The Handbook of Psychology for Forensic Practitioners

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 7
Foreword......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
What we know about offenders: an overview of major psychological perspectives......Page 16
The development of delinquent and criminal behaviour......Page 33
Offender profiling......Page 48
Risk assessment......Page 66
Risk assessment of suicide......Page 81
Risk assessment of violence......Page 94
Cognitive;behavioural approaches to offending......Page 110
The assessment of anger management difficulties......Page 128
The treatment of anger management difficulties......Page 140
What we know about sex offenders......Page 159
The assessment of sex offenders......Page 173
The treatment of sex offenders......Page 190
Bibliography......Page 212
Subject index......Page 231
Name index......Page 237