1. Psychology and the Criminal Process
Section 1. The Basis of Criminality
2. Biological Explanations of Crime
3. Psychological Explanations of Crime
4. Social Explanations of Crime
Section 2. Varieties of Crime
5. Acquisitive Crime
6. Domestic Violence
7. Sexual Offences
8. Homicide and Serial Killing
9. Gangs, Organised Crime and Terrorism
Section 3. Interacting with Criminals
10. Interviewing and Testimony
11. Detecting Deception and Fraud
12. Psychology and Investigations
Section 4. Areas of Application
13. Police Psychology
14. Psychology in Court
15. Psychology in Prison
16. Concerning Victims
17. The Future of Psychology and Crime
Biography
David Rowlands is a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK, with interests in the policing of vulnerable people, addiction, and offender rehabilitation.
David Canter is Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool, UK, having researched and published widely on psychology and crime.
"In this thoughtfully updated edition of a key criminal psychology text, the authors provide an engaging, accessible, and thorough introduction to application of psychology to crime and criminal behaviour and our responses to it. This book deserves to be on the bookshelf of any Psychology or Criminology undergraduate studying this important topic."
Samantha Lundrigan, Director of the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER) and Professor of Criminology, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
