Forensic Psychology category: 378 books
School Shooters
Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national and international news. They make parents afraid to send their children off to school. But they also lead to generalizations about those who perpetrate them. Most assumptions about the perpetrators are wrong and...
The Wrongful Conviction of Oscar Pistorius
Science Transforms our Comprehension of Reeva Steenkamp’s Shocking Death
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Just when the world thought Oscar Pistorius’ meteoric rise to Olympic glory and international celebrity had terminated abysmally in prison, Brent Willock’s scientific perspective reopens this gripping narrative for an astonishing re-view.
Olympian Oscar Pistorius’ spectacular assent to...
by Dr. Jack A. Apsche, Jerry Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
Written by Jack A. Apsche, Ed.D., ABPP and Jerry L. Jennings, Ph.D.
“Breaking the Silence of the Lambs” is a unique and fascinating story within a story. It is, first, a dark journey into the secret world of the infamous “Silence of the Lambs” serial killer, Gary M. Heidnik. It presents...
by Phil Rich
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Praise for
Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Second Edition
"The Second Edition of Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders showcases Phil Rich's experience and mastery of the research and clinical literature. In my view, this...
Violence Risk - Assessment and Management
Advances Through Structured Professional Judgement and Sequential Redirections
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment and management. It offers comprehensive guidance on decision-making in cases where future violence is a potential issue.
Includes discussion of interventions...
Juvenile Sexual Offending
Causes, Consequences, and Correction
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Praise for previous editions of Juvenile Sexual Offending
"A stimulating presentation of clinical thinking that demonstrates why the authors are leaders in the juvenile sex offending field."
—Jim Breiling, National Institute of Mental Health
"Juvenile Sexual Offending provides a comprehensive,...
by Jeremy F. Mills, PhD, CPsych
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Presenting a comprehensive framework for conducting a scientifically grounded violence risk assessment, this book is authoritative, current, and practical. The essentials of doing this type of evaluation are reviewed, and available risk appraisal instruments are described for general violence, sexual...
Treatment of High-Risk Sexual Offenders
An Integrated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Treatment of High-Risk Sexual Offenders addresses concrete management strategies, from initial intake to community treatment programs, and describes a detailed program for high risk offenders which has been developed, tested and refined for over 15 years.
Provides a thorough review of contemporary...
Shooting to Kill?
Policing, Firearms and Armed Response
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Shooting to Kill? Policing, Firearms and Armed Response explores the dilemma of armed response policing in the UK, and policing in a gun culture.
Offers the first critical exploration of the ACPO code of guidance on Police Use of Firearms and other tactical manuals
Includes interviews with senior...
What Works in Offender Rehabilitation
An Evidence-Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
This comprehensive volume summarizes the contemporary evidence base for offender assessment and rehabilitation, evaluating commonly used assessment frameworks and intervention strategies in a complete guide to best practice when working with a variety of offenders.
Presents an up-to-date review...
Dangerous People
Policy, Prediction, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Experienced legal academics and mental health professionals explore the current approaches to “dangerousness” and preventive detention. The defining characteristics of those deemed dangerous by society vary according to culture, place, and time, and the contributors to this text have gathered...
Tell Me What Happened
Questioning Children About Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Represents a scholarly and ambitious attempt to improve the quality of interviews received by the courts and minimize the risks of miscarriages of justice, for victims and defendants
This book updates the previous review of research on children’s testimony—reexamining and readdressing how...
William "520%" Miller
The Ponzi Files, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
New York investors of 1899 discovered the hottest financial opportunity in the United States thanks to William Miller, a twenty-one year old man struggling to support his sick wife and baby.
Follow the story of the 21 year old man who defrauded 13,000 people of a total exceeding $1 million...
The Allure of Premeditated Murder
Why Some People Plan to Kill
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
Any murder causes pain and suffering that ripple through families and communities—of both the victims and the perpetrators—but premeditated murders cause the worst kind of damage. The Allure of Premeditated Murder is about the worst kinds of premeditated homicide in which the perpetrator plans...