Crime and Psychology: Foundations of Forensic Practice

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice and forensic mental health, reviewing ten areas where mental health professionals contribute to the due process of law and exploring the major categories of mental disorders and their contribution to criminal behavior. It also includes landmark cases from the United States and the United Kingdom to develop a thorough understanding of the courts decision-making process.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 422 pages
Publication date: 19 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book provides a thorough introduction to criminal justice and forensic mental health, exploring the ways in which they intersect. Written in a clear and accessible style, it assumes no prior exposure to the field and covers ten areas where mental health professionals contribute to the due process of law. These areas include comprehension of rights, competency to stand trial, transfer of juveniles to adult court, risk assessment, mitigation, sentencing, sexually violent predators, insanity, and capital punishment of persons with mental illness and intellectual disability. The book also explores the major categories of mental disorders, their contribution to criminal behavior, and the challenges they present in courts and corrections. Landmark cases from the United States and the United Kingdom are reviewed in detail to provide a comprehensive understanding of the courts decision-making process.

The book bridges the gap between abstraction and practice through its narrative presentation of case material, emphasis on controversy, and illumination of the historical roots of problems and ideas. It helps forensic practitioners transition from novice to knowledgeable professionals in the courtroom.

Drawing on the authors extensive experience in forensic psychology, this book is an ideal resource for early-career forensic mental health practitioners, graduate students in forensic mental health and forensic psychology, and mental health professionals seeking to enter the field of forensics.

Weight: 852g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032471914