This book brings together contributions from both academics and practitioners to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and the techniques employed in key areas of research, policy and practice. It reaches beyond the introductory texts on the subject to challenge perceptions, raise questions for research, pose problems for practice, and inspire and stimulate by demonstrating the ways in which forensic psychology can aid the practice of criminal justice.

Preface Part1: Forensic psychology in context 1. Forensic psychology: concepts, debates and practice 2. Public perceptions of crime and punishmentPart 2: Investigation and prosecution 3. USA and UK responses to miscarriages of justice 4. The interpretation and utilisation of offender profiles: a critical review of 'traditional' approaches to profiling Part 3: Testimony and Evidence 5. Eliciting evidence from eyewitnesses in court 6. The ageing eyewitnessPart 4: Correlates of criminality: sensations and substances 7. The status of sensational interests as indicators of possible risk 8. Drug use and criminal behaviour: indirect, direct or causal relationship? 9. Drug arrest referral schemes and forensic perspectives on the treatment of addictionPart 5: Persistent offending 10. Life-course persistent offending 11. StalkingPart6: Intervention and prevention 12. Domestic violence: current issues in definitions and interventions with perpetrators in the UK13. Effective programmes to prevent delinquency 14. Parenting projects, justice and welfarePart 7:Punishment and corrections 15. Women in prison 16. Applied Psychological services in Prisons and Probation