Needs / Towl Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69318-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Forensic Practice series

This book illustrates the wide variety of applications ofpsychology to the criminal and civil justice system.
* * Illustrates the wide variety of applications of psychology tothe criminal and civil justice system.
* Gives examples of how forensic psychology can benefit not onlyfrom clinical and criminological approaches, but also from theinsights of occupational, cognitive, developmental and socialpsychology.
* Many of the chapters introduce readers to areas which have notreceived extensive coverage elsewhere.
* Includes new directions in forensic practice.
* Chapters draw out the implications for professionals working inthe field.
* Contributors include both academics and practitioners.
* Reflects both the scope and the potential of forensicpsychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Needs, Adrian

Towl, Graham J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Series Editors' Preface.
Preface.
Section I: Working with Offenders; Analysis andIntervention.
1. The Offender's Perspective on Crime: Methods andPrinciples in Data Collection: Claire Nee.
2. The Community and Family Context in Understanding JuvenileCrime: Mark Wilson.
3. Offence Paralleling Behaviour (OPB) as a Framework forAssessment and Interventions with Offenders: Lawrence Jones.
4. Risk Assessment: David Crighton.
5. The Management of Difficult Clients: Ruby Bell and SueEvershed.
6. Intellectual Disabilities and Crime: Issues iIn Assessment,Intervention and Management: William R. Lindsay, Jacqueline Law andFiona MacLeod.
Section 2: Working with Criminal Justice Personnel.
7. Violent Police-Suspect Encounters: the Impact ofEnvironmental Stressors on the Use of Lethal Force: Aldert Vrij andJo Barton.
8. Enhancing Eyewitness Memory: Developments in Theory andPractice: Pam Newlands.
9. Occupational Stress and the Criminal Justice Practitioner:Jennifer Brown.
10. The Contribution of Job Simulation Assessment Centres toOrganizational Development in HM Prison Service: Keith Baxter,Kirstin Davis, Eliot Franks and Sonia Kitchen.
11. Design and Evaluation of Training: David Boag.
12. Facilitating Multi-disciplinary Teams: Adrian Needs and JoCapelin.
13. Applied Psychological Services in HM Prison Service and theNational Probation Service: Graham Towl.
References.
Appendix: Revolving Doors Agency.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Adrian Needs runs the MSc in Forensic Psychology at theUniversity of Portsmouth. He worked in the Prison Service for manyyears and as an office holder in the BPS has played a leading rolein the development of training in forensic psychology. Publishedwork includes articles on social skills interventions, sexual andviolent offending and prison officer training.
Graham Towl is Head of Psychology for the Prison Service andthe National Probation Service. His recent publications includePsychology in Prisons (Blackwell Publishing, 2003) andnumerous journal articles on suicide and self-injury, riskassessment with offenders, ethics and public sector management.