Designed for junior/senior-level courses in Psychology of Crime, Criminal Behavior, Criminology, and Crime Patterns, this text uses a cognitive-behavioral and interactionist approach, integrating international theory and research and moving from broad, theoretical explanations and descriptions of crime toward empirical research on specific ...
This book is a broad introduction to the field of forensic psychology. It is written by one of the best known authors in the field, Curt Bartol. While students most often associate forensic psychology with criminal profiling, crime scene investigations, and serial murder, this text covers the many others areas where psychology has played a ...
Providing cutting-edge research in police and correctional psychology, the psychology of crime and victimization, and psychology as applied to criminal and civil courts, this dynamic reader addresses key topics in each of three major course areas - criminal behaviour, forensic psychology, and psychology and law. Highlighting how forensic ...
This introductory textbook discusses several areas where psychology has bearing on matters of the law. Among these are: questions of criminal responsibility, civil commitment, jury deliberations, the credibility of testimony, corrections, family law, juvenile justice, criminology, and police psychol
For courses in Criminal Behavior, Forensic Psychology, and Criminology. Criminal Behavior: A Psychosocial Approach, 7e examines the many events and factors that influence the lives and behaviors of the criminal offender. By presenting a critical and interdisciplinary look at criminals and crime, the book challenges students to look beyond over ...
Taking a psychological orientation, this book examines the causes, prevention, and intervention of juvenile offending from a contemporary developmental perspective. It looks at how the juvenile offender is influenced by multiple systems within the social environment, issues of resilience and human strength, and strategies for prevention, ...
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 ...
For sophomore/senior level courses in Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Crime and Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior. Views the juvenile offender as being embedded and continually influenced by multiple systems within the social environment. The book examines the causes, prevention, and intervention of juvenile offending within these multiple ...
This text explores the psychological factors affecting criminal behaviour. Using a cognitive-behavioural and interactionist approach, it moves from theoretical explanations and descriptions of crime toward empirical research on specific criminal offences.
This text and reader bundle provides a broad introduction to the field of forensic psychology. While students most often associate forensic psychology with criminal profiling, crime scene investigations, and serial murder, this text covers the many others areas where psychology has played a significant role in providing research knowledge to the ...
This text aims to help students understand the underlying philosophies of law and psychology and the different relationships between them. Readers are first introduced to psychological literature and then shown its application to a wide variety of legal situations. The authors offer basic information about the court process (civil and criminal) ...
This text approaches the understanding of delinquent and criminal behavior from a developmental, coginitive-behavioral, and psychological perspective. Viewing the juvenile and adult offender as being embedded and continually influenced by multiple systems, the book examines the risk and protective factors that are believed to influence the ...
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