A Beginner's Guide
By R. Bull, C. Cooke, R. Hatcher, J. Woodhams,
C. Bilby and T. Grant
Sheet : 203 Pages
Year : 2006
Size : 805 KB
Language : English
263,832 Download
By R. Bull, C. Cooke, R. Hatcher, J. Woodhams,
C. Bilby and T. Grant
Sheet : 203 Pages
Year : 2006
Size : 805 KB
Language : English
263,832 Download
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Criminal psychology covers a range of fascinating topics. For centuries people have been very interested in crime, and in the last hundred years psychology has grown from a fledgling discipline to one of great importance. In several countries around the world (e.g. the USA, the UK), psychology is now among the top three most popular subjects to be studied at university or college.It is now recognized that psychology is highly relevant to many aspects of life, especially those to do with offenders, prisons, the police, witnesses, and the courts.
This book has been written for members of the general public who wish to have a better understanding of criminal psychology than that which can be provided by the popular media such as newspapers and television.
In this book we have explained in a reader-friendly way the
research (and theory) which underpins modern criminal psychology. Thus the book will also be of interest to those commencing their studies of criminal psychology (e.g. in college or the final years of school).
We authors of the book have used everyday language to explain the many facets of criminal psychology. We have described the complexity of the issues and explained why, therefore, there are rarely simple answers or rules regarding criminal psychology (e.g. why harsh punishment may not reduce offending, that liars may not look away when deceiving you, that coercion may not produce reliable confessions).
The contents of this book would not have been possible without the help of all those people around the world who have participated in the thousands of relevant psychological studies.
We would like to thank the police officers, witnesses, victims, offenders, prison officers and others who have given up their time, often in very difficult circumstances, to make a contribution. We would also like to thank Julie Blackwell-Young for her assistance with chapter eight and Aimee Jones for, among other things, collating the chapters.
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