num_pages: 296
description: Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice is a dynamic reader that provides cutting-edge research in police and correctional psychology, the psychology of crime and victimization, and psychology as applied to criminal and civil courts. Addressing key topics in each of three major course areas―criminal behavior, forensic psychology, and psychology and law―the book highlights how forensic psychology has contributed to the understanding of criminal behavior and crime prevention. Editors Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol have assembled published journal articles, as well as commentaries written specifically for this book by forensics experts, to provide an overview of the wide array of prevalent theories in this field.  
language: English
title: Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice
titlecomplete: Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice
genres: Psychology
ratings_count: 42
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc