ABSTRACT
This book brings together an international group of experts to present cutting-edge psychological research on crime, policing and courts. With contributors from the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Canada and the USA, this volume explores some of the most interesting and contemporary areas of criminological and legal psychology.
The Psychology of Crime, Policing and Courts is divided into three parts. Part I explores crime and anti-social behaviour, including the concentration of offending within families, juvenile delinquency, adolescent bullying, cyberbullying, violence risk assessment, and psychopathy. Part II examines policing and the detection of deception, with chapters on interrogational practices, police interviews of children, and modern detection methods. Part III focuses on courts and sentencing, with chapters exploring wrongful convictions, the role of juries, extra-legal factors in sentencing decisions and an examination of sentencing itself.
Representing the forefront of research in developmental criminology and criminological and legal psychology, this book is a comprehensive resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying psychology and criminology, with particular value for those studying forensic psychology. This book is also a valuable resource for psychologists, lawyers, social scientists and law enforcement personnel.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |111 pages
Crime and antisocial behaviour
chapter |20 pages
Self-reported juvenile delinquency in three surveys over 38 years
chapter |18 pages
Cyberbullying
chapter |22 pages
The psychopath: continuity or change?
part |55 pages
Policing and detecting deception
chapter |17 pages
Questioning the interrogational practices of US law-enforcement officers
chapter |19 pages
Police interviews of sexually abused children
chapter |17 pages
Psychophysiological detection of deception
part |86 pages
Courts and sentencing