Dictionary of Forensic Psychology
by Graham Towl, David P. Farrington, David A. Crighton
1st Edition
Publisher: Willan
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781843922964 |
| eText ISBN | 9781134011346 |
| Publisher | Willan |
| Publishing Year | 2008 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 256 |
The Dictionary of Forensic Psychology, 1st Edition, serves as an accessible reference addressing core terminology and concepts across mental health and criminal justice settings. The volume meets the reference needs of students and practitioners navigating this specialized discipline.
The text examines key assessment methods, custodial environments, and clinical interventions. Covered topics include offending behaviour interventions, objective and projective personality assessments, and custodial settings such as high secure hospitals.
Organized alphabetically, the reference contains approximately 100 entries prepared by leading academic and practicing forensic psychologists to clarify foundational concepts and professional practices.
Table of Contents
Chapter letter A: letter A
- • Addictive Behaviours
- • Adversarial System
- • Anger
- • Anger and Aggression Assessment
- • Animal Cruelty
- • Applied Psychology
- • Approved Premises
- • Attachment Theory
Chapter letter B: B
- • Biological Factors in Crime
- • Boot Camps
- • British Crime Survey (BCS)
- • British Psychological Society (BPS)
- • Bullying in Prisons
Chapter letter C: C
- • Cambridge Framework for Risk Assessment (CAMRA)
- • Care Programme Approach (CPA)
- • Chartered Psychologists
- • Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
- • Child Witnesses
- • Clinical Psychology
- • Cognitive Interviews
- • Community Punishments
- • Court Duty Officers (CDOs)
- • Courts
- • Criminal Careers
- • Criminal Justice System
- • Criminal Responsibility
- • Criminology
- • Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Chapter letter D: D
- • Detecting Deception
- • Developmental Disabilities in Adults
- • Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
- • Double Jeopardy
- • Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities
Chapter letter E: letter E
- • Educational Psychology
- • Every Child Matters
- • Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- • Expert Testimony
- • Eyewitness Testimony
Chapter letter F: F
- • False Confessions
- • Family Factors
- • Family Violence
- • Forensic Psychiatry
- • Forensic Psychology
Chapter letter G: G
- • Group Work
Chapter letter H: H
- • Health Professions Council (HPC)
- • Health Psychology
- • High Secure Hospitals
- • HM Inspectorate of Prisons
- • HM Prison Service
- • Homelessness and Crime
- • Hostage Negotiation
- • Human Rights
Chapter letter I: I
- • Intellectual Assessment
- • Intelligence, Impulsivity and Empathy
- • Investigative Psychology
Chapter letter J: J
- • Jury Decision-Making
- • Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter letter L: L
- • Legal Profession
Chapter letter M: M
- • Medium Secure Units (MSUs)
- • Mental Disorder Interventions
- • Meta-Analysis
- • Moral Reasoning
- • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- • Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPAs)
- • Multi-Modal Methods of Assessment
Chapter letter N: N
- • Nacro
- • National Health Service (NHS)
- • National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
- • National Probation Service (NPS)
- • Neuropsychological Assessments
- • Nothing Works
- • Number Needed to Treat (NNT)
Chapter letter O: letter O
- • Offending Behaviour Interventions
Chapter letter P: P
- • Parole
- • Personality and Crime
- • Personality Assessment (Objective)
- • Personality Assessment (Projective)
- • Personality Disorder Assessment
- • Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Pace)
- • Police Psychology
- • Police Service
- • Polygraphy
- • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- • Predictive Efficacy
- • Psychiatric Diagnoses
- • Public Protection
Chapter letter R: R
- • Recidivism Prediction
- • Reconviction Studies
- • Revolving Doors
- • Risk Assessment
- • Risk–Needs Assessment (Level of Service Inventory – LSI)
Chapter letter S: S
- • Secure Training Centres (STCs)
- • Self-Injury Assessments and Interventions
- • Sentencing
- • Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC)
- • Serious Incidents in Prisons
- • Severe Mental Illness (SMI) (Psychosis)
- • Sexual Offending
- • Social Services
- • Stalking
- • Substance Abuse/Misuse
- • Suicide
Chapter letter V: V
- • Victim Support
- • Violence Risk Assessment
- • Violent Offender and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR)
Chapter letter W: W
- • What Works
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