ABSTRACT

Making an Impact on Policing and Crime: Psychological Research, Policy and Practice applies a range of case studies and examples of psychological research by international, leading researchers to tackle real-world issues within the field of crime and policing.

Making an Impact on Policing and Crime documents the application of cutting-edge research to real-world policing and explains how psychologists’ insights have been adapted and developed to offer effective solutions across the criminal justice system. The experts featured in this collection cover a range of psychological topics surrounding the field, including the prevention and reduction of sexual offending and reoffending, the use of CCTV and ‘super-recognisers’, forensic questioning of vulnerable witnesses, the accuracy of nonverbal and verbal lie detection interview techniques, psychological ‘drivers’ of political violence, theoretical models of police–community relations, and the social and political significance of urban ‘riots’.

This collection is a vital resource for practitioners in policing fields and the court system and professionals working with offenders, as well as students and researchers in related disciplines.

chapter 1|33 pages

Preventing and reducing sexual abuse

ByBelinda Winder, Nicholas Blagden

chapter 2|34 pages

CCTV and the super-recognisers

ByJosh P. Davis

chapter 3|37 pages

Forensic questioning

ByChing-Yu S. Huang, Samantha J. Andrews, Sarah J. Krähenbühl, Megan Hermolle

chapter 4|20 pages

Detecting deception

ByAldert Vrij, Ronald Fisher

chapter 5|22 pages

Political violence

ByNeil Ferguson

chapter 6|27 pages

Sport and physical activity in prisons

ByRosie Meek

chapter 7|30 pages

Procedural justice – the impact of a theory

ByBen Bradford

chapter 8|23 pages

Policing crowds

ByClifford Stott