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Forensic Psychology : Concepts, Debates, and Practice by Joanna R. Adler and Jacqueline M. Gray is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Forensic Psychology : Concepts, Debates, and Practice about?

This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for practice. The editors hope to inspire and stimulate debate about how forensic psychology can aid the practice of justice.The book is divided into six sections, addressing key topics from the discipline: investigation and prosecution; testimony and evidence; serious and persistent offending; treatment as intervention; intervention and prevention and punishment and corrections. The contributors are drawn from the UK, the USA and Australia.This updated, revised and significantly expanded edition develops the picture of diversity and depth of forensic psychology; considers ways in which the discipline has progressed and identifies challenges for its future sustainability and growth. includes a new section on treatment as intervention with contributions on personality disordered offenders; anger control group work with forensic psychiatric inpatients; and developments in treatment for drug misuse of

Author

Joanna R. Adler and Jacqueline M. Gray

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Willan

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781136842313

Subjects

Science, Psychology, Medical