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Journal of investigative psychology and offender profiling.
ISSN: 15444767 15444759 Year: 2004 Publisher: [Chichester, UK] : Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, John Wiley & Sons

Handbook of forensic psychology : resource for mental health and legal professionals
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ISBN: 0125241968 1849722846 9786610926992 0127050418 1280926996 0080495109 9781849722841 9780080495101 9780125241960 Year: 2004 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press,

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Forensic psychology has mushroomed into a diverse and increasingly complex field that is equal parts law and psychology. Psychologists act as expert witnesses in legal cases - sometimes without knowing much about the laws involved, and legal professionals rely on the assessment of psychologists sometimes without knowing much about how such assessments are made. The purpose of this handbook is to provide professionals with current, practical, and empirically based information to guide their work in forensic settings, or to better their understanding of the issues and debates in forensic psychology. Divided into four sections, the Handbook of Forensic Psychology covers basic issues, assessment, mental disorders and forensic psychology, and special topics. The basic issue chapters present a primer on law for the psychologist, a primer on psychology for attorneys, an overview of ethical issues relevant to forensic psychology, and a chapter on forensic report writing. The assessment section discusses factors and measures relevant for assessing a variety of behaviors, propensities, and capabilities, including dangerousness, violence, suicide, competency, substance abuse, PTSD and neuropsychological evaluations, as well as discussing interviewing children and child custody evaluations. Additional chapters discuss eyewitness testimony, recovered memory, polygraphs, sexual harassment, juror selection, and issues of ethnicity in forensic psychology.

Out of the ordinary : finding hidden threats by analyzing unusual behavior
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ISBN: 1282451227 9786612451225 0833048171 1598754130 0833035207 9780833048172 9781598754131 9781282451223 9780833035202 Year: 2004 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp.,

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Presents a unique approach to selecting and assembling disparate pieces of information to produce a general understanding of a threat. The Atypical Signal Analysis and Processing schema identifies atypical behavior potentially related to terror activity; puts it into context; generates and tests hypotheses; and focuses analysts' attention on the most significant findings.

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