Handbook Of Forensic Psychology

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This, the first handbook of its kind to provide wide-ranging background material on the history and dimensions of forensic psychology, illustrates the application of professional practice to civil and criminal justice proceedings. By describing how to communicate findings as a professional witness, the book 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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The handbook is about the theoretical foundations, researches in forensic psychology, practices and applications in forensic settings. This handbook is divided into three parts first part of the book addresses the theoretical foundations of forensic psychology, comprising behavioural biometrics, forensic assessment, criminal behavior and overview of psychopathy. The second part of the book attempts to cover neuroscience techniques for the forensic examination of suspects, and the third part of the book addresses the issues related to forensic practices and their application.