Forensic psychology
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Australia Belmont, Calif. :
Thomson Wadsworth Learning ,
2005
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Forensic psychology : promises and problems
- Ch. 2. Forensic psycholoists : roles and responsibilities
- Ch. 3. Psychology and law enforcement : selection, training, and evaluation
- Ch. 4. Techniques of criminal investigation : profiling, psychological autopsies, hypnosis, and lie detection
- Ch. 5. Insanity and competency
- Ch. 6. From dangerous to risk assessment : violence, sexual offending, domestic violence, child abuse, and suicide
- Ch.7. ""Syndrome"" evidence : battered woman syndrome and rape trauma syndrome
- Ch. *. Child sexual abuse
- Ch. 9. Child custody and related decisions
- Ch. 10. Improving eyewitness identification procedures
- Ch. 11. Interrogations and confessions
- Ch. 12. Trial consultation : Jury selection, case preparation, and pretrial publicity
- Ch. 13. Discrimination
- Ch. 14. Sexual harassment
- Ch. 15. Death penalty trials and appeals
- Ch. 16. influencing public policy