Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction

基本信息

作者: David V. Canter

Series: Very Short Introductions

Paperback: 160頁

出版社: Oxford University Press (2010年6月17日)

語種: 英語

ISBN: 9780199550203                                                   

產品尺寸及重量: 173 x 111 x 10 (mm) | 142g

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書籍簡介

測謊、罪犯檔案、陪審團挑選、法律上的精神錯亂、預測再次犯罪的風險、連環殺手的心理，以及新聞和小説中充斥的許多其他話題，都是科學心理學迅速發展的領域的方方面面，該領域被泛稱為法醫心理學。這個引人入勝的牛津通識讀物討論了心理學的所有方面，這些方面與整個法律和犯罪過程有關，它包括對犯罪行為的解釋，精神障礙在犯罪中的作用，並揭示了法醫心理學如何有助於調查犯罪和抓獲罪犯。大衞·坎特還解釋了心理學家如何為包括警察和被告在內的所有參與民事和刑事法庭訴訟的人提供指導，以及心理學家在審判中可以為罪犯提供哪些專家證詞。最後，坎特描述瞭如何使用法醫心理學，特別是在監獄中，幫助管理、治療和罪犯的康復。

關於牛津通識系列：對各個學科領域進行了簡要的介紹。這些口袋般大小的書是快速學習新學科的*工具。專家作者結合事實，分析，觀點，新想法和熱情，使有趣和具有挑戰性的話題可讀性提高。

Lie detection, offender profiling, jury selection, insanity in the law, predicting the risk of re-offending , the minds of serial killers, and many other topics that fill news and fiction are all aspects of the rapidly developing area of scientific psychology broadly known as Forensic Psychology. This fascinating Very Short Introduction discusses all the aspects of psychology that are relevant to the legal and criminal process as a whole. It includes explanations of criminal behavior and criminality, including the role of mental disorder in crime, and it reveals how forensic psychology contributes to helping investigate the crime and catching the perpetrators. David Canter also explains how psychologists provide guidance to all those involved in civil and criminal court proceedings, including both the police and the accused, and what expert testimony can be provided by a psychologist about the offender at the trial. Finally, Canter describes how forensic psychology is used, particularly in prisons, to help in the management, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders, once they have been convicted.

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作者簡介

大衞·坎特是利物浦大學的心理學教授，英國心理學會的會員，也是其法醫部門的成員和特許法醫心理學家。他出版了20本書，在專業期刊上發表了150多篇論文，並在世界各地就科學心理學的各個方面做過演講。他的著作《犯罪陰影》(Criminal Shadows)獲得了非小説類犯罪作品金匕首獎(Golden Dagger Award)。除了學術成就外，他亦曾為多項政府重大查詢提供證據，並就世界各地超過150宗警方調查的要求提供意見。

David Canter is Professor of Psychology at The University of Liverpool. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a member of its Forensic Division and a Chartered Forensic Psychologist. He has published 20 books and over 150 papers in learned professional journals, and lectured around the world on various aspects of scientific psychology. His book, Criminal Shadows, won the Golden Dagger Award for crime non-fiction. Aside from academic achievements he has given evidence to a number of major government enquiries and has advised in response to requests from over 150 police investigations world wide. He has recently been elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.