Apa Handbook of Forensic Psychology - Volume 1: Individual Situational Influences in Criminal Civil

Examines the scientific foundations and practical application of psychology to law, the practice of law, and law-related policy. Drawing on contemporary psychological research and practice, this handbook provides a thorough, up-to-date, and far-reaching reference on forensic psychological issues that are important to researchers, practitioners and students in psychology, other social sciences and practice disciplines, and law.

List of contents

Volume 1: Individual and Situational Influences in Criminal and Civil Contexts
Editorial Board
About the Editors-in-Chief
Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction
Part I: Forensic Evaluation and Treatment in Criminal Cases
Chapter 1: Foundational Aspects of Forensic Mental Health Assessment
Kirk Heilbrun and Casey D. LaDuke
Chapter 2: Forensic Assessment Instruments
Richard Rogers and Chelsea E. Fiduccia
Chapter 3: Risk Assessment and Communication
Laura S. Guy, Kevin S. Douglas, and Stephen D. Hart
Chapter 4: Legal Insanity and Mens Rea Defenses
Ira K. Packer
Chapter 5: Criminal Competencies
Daniel C. Murrie and Heather Zelle
Chapter 6: Mental Health Treatment of Criminal Offenders
Barry Rosenfeld, Jacqueline Howe, Ashley Pierson, and Melodie Foellmi
Chapter 7: Capital Case Considerations
David DeMatteo, Michael Keesler, Megan Murphy, and Heidi Strohmaier
Part II. Individual and Situational Predictors of Criminal Behavior
Chapter 8: Criminal Behavior
Shelley L. Brown, Shannon Gottschall, and Craig Bennell
Chapter 9: Psychopathy
Kevin S. Douglas, Natalia L. Nikolova, Shannon E. Kelley, and John F. Edens
Chapter 10: Substance Use and Crime
David DeMatteo, Sarah Filone, and Jennie Davis
Chapter 11: Sexual Offending
Michael C. Seto, Drew A. Kingston, and Skye Stephens
Chapter 12: Intimate Partner Violence
Tonia L. Nicholls and John Hamel
Part III: Applications of Forensic Psychology in Civil Cases
Chapter 13: Child Custody and Access
Marc J. Ackerman and Jonathan W. Gould
Chapter 14: Personal Injury and Other Tort Matters
Eric Y. Drogin, Leigh D. Hagan, Thomas J. Guilmette, and Lisa Drago Piechowski
Chapter 15: Employment Discrimination
Margaret S. Stockdale, Katherine A. Sliter, and Leslie Ashburn-Nardo
Chapter 16: Civil Competencies
Douglas Mossman and Helen M. Farrell
Index
Volume 2: Criminal Investigation, Adjudication, and Sentencing Outcomes
Editorial Board
Part I: Victim and Offender Groups
Chapter 1: Children as Witnesses
Debra Ann Poole, Sonja P. Brubacher, and Jason J. Dickinson
Chapter 2: Juvenile Offenders
Jennifer L. Woolard, Sarah Vidal, and Erika Fountain
Chapter 3: Elders and the Justice System
Eve M. Brank and Lindsey E. Wylie
Chapter 4: Female Offenders
Tonia L. Nicholls, Keith R. Cruise, Duncan Greig, and Holly Hinz
Chapter 5: Race in the Justice System
Jennifer S. Hunt
Part II: Criminal Investigations and Jury Trials
Chapter 6: Investigative Psychology
Paul J. Taylor, Brent Snook, Craig Bennell, and Louise Porter
Chapter 7: Eyewitness Memory
Nancy K. Steblay
Chapter 8: Deception Detection
Aldert Vrij
Chapter 9: Confessions
Saul M. Kassin, Jennifer T. Perillo, Sara C. Appleby, and Jeff Kukucka
Chapter 10: Jury Decision Making
Margaret Bull Kovera and Lora M. Levett
Chapter 11: Media and the Law
Jennifer Groscup
Chapter 12: Procedural Justice
Diane Sivasubramaniam and Larry Heuer
Part III: Sentencing and Incarceration
Chapter 13: Probation and Parole
Jill Viglione and Faye S. Taxman
Chapter 14: Sentencing
R. Barry Ruback
Chapter 15: Prison Overcrowding
Craig Haney
Chapter 16: Community Corrections
Erin Crites, Courtney Porter, and Faye S. Taxman
Chapter 17: The Death Penalty
Craig Haney, Joanna Weill, and Mona Lynch
Index

About the author

Editors-in-Chief Brian L. Cutler and Patricia A. Zapf

Product details

• Authors: Brian L. Cutler, Brian L. (EDT)/ Zapf Cutler, Brian L. Zapf Cutler, Patricia A. Zapf, Patricia A. Cutler Zapf
• Assisted by: Brian L Cutler (Editor), Brian L. Cutler (Editor), Patricia A Zapf (Editor), Patricia A. Zapf (Editor)
• Publisher: American psychological assn
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2023
• EAN: 9781433817939
• ISBN: 978-1-4338-1793-9
• No. of pages: 1176
• Series: APA Handbooks in Psychology; APA Handbooks in Psychology(r); APA Handbooks in Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine