Forensic Books
Psychology in Prisons: Second Edition
Fully updated to take account of structural changes within the prison and probation services, "Psychology in Prisons" takes an in-depth look at the work of psychologists in prisons strengthened by... (more)
The Psychology of Female Violence: Crimes Against the Body: Second Edition
What are the causes of violence in women? What can be done to help these women and their victims? Why does society deny the fact of female violence? This book explores the nature and causes of female... (more)
Aggressive Offenders' Cognition: Theory, Research and Practice
This book focuses specifically on aggressive offenders and is divided into two parts. Part I deals with sexual abusers whilst Part II is concerned with violent offenders. Each part discusses theory,... (more)
Murder: A Psychotherapeutic Investigation
'This book... shines a bright light on a murky world. The contributors attempt to understand the origins of murder, but they also deal with the detail of treatment and show us how professionals are... (more)
Murder and Society
Human psychological and physical well being is damaged and destroyed when people are deliberately killed by other people. There are millions of primary and secondary victims of murder throughout the... (more)
Forensic Aspects of Dissociative Identity Disorder
This ground-breaking book examines the role of crime in the lives of people with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, a condition which appears to be... (more)
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder: Second Edition
Social psychologist, James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and comprehensive... (more)
Violence in Children: Understanding and Helping Those Who Harm
This book explores various aspects of violence and the attendant emotional, psychological, biological and social features that may be found to accompany these states in children. It highlights the... (more)
Offenders' Memories of Violent Crimes
Violent offenders often claim amnesia in order to avoid punishment. It is important for investigators and juries to ascertain whether such amnesia is genuine or feigned; an offender with amnesia is... (more)
Dynamic Security: The Democratic Therapeutic Community in Prison
"Dynamic Security" describes the inner workings and dynamics of democratic therapeutic communities (TCs) in prisons. Chapters on theory, practice, management and on outcome and evaluation of work in... (more)
Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology
Details twenty court cases that turned, at least in part, on the expertise of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. This casebook also includes cases involved in psychological issues such as:... (more)
The Handbook of Forensic Learning Disabilities
Fourteen academics, consultants, researchers, and mental health professionals from England and Scotland contribute 11 chapters to a resource for health and social care professionals working with... (more)
Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Offenders: A New Approach to Forensic Psychotherapy
Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) is an established form of integrated psychotherapy, which has been applied in a variety of clinical settings to a diversity of disorders with promising outcomes. In... (more)
Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation - The Jurisprudence of Mental Abnormality in Anglo-American Criminal Law:
Violent crimes committed by the mentally disordered raise issues of moral responsibility and public protection. This study analyzes the principles underlying those medical and legal devices which... (more)
Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It
Documenting the incarceration of thousands of mentally incapacitated individuals, this passionate call for appropriate services and rehabilitation also suggests that a lack of such programs... (more)
Therapeutic Interventions for Forensic Mental Health Nurses:
This text explores the current and emerging interventions in forensic nursing and the care of the mentally-disordered offender, with an emphasis on clinical practice and competence. It explores the... (more)
Managing Sex Offender Risk
Based on key research into assessment, treatment and recidivism, this book offers practical guidance on improving intervention techniques with sex offenders. The contributors explore such topics as... (more)
Dangerous and Severe: Process, Programme and Person: Grendon's Work
HMP Grendon hosts the UK's only prison-based therapeutic community, inhabited by around 200 residents, almost all convicted of crimes against the person, and about half of whom have killed. This is... (more)
Forensic Psychology
This work aims to provide an in-depth overview of forensic psychology, demonstrating the scope and techniques of forensic psychology in key areas of research, policy and practice. It raises questions... (more)
Women Who Offend
Presenting research that should underpin effective practice with women who offend, this work aims to help professionals meet the needs of this group as well as providing a theoretical resource for... (more)
Working Therapeutically with Women in Secure Mental Health Settings
A pressing need for the integration of current practice, research and service development is addressed in this comprehensive book, which explores the experience of work with women in secure mental... (more)
Will They Do It Again?: Risk Assessment and Management in Criminal Justice and Psychiatry
This volume considers the issue of public protection within a broad context of risk in society generally, and more specifically risks popularly perceived to be posed by the mentally ill. It examines... (more)
Forensic Psychology: A Practitioner's Guide
Explaining the history and application of forensic psychology, this reference and guide details the various kinds of psychologist involved in the field and the evidence they might produce. Topics... (more)
Is Anyone Listening?: Putting the Views of Survivors of Domestic Violence into Policy and Practice
This volume paints an overall picture of how domestic violence is being dealt with today and how contemporary concerns about service-user participation in improving services can be put into real and... (more)
The Mind of the Paedophile: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
The Mind of the Paedophile discusses one of the most controversial and misunderstood subjects in the psychoanalytic arena today - paedophilia. A variety of treatments and therapies, including brain... (more)
A Matter of Security: The Application of Attachment Theory to Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
This book also discusses the development of personality in terms of interpersonal functioning and relationships with others, which is essential to understanding both interpersonal violence and... (more)
Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour
Examines the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of early prevention programmes on levels of adult antisocial behaviour. (more)