Authored by leading scholars and practitioners, this completely revised edition of the bestselling text and reference work covers every component of this rapidly-expanding field, including polygraph ("lie detection") testing and forensic uses of hypnosis.
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"...a comprehensive and useful text..." (Legal & Criminological Psychology, September 2000)
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The first handbook of its kind--provides wide-ranging background material on the history and dimensions of forensic psychology that illustrates the application of professional practice to civil and criminal justice proceedings. Describes how to communicate findings as a professional witness, gives treatment approaches to different criminal populations, and defines terms of ethical practice. Important topics covered are competency determination, police consultation, assessing educational and injury disabilities, lie detection, jury selection, predicting violence, and hypnosis in law enforcement.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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who am i to be providing a review of weiner and hess? the 2 previous reviews were on the second edition, which, i agree, was probably "4 stars". the editors and authors of the individual chapters did an excellent job and the third edition is, in my opinion, an excellent improvement over the second edition. they have updated some information, providing greater necessary detail. most chapters read quite well. while no text can ever be comprehensive, i would like to have seen separate chapters on basic law, applications of psychology to disability law, miranda waivers, and contributions of psychology to public policy and legislation. to be fair, few forensic psychology texts cover all of these. while most chapters did a very good job of summarizing the topic and relevant research, i did not feel that this was a "how to" manual. it provides much of the background information necessary in the practice of forensic psychology that is useful for the clinician. so, i think that this is a very good book, overall, for students of forensic psychology as well as for the practicing forensic psychologist to have in his/her library for easy reference. there are a few areas where coverage nicely augments goldstein and weiner's handbook and melton et al.'s psychological evaluations for the courts. in my opinion, a nice addition to the literature.
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Informative,
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This review is from: The Handbook of Forensic Psychology (Hardcover)
This book is very informative and you MUST own it if you are considering working in a field related to forensic psychology. Many of the chapters are well written and concise. However watch out for a few portions of the book--namely Chapters 12, 13, and 14. The authors of these chapters did a terrible job--you may need additional resources to understand the concepts. But overall this book is very good and (generally-speaking) easy to understand.
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AWESOME book,
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This review is from: The Handbook of Forensic Psychology (Hardcover)
This is an excellent resource for anyone venturing into the forensic psychology field; I am in a graduate program and enjoy its use through my classes, but would have enjoyed it equally in undergraduate courses. A must have for someone who is unsure of whether or not to enter into this field; it outlines all of the pertinent tasks of the forensic psychologist. Well-written and chock full of information.
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IN THE introductory paragraph to our chapter in the first edition of this Handbook, we asserted that psychologists often do not care about the history of their profession and are, not infrequently, drawn to contemporary issues and theories, and even to fads. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dangerousness scores, dangerousness index, psycholegal studies, hypnotic ceremony, correctional psychologists, psycholegal abilities, diminished capacity approach, reciprocal relationship counseling, criminal dangerousness, polygraph testimony, juror satisfaction, standard validity scales, insanity acquittees, refreshed recollection, controlled drinking approach, nonfamilial child molesters, juror questions, competency screening test, violence prediction scheme, correctional psychology, police psychology, compulsive offenders, parole outcome, investigative hypnosis, catathymic crisis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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IN THE introductory paragraph to our chapter in the first edition of this Handbook, we asserted that psychologists often do not care about the history of their profession and are, not infrequently, drawn to contemporary issues and theories, and even to fads. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dangerousness scores, dangerousness index, psycholegal studies, hypnotic ceremony, correctional psychologists, psycholegal abilities, diminished capacity approach, reciprocal relationship counseling, criminal dangerousness, polygraph testimony, juror satisfaction, standard validity scales, insanity acquittees, refreshed recollection, controlled drinking approach, nonfamilial child molesters, juror questions, competency screening test, violence prediction scheme, correctional psychology, police psychology, compulsive offenders, parole outcome, investigative hypnosis, catathymic crisis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Guilford Press, Behavioral Science Unit, American Psychiatric Association, American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychological Bulletin, Plenum Press, Journal of Criminal, Applied Cognitive Psychology, American Medical Association, Family Law Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, San Francisco, Board of Education, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Los Angeles, American Bar Association, Government Printing Office, Journal of Research, West Publishing Company, Academic Press, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, North America New!
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- Psychology and Law: The State of the Discipline (Perspectives in Law & Psychology) by Ronald Roesch in Table of Contents
- Law and Psychiatry: Rethinking the Relationship by Michael S. Moore on page 348
- Legal and Criminal Psychology by H. Toch on page 17
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Primary Care Version (Dsm-IV-PC) (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) by American Psychiatric Association on page 141
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- Psychology and Crime: An Introduction to Criminological Psychology by Clive R. Hollin on 8 pages
- Forensic Psychology: A Guide to Practice by G.H. Gudjonsson on 4 pages
- Forensic Psychology: From Classroom to Courtroom by Brent Van Dorsten on page 15, page 16, and page 279
- Forensic Psychology: A Guide to Practice by G.H. Gudjonsson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice: Transfer of Adolescents to the Criminal Court (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De) by Jeffrey Fagan on page 350, and page 351
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