ABSTRACT
One of the more enjoyable aspects of studying crime is that it entails reading and understanding theory and research from a wide range of disciplines. This academic range is exemplified by the membership of the Forensic Research Centre at the University of Leicester, which includes a range of university departments including archaeology, chemistry, criminology, economics, engineering, geography, geology, health sciences, law, pathology, psychiatry, and psychology. This list could reasonably be augmented by genetics, economics, philosophy, and sociology; doubtless there are other specialities that could also be added. Given this list of interested parties, it should be clear already that psychology alone is not going to explain crime in its many forms and guises. It follows that psychology is not going to provide all the answers to the question of how to manage and reduce crime. Nonetheless, given that a great deal of crime does involve people, then it can be argued that an understanding of crime should include at least some reference to psychology.
