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This book explores how different social psychology theories and concepts can be applied to practice. Considering theories from attribution theory to coercion theory, social identity theories to ostracism, the authors offer a greater understanding and appreciation of the ways in which social psychology can contribute to forensic practice.
List of contents
Foreword
Rosie Meek
1. Introduction
Joel Harvey and Derval Ambrose
2. Attributions and Biases
Laura Bowden, Emily Glorney, and Emily Durber
3. Social Identity Theories
Deborah Morris and Elanor Webb
4. Impression Management
Joel Harvey and Deborah H. Drake
5. Attitudes and Beliefs
Lara Arsuffi
6. Aggression
Matt Bruce and Veronica Rosenberger
7. Group Formation and Behaviour
Derval Ambrose and Tania Tancred
8. Coercion and Social Influence
Vyv Huddy and Timothy A. Carey
9. Ostracism
Dennis Kaip and Joel Harvey
10. Stereotyping and Prejudice
Derval Ambrose, Colin Campbell and Dennis Kaip
About the author
Joel Harvey is a senior lecturer in forensic psychology at the Department of Law and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He holds a PhD in criminology from the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Manchester. He has previously published Young Men in Prison: Surviving and Adapting to Life Inside (2007/2012), and co-edited Psychological Therapy in Prisons and Other Secure Settings (2010) and Young People in Forensic Mental Health Settings: Psychological Thinking and Practice (2015).
Derval Ambrose is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist and the lead psychologist for the Offender Personality Disorder service in South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. She has worked and held leaderships posts across several organisations, including the National Health Service, HM Prison Service, London Probation Service, the National Offender Management Service and the third sector. Additionally, she is an Honorary Visiting Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, UK.
Summary
This book explores how different social psychology theories and concepts can be applied to practice. Considering theories from attribution theory to coercion theory, social identity theories to ostracism, the authors offer a greater understanding and appreciation of the ways in which social psychology can contribute to forensic practice.
