Current perspectives in forensic psychology and criminal behavior
By: Curt R. Bartol, Anne M. Bartol, editors
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781412992442
Subjects: Correctional psychology; Criminal investigation; Administration of Criminal justice; Police psychology; Criminal psychology; Psychological aspects; Forensic psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-318) and index.
Table of contents: title: Educational and training models in forensic psychology; title: Police psychology : then, now, and beyond; title: Science and pseudoscience in law enforcement : a user-friendly primer; title: Effective policing : understanding how polygraph tests work and are used; title: The criminal profiling illusion : what's behind the smoke and mirrors?; title: Juvenile offenders' miranda rights comprehension and self-reported likelihood of offering false confessions; title: Reducing misconceptions and false beliefs in police and criminal psychology; title: Drugs and sexual assault : a review; title: Is it stalking? : perceptions of stalking among college undergraduates; title: Psychopathy : a clinical construct whose time has come; title: Child sexual molestation : research issues; title: What biosocial criminology offers criminology; title: Confession evidence : commonsense myths and misconceptions; title: Hypnosis and the law : examining the stereotypes; title: Assessing allegations of domestic violence in child custody evaluations; title: Three types of skills for effective forensic psychological assessments; title: Developmentally sensitive forensic interviewing of preschool children : some guidelines drawn from basic psychological research; title: A 10-year update of "review and critique of empirical studies of rape avoidance"; title: Reporting sexual victimization to the police and others : results from a national-level study of college women; title: Patterns of anti-gay violence : an analysis of incident characteristics and victim reporting; title: Offenders' family members' responses to capital crimes : the need for restorative justice initiatives; title: A national survey of correctional psychologists; title: The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders : the current landscape and some future directions for correctional psychology; title: What is correctional about clinical practice in corrections?; title: The challenges of mentally ill female offenders in prison; title: Multisystemic therapy for antisocial juveniles : suggestions for improvement.