Forensic Science category: 441 books
The Psychology of Criminal Investigation
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
The contribution of psychological research to the prevention of miscarriages of justice and the development of effective investigative techniques is now established to a point where law enforcement agencies in numerous countries either employ psychologists as part of their staff, or work in cooperation...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
This book brings together an international group of experts to present cutting-edge psychological research on crime, policing and courts. With contributors from the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Canada and the USA, this volume explores some of the most interesting and contemporary areas...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Widely considered the go-to reference--and now extensively revised with over 65% new material--this authoritative handbook surveys the landscape of current knowledge on psychopathy and addresses essential clinical and applied topics. Leading researchers explore major theoretical models; symptomatology...
The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law
A Narrative History
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Psychology's formal interaction with law began early in the twentieth century, though little in the way of substantive scholarly and professional development occurred until several decades later. The emergence of psychology and law as a modern field of scholarship was marked by the founding of the...
Pathways in Crime
An Introduction to Behaviour Sequence Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
This book introduces a novel approach to analysing and mapping criminal behaviours. Every crime occurs as a chain of behaviours and events, from inception and preparation through to commission and exit from the crime scene. These pathways in crime are complex, dynamic sequences that are by their very...
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
A groundbreaking and challenging examination of the social, cognitive, neurological, and biological roots of psychopathy, cruelty, and evil
Borderline personality disorder, autism, narcissism, psychosis: All of these syndromes have one thing in common--lack of empathy. In some cases, this absence...
Children as Victims, Witnesses, and Offenders
Psychological Science and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2009
Grounded in the latest clinical and developmental knowledge, this book brings together leading authorities to examine the critical issues that arise when children and adolescents become involved in the justice system. Chapters explore young people’s capacities, competencies, and special vulnerabilities...
Summary and Analysis of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Based on the Book by Mary Roach
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Stiff tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Mary Roach’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This short summary...
LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2018
What unique challenges face LGBTQ individuals in relationships or who are separating or divorcing, especially now that same-sex couples may marry? What issues might complicate the ending of relationships when children, multiple partners, or multiple parents are present? How do gender, gender transition,...
Dark Dreams
A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
The Evil That Men Do introduced readers to the lifework and the techniques of FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood.
Now, in Dark Dreams, Hazelwood-- writing with bestselling author Stephen G. Michaud-- will take then deep into the minds of his prey, the world's most dangerous sexual criminals, and reveal...
CyberForensics
Understanding Information Security Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
Cyberforensics is a fairly new word in the technology our industry, but one that n- ertheless has immediately recognizable meaning. Although the word forensics may have its origins in formal debates using evidence, it is now most closely associated with investigation into evidence of crime. As the...
TIME Innocent
The Fight Against Wrongful Convictions
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
TIME looks at those wrongfully convicted, and the fight to set them free.
When Doctors Kill
Who, Why, and How
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
It would come as no surprise that many readers may be shocked and intrigued by the title of our book. Some (especially our medical colleagues) may wonder why it is even worthwhile to raise the issue of killing by doctors. Killing is clearly an- thetical to the Art and Science of Medicine, which is...
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...