By
Bruce Arrigo, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, U.S.A.
Stacey Shipley, North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, U.S.A.
Description
Introduction to Forensic Psychology, Second Edition is an original approach to understanding how psychologists impact
the research, practice, and policy of crime, law, and justice. Divided into four sections on criminal forensics, civil forensics, policing
and law enforcement, and corrections and prison practices, the text examines police, court, and correctional aspects of forensic psychology.
Each of the twelve chapters are organized around relevant case illustrations, include comprehensive literature reviews, and discuss policy
implications and avenues of future research. Each chapter additionally incorporates research on race, gender, and class, as well as including
a practice update, highlighting a timely issue or controversy.
The text thoughtfully explores a wide range of adult, juvenile, family,
and community themes of interest to students, practitioners, and administrators. New to the
Second Edition is a chapter
on international criminal forensic psychology, and sections on assessing psychiatric work-related disability, termination of parental
rights, counseling prison populations, malingering, crisis intervention in prisons/jails, and child custody evaluations. Suitable as
a primary text for courses on psychology and criminal justice, the book may also serve as a reference tool for practicing forensic psychologists.
Audience:
Students in courses at the upper level undergraduate and graduate level in forensic psychology; psychologists in legal environments, police officers, and attorneys.
