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Forensic Psychology

Four Volume Set
Edited by:


December 2010 | 1 512 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Around the world, the popularity and impact of forensic psychology is rapidly increasing. One of the most active applied disciplines in the field of psychology, borne out of cognitive and clinical psychology, forensic psychology or psychology and law is dedicated to the study of the criminal mind, the psychology of criminal investigation and the judicial system and is now a very international field. In spite of its age, the discipline has grown rapidly into a robust academic field in its own terms with numerous journals and societies around the world dedicated to its evolution.

This collection brings together the major influential journal articles in forensic psychology. The collection is a foundation resource and first point of reference for individuals and institutions who seek to build their knowledge and expertise in forensic psychology. Each volume is prefaced by a comprehensive introduction written by the editor.

Volume 1: Psychological Accounts of Crime

Volume 2: Psychology and Crime Investigation

Volume 3: Psychology in the Justice System

Volume 4: Psychology and Assessment / Crime Prevention / Imprisonment / Treatment

 
VOLUME ONE: PSYCHOLOGICAL ACCOUNTS OF CRIME
Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Social Learning Theory in Criminology: The path not taken

R. Akers
Forty-four Juvenile Thieves

J. Bowlby
Personality and Crime: Where do we stand?

H.J. Eysenck
Criminal Behavior and Learning Theory

C.R. Jeffery
A Psychoanalytic Theory of Juvenile Delinquency

C. Schoenfeld
Anger, Over-Control and Serious Violent Offending

L. Davey, A. Day and K. Howells
Understanding Crime Displacement: An application of rational choice theory

D. Cornish and R. Clarke
A Norwegian Twin Study of Criminality

O.S. Dalgaard and E. Kringlen
An Overview of the Relationship Between Moral Reasoning and Offending

E. Palmer
Mental Disorder and Violent Behaviour

J. Monahan
Outcome Evaluation of 161 People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities who Have Offending or Challenging Behaviour

J. Law, W. Lindsay, K. Quinn and A. Smith
Adolescent-Limited and Life-Course-Persistent Antisocial Behaviour: A developmental taxonomy

T.E. Moffitt
Families and Delinquency: A meta-analysis of the impact of broken homes

L.E. Wells and J.H. Rankin
Criminogenic Need and Women Offenders: A critique of the literature

C.R. Hollin and E.J. Palmer
White Collar, Organised and Cyber Crimes in the Media: Some contrasts and similarities

M. Levi
Violence: Criminal psychopaths and their victims

S. Williamson, R. Hare, and S. Wong
Comparison of Sex Offenders to Non-Sex Offenders on Selected Psychological Measures

D. Fisher, A. Beech and K. Browne
 
VOLUME TWO: PSYCHOLOGY AND CRIME INVESTIGATION
The Revised NEO Personality Inventory as Predictor of Police Academy Performance

P. Detrick, J. Chibnall and M. Luebbert
Evaluation of Police Recruit Training Involving Psychology

R. Bull and P. Horncastle
Prediction of Dysfunctional Job Behaviors Among Law Enforcement Officers

C. Sarchione, M. Cuttler, P. Muchinsky, and R. Nelson-Gray, R
Can Ethics Survive the Shock of the Job?: Quebec's police recruits confront reality

M. Alain and M. Gregoire
The Effects of Case Characteristics on Suspect Behaviour During Police Questioning

S. Moston, G. Stephenson and T. Williamson
Murderers' and Sexual Offenders' Experiences of Police Interviews and Their Inclination to Admit or Deny Crimes

U. Holmberg and S.A. Christianson
Detecting True Lies: Police Officers' Ability to Detect Suspects' Lies

S. Mann, A. Vrij and R. Bull
What is the Current Truth About Polygraph Lie Detection

K. Fiedler, J. Schmid and T. Stahl
The Psychology of Confession Evidence

S. Kassin
Recent Research on Children's Testimony About Experienced and Witnessed Events

M. Pipe, M. Lamb, Y. Orbach and P. Esplin, P
Using the Cognitive Interview With Adults with Mild Learning Disability

R. Milne, I. Clare and R. Bull
False Memories About Food Can Lead to Food Avoidance

D. Bernstein, C. Laney, E. Morris and E. Loftus
The Aging Eyewitness: Effects of age on face, delay, and source-memory ability

