Applied Criminal Psychology: A Guide to Forensic Behavioral Sciences

Richard N. Kocsis

ISBN 10: 0398092362 / ISBN 13: 9780398092368

Published by Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd (edition 2), 2018

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Synopsis:

Applied Criminal Psychology provides the reader with a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological research and techniques. It is introductory and wide-ranging and covers important forensic aspects of psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences. Many key forensic issues are covered, including personality disorders, risk assessment, the forensic psychologist as an expert witness, detecting deception, eyewitness memory, cognitive interviewing, forensic hypnosis, false confessions, criminal profiling, and crisis negotiation. With this new edition and starting with the first two chapters, significant focus has been placed upon Psychopathy and the closely associated DSM category of Anti-Social Personality Disorder. Another new chapter has also been included dedicated to the principles of law associated with an accused person s mental status. The book is international and interdisciplinary in its scope and focus. Many of the contributors to this book are well known scholars and/or practitioners. It will be of great interest to psychologists, psychiatrists, criminologists, legal professionals, law enforcement personnel and students who are planning careers in forensic psychology, criminology, and policing.

Review: Compiled and edited by Richard N. Kocsis, and now in a newly revised and updated second edition, Applied Criminal Psychology: A Guide to Forensic Behavioral Sciences is a collection of fifteen erudite and insightful articles that collectively provide a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological research and techniques. Applied Criminal Psychology is introductory and wide-ranging and covers important forensic aspects of psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences. Many key forensic issues are covered, including personality disorders, risk assessment, the forensic psychologist as an expert witness, detecting deception, eyewitness memory, cognitive interviewing, forensic hypnosis, false confessions, criminal profiling, and crisis negotiation. With this new edition and starting with the first two chapters, significant focus has been placed upon Psychopathy and the closely associated DSM category of Anti-Social Personality Disorder. Another new chapter has also been included dedicated to the principles of law associated with an accused person's mental status. Applied Criminal Psychology is international and interdisciplinary in its scope and focus. Many of the contributors are well known scholars and/or practitioners. Applied Criminal Psychology will be of particular interest to psychologists, psychiatrists, criminologists, legal professionals, law enforcement personnel and students who are planning careers in forensic psychology, criminology, and policing -- making it an ideal and unreservedly recommended curriculum textbook and core addition to both college and university library Criminology collections and supplemental studies lists. --James A. Cox / Midwest Book Review / December 2018

Bibliographic Details

Title: Applied Criminal Psychology: A Guide to ...
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd (edition 2)
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2.