clients; 6 Intellectual Disabilities and Crime: Issues In Assessment, Intervention and Management; Section 2: Working with Criminal Justice Personnel7 Violent Police-Suspect Encounters: the Impact of Environmental Stressors on the Use of Lethal Force; 8 Enhancing Eyewitness Memory: Developments in Theory and Practice; 9 Occupational Stress and the Criminal Justice Practitioner; 10 The Contribution of Job Simulation Assessment Centres to Organizational Development in H M Prison Service; 11 Design and Evaluation of Training; 12 Facilitating Multi-disciplinary Teams; 13 Applied Psychological Services in H M Prison Service and the National Probation Service; References; Appendix Revolving Doors AgencyIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. <