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9781851684779

Criminal Psychology : A Beginner's Guide

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  • ISBN13:

    9781851684779

  • ISBN10:

    1851684778

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-02-15
  • Publisher: Pgw
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Summary

"From the signals which reveal we are lying to the psychological profiling of violent offenders, Professor Ray Bull and his team of experts demonstrate how understanding the mind can be a key tool in the fight against criminality. Covering prisons and prisoners, police methods, how evidence is gathered, and the reliability of witnesses, this book provides an authoritative introduction to the fascinating research and theory underpinning modern criminal psychology."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Ray Bull is Chair in Forensic Psychology at the University of Leicester, where his co-authors are all lecturers.

Table of Contents

Criminal psychologists : within which settings do they work?p. 1
Offender profiling and linking crimep. 17
Policingp. 36
Interviewing suspectsp. 53
Detecting deceptionp. 68
Eye-witness testimonyp. 87
Forensic linguisticsp. 102
Punishment and offendersp. 116
Experiencing imprisonmentp. 132
Rehabilitation of offenders : what works?p. 150
The management and treatment of sex offendersp. 168
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