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• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW
• DEFINING FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
• HISTORY OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
• THE ROLES OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGISTS
• OVERVIEW OF LAW
• COURT SYSTEMS
• THE COURT PROCESS
• DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS AND WEBSITES
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 2: FORENSIC ASSESSMENT IN CRIMINAL DOMAINS
• CRIMINAL COMPETENCIES
• CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
• RISK ASSESSMENT
• PSYCHOPATHY AND MALINGERING
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 3: CIVIL FORENSIC ASSESSMENT
• CIVIL FORENSIC ASSESSMENT: MAJOR DOMAINS OF PRACTICE
• CIVIL COMMITMENT
• PARENTING CAPACITY
• CHILD MALTREATMENT
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 4: FORENSIC TREATMENT
• MENTAL DISORDER AS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF INTERVENTION
• MENTAL DISORDER AS A SECONDARY FOCUS OF INTERVENTION
• RECIDIVISM AND REHABILITATION AS THE FOCUS OF INTERVENTION
• COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 5: EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION
• FACTORS THAT MAY ACCOUNT FOR MISTAKEN EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION
• CHILDREN AS EYEWITNESSES
• SAFEGUARDS AND PROTECTIONS
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 6: POLICE INVESTIGATIONS, INTERROGATIONS, AND CONFESSIONS
• POLICE INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS
• INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES
• DETECTING DECEPTION
• FALSE CONFESSIONS
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 7: JURIES AND LEGAL DECISION MAKING
• LEGAL DECISION MAKING: A SEARCH FOR JUSTICE
• JURIES
• MODELS OF JURY DECISION MAKING
• EVALUATING JURIES
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 8: JUVENILES IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM
• HISTORY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
• ASSESSMENT OF YOUTH IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS AND WEBSITES
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 9: POLICE PSYCHOLOGY
• POLICING IN THE UNITED STATES
• THE PRACTICE OF POLICE PSYCHOLOGY: SOME EXAMPLES
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 10: CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES
• OFFENDER RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 11: PSYCHOLOGY, LAW, AND PUBLIC POLICY
• ROLES OF EXPERT WITNESSES
• INFLUENCING THE LEGAL SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS AND WEBSITES
• KEY TERMS
• Chapter 12: ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
• ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST
• PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
• ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES
• SUMMARY
• SUGGESTED READINGS
• KEY TERMS
• Author Index
• Subject Index