Current Perspectives in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior

PrefaceUNIT 1: INTRODUCTION1. Educational and Training Models in Forensic Psychology - David DeMatteo, Geoffrey Marczyk, Daniel A. Krauss, and Jeffrey BurlUNIT 2: POLICE AND INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY2. Police Psychology: Then, Now, and Beyond - Curt R. Bartol3. Science and Pseudoscience in Law Enforcement: A User-Friendly Primer - Scott O. Lilienfeld and Kristin Landfield4. Effective Policing: Understanding How Polygraph Tests Work and Are Used - William G. Iacono5. The Criminal Profiling Illusion: What's Behind the Smoke and Mirrors? - Brent Snook, Richard M. Cullen, Craig Bennell, Paul J. Taylor, and Paul Gendreau6. Juvenile Offenders' Miranda Rights Comprehension and Self-Reported Likelihood of Offering False Confessions - Naomi E. Sevin Goldstein, Lois Oberlander Condie, Rachel Kalbeitzer, Douglas Osman, & Jessica L. GeierUNIT 3: CRIMINAL AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIORIntroduction and Commentary7. Reducing Misconceptions and False Beliefs in Police and Criminal Psychology - Michael G. Aamodt8. Drugs and Sexual Assault: A Review - Elena Pope & Michelle Shouldice9. Is It Stalking? Perceptions of Stalking Among College Undergraduates - Lorraine Phillip, Ryan Quirk, Barry Rosenfeld, & Maureen O'Connor10. Psychopathy: A Clinical Construct Whose Time Has Come - Robert D. Hare11. Child Sexual Molestation: Research Issues - Robert A. Prentky, Raymond A. Knight, & Austin F. S. Lee12. What Biosocial Criminology Offers Criminology - John Paul Wright and Danielle BoisvertUNIT 4: LEGAL PSYCHOLOGYIntroduction and Commentary13. Confession Evidence: Common Myths and Misconceptions - Saul M. Kassin14. Hypnosis and the Law: Examining the Stereotypes - Graham F. Wagstaff15. Assessing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Child Custody Evaluations - James N. Bow & Paul Boxer16. Three Types of Skills for Effective Forensic Psychological Assessments - Marc Sageman17. Developmentally Sensitive Forensic Interviewing of Preschool Children: Some Guidelines Drawn from Basic

Anne M. Bartol earned an MA and a PhD in criminal justice from State University of New York at Albany. She also holds an MA in journalism from the University of Wisconsin--Madison. She taught criminal justice, sociology, and journalism courses over a 20-year college teaching career, primarily at Castleton State College, and has worked as a journalist and a social worker in child and adolescent protective services. In addition to editing this book of readings, she has coauthored Introduction to Forensic Psychology; Juvenile Delinquency: A Systems Approach; Delinquency and Justice: A Psychosocial Approach (2nd ed.); Psychology and Law: Theory, Research, and Application (3rd ed.); and Criminal Behavior (8th and 9th eds.). She has served as book review editor and managing editor of Criminal Justice and Behavior and has published articles on women and criminal justice, rural courts, and the history of forensic psychology. Curt R. Bartol was a college professor for more than 30 years, teaching a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate courses, including Biopsychology, Criminal Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency, Introduction to Forensic Psychology, Social Psychology, and Psychology and Law. He earned his PhD in personality/social psychology from Northern Illinois University in 1972. He was instrumental in creating and launching Castleton State College's graduate program in forensic psychology and served as its director for 6 years. As a licensed clinical psychologist, he has been a consulting police psychologist to local, municipal, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for over 25 years. In addition to editing this book of readings, he has written Introduction to Forensic Psychology (now in its 3rd ed.) and Criminal Behavior: A Psychosocial Approach (now in its 9th ed.). He also has coauthored Juvenile Delinquency: A Systems Approach, Delinquency and Justice: A Psychosocial Approach (2nd ed.) and Psychology and Law: Theory, Research, and Application (3rd ed.).