ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides an overview of in-depth coverage of the evolving specialty of police psychology from a clinical and applied perspective. It offers a judicious presentation of understanding to the intelligent reader who seeks knowledge outside contentious lines drawn in the sands that are creased with superficial closure. The book aims to give the reader room to pause and rethink some issues as an expert in the area of trauma and grief in applied police clinical psychology. It discusses some of the leading police psychologists/practitioners and police experts/practitioners on city, state, and federal levels who offer more than a superficial glimpse from the field of policing, intelligence gathering, criminal profiling, and operations. The book focuses on select topics and extraordinary police professionals who have unraveled the most gruesome of crimes and complex cases enhance the reader using his/her psychological imagination.