A. Memon, J. Bartlett, R. Rose and C. Gray
A Meta-Analysis of the Verbal Overshadowing Effect in Face Identification

C. Meissner and J. Brigham
Seeing Black: Race, crime, and visual processing

J. Eberhardt, P. Goff, V. Purdie and H. Hoffman
A Comparison of Mechanical and Computer-Driven Systems

G. Davies, P. van der Willik, P and L. Morrison
The Psychology of Linking Crimes: A review of the evidence.

J. Woodhams, C.R. Hollin and R. Bull
 
VOLUME THREE: PSYCHOLOGY IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental examination of peremptory use and the Batson challenge procedure

S. Sommers and M. Norton
Effects of Prejudicial Pretrial Publicity From Physical and Witness Evidence on Mock Jurors' Decision Making

J. Shaw and P. Skolnick
The Effects of British and American Trial Procedures on the Quality of Juror Decision-Making

M. Collett and M.B. Kovera
How Jurors Use and Misuse Character Evidence

J. Hunt and T. Budeshem
Younger and Older Jurors: The influence of environmental supports on memory performance and decision making in complex trials

J.M. FITZGERALD
The Effects of Attorney Presentation Style, Attorney Gender and Juror Gender on Juror Decisions

P. Hahn and S. Clayton
Big Girls Don't Cry: The effect of child witness demeanor on juror decisions in a child sexual abuse trial

J. Golding, H. Fryman and D. Marsil, D
Speech Style and Impression Formation in a Court Setting: The effects of powerful and powerless speech

B. Erickson, E. Lind, B. Johnson and W. O'Barr
Asked and Answered: Questioning Children in the Courtroom

R. Zajac, J. Gross and H. Hayne
Courtroom Questioning as a Culturally Situated Persuasive Genre of Talk

Y. Chang
Witnesses With Intellectual Disabilities in Court: What questions are asked and what influence do they have?

M. Kebbell, C. Hatton and S. Johnson
Judges' and Psychologists' Assessments of Legal and Clinical Factors in Competence for Execution

K. Ackerson, S. Brodsky and P. Zapf
A Critical Assessment of Child Custody Evaluations

R. Emery, R. Otto and W. O'Donoghue
Issues and Considerations Regarding the Use of Assessment Instruments in the Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial

P. Zapf and J. Viljoen
The Expert Witness, the Adversary System, and the Voice of Reason: Reconciling impartiality and advocacy

D. Shuman and S. Greenberg
The Practice of Forensic Psychology: A look toward the future in light of the past

R. Otto and K. Heilbrun
What's the Point of Sentencing?: Psychological aspects of crime and punishment

J. McGuire
 
VOLUME FOUR: PSYCHOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT/CRIME PREVENTION/IMPRISONMENT/TREATMENT
Risk and Need Assessment in British Probation: The contribution of LSI-R

P. Raynor
Improving the Clinical Practice of Violence Risk Assessment: Technology, guidelines and training

R. Borum
The Characteristics of Persistent Sex Offenders: A meta-analysis of recidivism studies

R. Hanson and K. Morton-Burgoon
Assessing the Effect of Batterer Program Completion on Reassault Using Propensity Scores

A. Jones, R. D'Agostino, E. Gondolf and A. Heckett
What Works?: Questions and answers about prison reform

R. Martinson
Does Correctional Treatment Work? A clinically relevant and informed meta analysis.

D.A. Andrews, I. Zinger, R.D. Hoge, J. Bonta, P. Gendreau and F.T. Cullen
An Outcome Evaluation of a Restorative Justice Alternative to Incarceration

J. Bonta, S. Wallace-Capretta, J. Rooney and K. Mcanoy
Situational Crime Prevention: Theory and practice

R. Clarke
Offending Behaviour Programmes in the Community: The effects on reconviction of three programmes with adult male offenders

E.J. Palmer, J. McGuire, J.C. Hounsome, R.M. Hatcher, C.A. Bilby and C.R. Hollin
Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Examining the effect of executions on rates of murder in Texas

J. Sorensen, R. Wrinkle, V. Brwer and J. Marquart
Inmate Adjustment and Change During Shock Incarceration: The impact of correctional boot camp programs

D.L. MacKenzie and J.W. Shaw
Re-Examining the Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Prison Life

J. Bonta and P. Gerndreau
Evaluation of a National Prison-Based Treatment Program for Sexual Offenders in England and Wales

C. Friendship, R. Mann and A. Beech
Cognitive Skills Offending Behaviour Programs in the Community: A reconviction analysis

C. Hollin, J. McGuire, J. Hounsome, R. Hatcher, C. Bilby and E. Palmer
Mental Health Issues in Long-Term Solitary and 'Supermax' Confinement

C. Haney
Multisystematic Treatment of Criminality and Violence in Adolescents

C. Borduin

Sample Materials & Chapters

Introduction