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Introduction to Forensic Psychology is an original approach to understanding how psychologists impact the research, practice, and policy of crime, law, and justice. Written specifically for students, lay professionals, and practitioners, the text systematically examines police, court, and correctional aspects of forensic psychology. By further subdividing the text into the adult, juvenile, family, and civil components of forensic psychology, the author brings interdependence and overlap among these dimensions and the three broad thematic areas themselves into sharp, clear, and compelling focus. Contained within each of the 12 substantive chapters are series of timely issues or controversies that provocatively capture the significance of these relationships. Selected topics include incarceration of the mentally ill, the police as mediators in prison, competency to stand trial, treatment refusal rights, police stress and suicide, and sex offender treatment.
Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Issues and Controversies in Crime and Justice presents the debates about psychology, crime, law, and the intersections in an accessible, jargon-free fashion. It is a cross-disciplinary text relevant to the fields of psychology, law, criminal justice, social work, and public policy.

Key Features
* Integrative approach to the study of psychology, crime, and law
* Systematically focuses on police, court, and correctional dynamics of forensic psychology
* Canvasses the adult, juvenile, family, and civil aspects of forensic psychology with "cutting edge" issues or controversies
* A comprehensive sweep of important and provocative topics throughout the field, based on reader-friendly prose
* Relies heavily on case illustrations to guide the reader throughout each topic presented

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CONTENTS

About the Author = xi

Acknowledgments = xiii

Preface = xv

PART Ⅰ : Police and Law Enforcement

 1 Adult Forensics

  Overview = 3

  Power, Authority, and Discretionary Decision Making = 4

  Use of Force = 8

  Evidence Tampering = 12

  Adult Criminal Profiling = 17

  Coerced Confessions = 23

 2 Juvenile Forensics

  Overview = 31

  Dealing with Troubled Youths = 32

  Policing Juvenile Gangs = 39

  Juveniles' Attitudes toward the Police = 43

  Adolescent Female Prostitutes : Criminals or Victims? = 48

 3 Civil Forensics

  Overview = 55

  Public Attitudes toward Police = 56

  Exploring the Police Personality = 61

  Police and the Mentally Ⅲ = 68

  Community Policing : Trendy or Effective? = 72

  Police Training : Communication Skills and Conflict Resolution = 76

  Policing Minority Populations = 82

 4 Family Forensics

  Overview = 89

  Police as Mediators in Domestic Disputes = 90

  Police Stress = 95

  Police Work and Family Stress = 103

  Homosexual Police Officers = 108

PART Ⅱ : Court and the Legal System

 5 Adult Forensics

  Overview = 115

  Plea Bargaining = 117

  Competency to Stand Trial = 121

  Jury Selection = 124

  Psychological Tests and Forensic Assessment Instruments in the Courtroom = 127

  Risk Assessment = 132

  Forensic Verdicts or Psychiatric Justice : NGRI and GBMI = 136

 6 Juvenile Forensics

  Overview = 141

  Defining the Age of Criminal Responsibility = 142

  Children ／ Juveniles and the Reliability of Their Courtroom Testimony = 148

  Best Interests of the Child Doctrine = 152

  Sentencing : Psychology of Juvenile Rehabilitation = 156

 7 Civil Forensics

  Overview = 161

  Defining Mental Illness = 163

  Right to Refuse Treatment = 168

  Least Restrictive Alternative Doctrine = 172

  Duty to Inform vs Client Confidentiality = 177

  Victim Compensation Programs = 181

  Victim­Offender Mediation = 186

 8 Family Forensics

  Overview = 195

  Family Trauma and the Cycle of Crime = 197

  Family Violence : Homicide = 200

  Impact of Mental Health Law Doctrines on Families : Paternalism and Parens Patriae = 206

  Family Law and Emotional Rights = 210

  Domestic Violence = 217

  Gay ／ Lesbian Rights and Definitions of the Family = 221

PART Ⅲ : Corrections and Prison Practices

 9 Adult Forensics

  Overview = 229

  Offender's Right to Refuse Treatment = 231

  Incarcerating and Executing the Mentally Ill = 235

  Sex­Offender Treatment = 239

  Electronic Monitoring : Technology and Managing Offenders = 243

  Prison Violence = 248

  Underground Economy of Prison = 254

 10 Juvenile Forensics

  Overview = 261

  Juveniles in Adult Jails = 262

  Juveniles on Death Row = 266

  Juvenile Boot Camp = 269

  Suicide among Incarcerated Juveniles = 273

  Incarceration of Status Offenders = 277

 11 Civic Forensics

  Overview = 283

  Psychological Stress and Correctional Work = 284

  Community Corrections = 289

  Mentally Disabled Inmates = 295

  Society's Reaction to Sex Offenders = 299

  Women Working in Male Prisons = 304

  Inmate Sexuality = 309

 12 Family Forensics

  Overview = 315

  "Make­Believe" Families = 316

  Pregnant Women in Prison = 321

  Female Prisoners and Mother­Child Separation = 326

  Other Family Members of Inmates = 331

  Female Inmates : Mothers in Prison = 334

  References = 339

Index = 361