Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology

768 Pages·2022·20.281 MB·English

by  Dennis Howitt

Introduction to
Forensic and Criminal
Psychology
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Introduction to
Forensic and Criminal
Psychology
7th Edition
Dennis Howitt Loughborough University
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First published 2002 (print)
Second edition published 2006 (print)
Third edition published 2009 (print)
Fourth edition published 2011 (print)
Fifth edition published 2015 (print and electronic)
Sixth edition published 2018 (print and electronic)
Seventh edition published 2022 (print and electronic)
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Names: Howitt, Dennis, author.
Title: Introduction to forensic and criminal psychology / Dennis Howitt,
Loughborough University.
Description: 7th edition. | New York : Pearson Education Limited, 2022. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021062747 | ISBN 9781292295787 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Criminal psychology. | Forensic psychology.
Classification: LCC HV6080 .H69 2022 | DDC 364.3--dc23
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To the continued memory of Professor Marie Jahoda who died in
2001. I have a big personal debt. Not only did she let me study on the
psychology degree course she had set up at Brunel University, but also
she showed me that some things in life are worth getting angry about.
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Brief contents
List of figures, tables and boxes xix
Preface xxvi
Author’s acknowledgements xxviii
1 What is forensic and criminal psychology? 1
2 The social context of crime 16
3 Crime and the public 29
4 Victims of crime 44
5 Theories of crime 66
6 Juvenile offenders and beyond 85
7 Theft and other crimes against property 114
8 Violent offenders 137
9 Sexual offenders 1: rapists 166
10 Sexual offenders 2: paedophiles and child molestation 193
11 Police psychology 221
12 Terrorism and hostage-taking incidents 255
13 Eyewitness testimony 280
14 Profile analysis 1: FBI-style offender profiling 307
15 Profile analysis 2: investigative psychology, statistical
and geographical profiling 324
16 False allegations 343
17 False and true confessions 365
18 Lies, lie detecting and credibility 1: the psychology
of deception 383
19 Lies, lie detecting and credibility 2: the polygraph test,
statement validity analysis and SCAN 403
20 Children as witnesses 425
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Brief contents
21 Mental disorders and crime 450
22 Mental, personality and intellectual problems in court 470
23 Judges and lawyers 487
24 Juries and decision making 509
25 Effective prison 533
26 Psychological treatments for prisoners and other offenders 550
27 Risk, recidivism and desistance 572
Glossary 601
References 615
Name Index 698
Subject Index 720
Publisher’s acknowledgements 729
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Contents
List of figures, tables and boxes xix
Preface xxvi
Author’s acknowledgements xxviii
1 What is forensic and criminal psychology? 1
Overview 1
Introduction 2
Researcher-practitioners 5
History of forensic and criminal psychology 6
Conclusion 14
Further reading 15
2 The social context of crime 16
Overview 16
Introduction 17
The extent of crime 20
The extent of criminality 21
Crime rates compared internationally 22
Estimating the amount of crime 24
Life-time likelihood of being a crime victim 25
Conservative and radical interpretations 25
COVID-19 and crime 25
International variations in justice systems 26
Conclusions 28
Further reading 28
3 Crime and the public 29
Overview 29
Introduction 30
Knowledge of crime 30
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