ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, forensic psychology has grown rapidly as a subject, with an increasing number of forensic psychologists working in demanding roles in prisons, secure training facilities, and high, medium and low security healthcare facilities as well as other parts of the criminal justice system. This Dictionary is designed to meet the needs of both students and practitioners. It contains approximately 100 entries on key terms and concepts, arranged alphabetically and contributed by leading academic and practicing forensic psychologists.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter 1A|13 pages
entry |3 pages
Addictive Behaviours
entry |1 pages
Adversarial System
entry |2 pages
Anger
entry |1 pages
Anger and Aggression Assessment
entry |1 pages
Animal Cruelty
entry |2 pages
Applied Psychology
entry |1 pages
Approved Premises
entry |2 pages
Attachment Theory
letter |10 pages
B
entry |3 pages
Biological Factors in Crime
entry |2 pages
Boot Camps
entry |1 pages
British Crime Survey (BCS)
entry |1 pages
British Psychological Society (BPS)
entry |3 pages
Bullying in Prisons
letter |25 pages
C
entry |2 pages
Cambridge Framework for Risk Assessment (CAMRA)
entry |1 pages
Care Programme Approach (CPA)
entry |1 pages
Chartered Psychologists
entry |1 pages
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
entry |3 pages
Child Witnesses
entry |1 pages
Clinical Psychology
entry |1 pages
Cognitive Interviews
entry |2 pages
Community Punishments
entry |1 pages
Court Duty Officers (CDOs)
entry |3 pages
Courts
entry |3 pages
Criminal Careers
entry |1 pages
Criminal Justice System
entry |2 pages
Criminal Responsibility
entry |2 pages
Criminology
entry |2 pages
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
letter |11 pages
D
entry |3 pages
Detecting Deception
entry |2 pages
Developmental Disabilities in Adults
entry |3 pages
Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
entry |1 pages
Double Jeopardy
entry |2 pages
Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities
letter 60E|8 pages
entry |2 pages
Educational Psychology
entry |1 pages
Every Child Matters
entry |1 pages
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
entry |2 pages
Expert Testimony
entry |2 pages
Eyewitness Testimony
letter |10 pages
F
entry |2 pages
False Confessions
entry |3 pages
Family Factors
entry |2 pages
Family Violence
entry |1 pages
Forensic Psychiatry
entry |2 pages
Forensic Psychology
letter |1 pages
G
entry |1 pages
Group Work
letter |11 pages
H
entry |1 pages
Health Professions Council (HPC)
entry |2 pages
Health Psychology
entry |1 pages
High Secure Hospitals
entry |2 pages
HM Inspectorate of Prisons
entry |1 pages
HM Prison Service
entry |2 pages
Homelessness and Crime
entry |1 pages
Hostage Negotiation
entry |1 pages
Human Rights
letter |6 pages
I
entry |3 pages
Intellectual Assessment
entry |1 pages
Intelligence, Impulsivity and Empathy
entry |2 pages
Investigative Psychology
letter |7 pages
J
entry |4 pages
Jury Decision-Making
entry |3 pages
Juvenile Delinquency
letter |1 pages
L
entry |1 pages
Legal Profession
letter |13 pages
M
entry |2 pages
Medium Secure Units (MSUs)
entry |2 pages
Mental Disorder Interventions
entry |2 pages
Meta-Analysis
entry |2 pages
Moral Reasoning
entry |2 pages
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
entry |2 pages
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPAs)
entry |1 pages
Multi-Modal Methods of Assessment
letter |9 pages
N
entry |1 pages
Nacro
entry |1 pages
National Health Service (NHS)
entry |2 pages
National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
entry |1 pages
National Probation Service (NPS)
entry |2 pages
Neuropsychological Assessments
entry |1 pages
Nothing Works
entry |1 pages
Number Needed to Treat (NNT)
letter 126O|4 pages
entry |4 pages
Offending Behaviour Interventions
letter |24 pages
P
entry |2 pages
Parole
entry |2 pages
Personality and Crime
entry |2 pages
Personality Assessment (Objective)
entry |2 pages
Personality Assessment (Projective)
entry |1 pages
Personality Disorder Assessment
entry |1 pages
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Pace)
entry |2 pages
Police Psychology
entry |1 pages
Police Service
entry |2 pages
Polygraphy
entry |2 pages
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
entry |3 pages
Predictive Efficacy
entry |2 pages
Psychiatric Diagnoses
entry |2 pages
Public Protection
letter |9 pages
R
entry |3 pages
Recidivism Prediction
entry |3 pages
Reconviction Studies
entry |1 pages
Revolving Doors
entry |1 pages
Risk Assessment
entry |1 pages
Risk–Needs Assessment (Level of Service Inventory – LSI)
letter |24 pages
S
entry |2 pages
Secure Training Centres (STCs)
entry |2 pages
Self-Injury Assessments and Interventions
entry |2 pages
Sentencing
entry |1 pages
Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC)
entry |4 pages
Serious Incidents in Prisons
entry |2 pages
Severe Mental Illness (SMI) (Psychosis)
entry |3 pages
Sexual Offending
entry |1 pages
Social Services
entry |2 pages
Stalking
entry |2 pages
Substance Abuse/Misuse
entry |3 pages
Suicide
letter |5 pages
V
entry |1 pages
Victim Support
entry |3 pages
Violence Risk Assessment
entry |1 pages
Violent Offender and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR)
letter |2 pages
W
entry |2 pages
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