Behaviour, Crime and Legal Processes: A Guide for Forensic Practitioners / Edition 1

by James McGuire, Tom Mason, Aisling O'Kane

Overview

Areas of professional practice, such as law, psychiatry, and the behavioural and social sciences, overlap at numerous points in terms of underlying concepts and basic research. They also intersect at an everyday level in their work with individuals whose multiple problems simultaneously require attention from legal, mental health, and social services professionals. Behaviour, Crime and Legal Processes explicitly sets out to close the gaps between the professions. It addresses the questions that arise at the meeting-points and cross-roads of different backgrounds and spheres of activity, thereby helping people working in these different fields to grasp the nature and implications of each other's perspectives and adopt a better-informed approach to inter-disciplinary work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471998686
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/03/2000
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.85(w) x 9.76(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Dr James McGuire, Department of Clinical Psychology, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

Professor Tom Mason, Caswell Clinic, Glanrhyd Hospital, Mid Glamorgan, UK.

Aisling O'Kane, Wirral and West Cheshire Community NHS Trust, Directorate of Psychological Services, St Catherine's Hospital, Wirral, UK.

Table of Contents

About the Editors.

About the Contributors.

Foreword by Dilys Jones.

Preface.

PART I: BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES AND LEGAL PROCESSES.

Behavioural Sciences Applied to Forensic and Legal Contexts (J.McGuire, et al.).

The Legal Context: Obstacle or Opportunity? (D. Carson).

Psychology and Police Investigation (P. Ainsworth).

Factors Influencing Witness Evidence (A. Memon & D.Wright).

Psycho-legal Studies as an Interface Discipline (N. Eastman).

Decision-Making in Legal Settings (J. McEwan).

PART II: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.

Explanations of Offence Behaviour (J. McGuire).

Psychosis and Offending (A. O'Kane & R. Bentall).

Risk Assessment and Prediction (R. Blackburn).

Systems of Services (D. Heywood).

Care and Management in the Community (T. Mason).

Treatment of Sexual Deviation and Aggression (J. Hird).

Treatment Approaches with Mentally Disordered Offenders (A.Grounds).

Effective Interventions, Service and Policy Implications (J.McGuire, et al.).

Index.

Editorial Reviews

"..there is a lot to recommend in this book.." (Legal &Criminological Psychotherapy, February 2002)

From the Publisher

This volume is aimed at "those whose work straddles the fissures between criminal justice, mental health, and social and behavioral sciences" (from the foreword). Contributions from British academics make connections between the behavioral sciences and legal processes, discussing issues such as psychology and police investigation, factors influencing witness evidence, and decision-making in legal settings. Other contributions explore topics such as psychosis and offending, care and management in the community, and the treatment of sexual deviation and aggression. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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