Forensic psychology

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wrightsman
Other Authors: Fulero, Solomon M.
Format: Book
Published: Australia Belmont, Calif. : Thomson Wadsworth Learning , 2005
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
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