Robert A. Forde

Bad Psychology

How Forensic Psychology Left Science Behind

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Robert A. Forde challenges widely held yet flawed views in the field of applying psychology to criminality. Here, he exposes the lack of evidence behind current policy and practice, the commercial and professional interests which maintain the status quo, and demands alternative approaches from the field of forensic psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781785922305
• ISBN-10: 1785922300
• Artikelnr.: 48099622

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Forde is a retired consultant forensic psychologist and prison psychologist. He lives in Wiltshire, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. 1. Who Does He Think He Is? 2. How Psychologists Work. 3.
Treatment Needs Assessment: Who Needs It? 4. Risk Assessment: Coffee Cans
and Crystal Balls. 5. Formulation: When 'I Don't Know' Is the Correct
Answer, All Other Answers Are Wrong. 6. Intervention: A Suitable Case for
Treatment? 7. Evaluation: What Works and How Would We Know? 8.
Communication: Who's Listening? 9. The Parole Process: Who Goes Home? 10.
Heuristics and Biases: How Can We Be So Stupid? 11. Are We Hardwired for
Poor Judgement? 12. The Future of Forensic (and Maybe Other) Psychology.
13. Leaving the Science Behind. References.