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. *Provides an integrative approach provides a more comprehensive understanding of the relevant material * Focus on police, court and corrections introduces students to how psychologists are important to the criminal justice system * Presents ''cutting edge'' issues that prepares students to interpret those issues at the forefront of the field * Presents a breadth of material accessible to students from which they can consider more intelligently their own career options * Case illustrations throughout points to the practical need to understand the material * Incorporates over 35% new material
Author(s): Bruce A. Arrigo, Stacey L. Shipley
Edition: 2
Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 600
Front Cover......Page 1
Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Issues and Controversies in Crime and Justice......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
About the Authors......Page 14
Preface for the First Edition......Page 18
Preface for the Second Edition......Page 24
Part I: Courts and the Legal System: Criminal Forensics......Page 28
Overview......Page 30
Competency to Stand Trial......Page 32
Jury Selection......Page 38
Psychological Tests and Forensic Assessment Instruments in the Courtroom......Page 42
Risk Assessment......Page 49
Forensic Verdicts or Psychiatric Justice: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Guilty but Mentally ILL......Page 55
The Forensic Psychologist as Expert Witness......Page 63
The Maximum-Security Forensic Hospital......Page 70
Overview......Page 80
Defining the Age of Criminal Responsibility......Page 82
Children/Juveniles and the Reliability of their Courtroom Testimony......Page 89
Sentencing: Psychology of Juvenile Rehabilitation......Page 95
Domestic Violence......Page 101
Family Violence: Homicide......Page 107
Overview......Page 118
The Psychology of Terrorism: Motivations, Implications, and Healing......Page 123
The Insanity Defense and Competency to Stand Trial......Page 136
Violence Risk Assessment and Mentally Disordered Offenders......Page 148
Part II: Courts and the Legal System: Civil Forensics......Page 162
Overview......Page 164
Defining Mental Illness......Page 166
Right to Refuse Treatment......Page 173
Least Restrictive Alternative Doctrine......Page 179
Evaluating Psychiatric Work-Related Disability......Page 185
Duty to Inform Versus Client Confidentiality......Page 192
Victim–Offender Mediation......Page 198
Overview......Page 210
Family Law and Emotional Rights......Page 212
Best Interests of the Child Doctrine......Page 223
The Role of Psychologists in Custody Evaluations......Page 229
Overview......Page 242
Impact of Mental Health Law Doctrines on Families: Paternalism and Parens Patriae......Page 243
Family Trauma and the Cycle of Crime......Page 248
Termination of Parental Rights......Page 254
Gay/Lesbian Rights and Definitions of the Family......Page 263
Part III: Police and Law Enforcement ......Page 272
Overview......Page 274
Adult Criminal Profiling......Page 275
Use of Force......Page 284
Coerced Confessions......Page 289
The Police Personality and Pre-Employment Screenings......Page 297
Policing Minority Populations......Page 305
Overview......Page 316
Dealing with Troubled Youths at School and in the Community......Page 317
Policing Juvenile Gangs......Page 327
Juveniles’ Attitudes Toward the Police......Page 334
Adolescent Female Prostitutes. Criminals or Victims?......Page 341
Overview......Page 350
Police as Mediators in Domestic Disputes......Page 352
Police Stress......Page 358
Police Work and Family Stress......Page 368
Police and the Mentally ILL......Page 374
Community Policing: Trendy or Effective?......Page 379
Police Training; Communication Skills and Conflict Resolution......Page 386
Part IV: Corrections and Prison Practices......Page 394
Overview......Page 396
An Offender’s Right to Refuse Treatment......Page 398
Incarcerating and Executing the Mentally ILL......Page 403
Suicide Risk, Screening, and Crisis Intervention for Inmates......Page 411
Sex-Offender Treatment ......Page 418
Prison Violence......Page 424
Inmate Sexuality......Page 432
Overview......Page 444
Juveniles in Adult Jails......Page 446
Juveniles on Death Row......Page 450
Juvenile Boot Camp......Page 456
Suicide Among Incarcerated Juveniles......Page 461
Incarceration of Status Offenders......Page 466
Overview......Page 474
Psychological Stress and Correctional Work......Page 476
Intellectually Disabled Inmates......Page 482
Society’s Reaction to Sex Offenders......Page 489
Women Working in Male Prisons......Page 496
Make-Believe Families......Page 504
Women in Prison and Mother–Child Separation......Page 509
References......Page 522
Index......Page 578
