Forensic Books
Good Practice in Working with Violence
Designed to be relevant for a variety of practice settings, this text provides a comprehensive guide to the techniques and skills required for good practice in assessing and managing violence. (more)
Managing High Security Psychiatric Care
The contributors examine the management of these services in the light of their experiences and involvement with the Special Hospitals throughout the lifetime of the Special Hospitals Service... (more)
Basic Forensic Psychiatry
This text has been generally updated and, over 20 new sections, covers areas such as: false confessions, multiple homicides, the sexual abuse of children, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, the role of... (more)
Remorse and Reparation
A comprehensive attempt to bring together forensic clinicians and those working within the criminal justice system. This text examines the complex relationship between remorse, shame, guilt and... (more)
Forensic Psychotherapy and Psychopathology: Winnicottian Perspectives
This exceptional book adds to the fast growing area of forensic psychotherapy and shows the relevance of Winnicott's work to therapy with some of the most deprived in our... (more)
Assessing men who sexually abuse
Providing practical guidance on how best to assess sexual offenders, this work fuses contemporary theory with an awareness of the subjective nature of the work. Assessment in various settings is... (more)
Recovered memories and false memories
The question of whether memories can be lost and then 'recovered' through psychotherapy has polarised the field of memory research. This book aims to bring together the evidence relating to how... (more)
What Evil Means to Us
The author of this study interviewed working people, prisoners, and students in order to discover how people experience evil - in themselves, in others and in the world. Drawing on psychoanalytic... (more)
Challenges in Forensic Psychotherapy
Based on a conference held in 1994, this collection of essays looks at current issues challenging the newly emerging discipline of forensic psychotherapy. The contributors are leading members of the... (more)
A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy
This practical text covers both the theory and practice of forensic psychology, and contains a range of case studies concerning not only violent crime but also 'white collar' crime. It also provides... (more)
Forensic Psychotherapy: Crime, Psychodynamics and the Offender Patient
This compendium of forensic psychotherapy brings together the contributions of over 50 authors. It aims to cover all aspects - both theoretical and applied - of this field. 715 pages. (more)
Counselling in Criminal Justice
This work describes the many settings in which counselling is used with offenders, victims of crime and criminal justice professionals under stress. Using case material, it explores the dilemmas -... (more)
The Future of Forensic Psychology: Core Topics and Emerging Trends
The Future of Forensic Psychology: Core Topics and Emerging Trends is an authoritative text that presents state-of-the-art research from rising stars in the field. Presented in an accessible way, it... (more)
Communicating with Vulnerable Patients: A Novel Psychological Approach
Communicating with Vulnerable Patients explores ways to improve the communication process between highly vulnerable patients and the therapist, based on the assumption of the permanent presence of an... (more)
Social Psychology in Forensic Practice
This book explores how different social psychology theories and concepts can be applied to practice. Considering theories from attribution theory to coercion theory, social identity theories to... (more)
Further Case Studies in Forensic Psychology: Clinical Assessment and Treatment
This unique book offers valuable insights into the often-hidden world of forensic psychological assessment and intervention. It follows on from Case Studies in Forensic Psychology published in 2019... (more)
Safeguarding the Quality of Forensic Assessment in Sentencing: A Review Across Western Nations
This edited collection provides an interdisciplinary and cross-national perspective on safeguarding the quality of forensic assessment in sentencing offenders.
Taking an in-depth look at seven... (more)
Risk Assessment in Forensic Practice
Risk Assessment in Forensic Practice sets out a concise critical review of the way in which risk is assessed in current forensic practice. Setting the area in its historical context, this text... (more)
#MeToo for Women and Men: Understanding Power through Sexual Harassment
MeToo for Women and Men provides an overview of sexual violence and an accessible guide to the MeToo movement, presenting a timely look at the evidence from diverse fields. Its evidence-based... (more)
Forensic Mental Health Assessment in Criminal Contexts: Key Concepts and Cases
This valuable compendium advances the understanding of mental health case law, making it highly accessible to practicing forensic professionals. Divided into two parts, the first section focuses on... (more)
Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice
Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice argues for placing trauma-informed practice and thinking at the heart of forensic services. It is written by forensic practitioners and service users from prison and... (more)
Global Perspectives on Interventions in Forensic Therapeutic Communities: A Practitioner’s Guide
Global Perspectives on Interventions in Forensic Therapeutic Communities: A Practitioner's Guide explores the validity and effectiveness of secure settings as therapeutic communities (TCs). Rooted in... (more)
New Perspectives on Arson and Firesetting: The Human-Fire Relationship
New Perspectives on Arson and Firesetting: The Human-Fire Relationship is the first forensic text to move away from a sole focus on anti-social firesetting. The author presents a broader... (more)
Psychopathology: From Science to Clinical Practice
The text of choice for instructors looking for an innovative, empirically based, and practice-oriented perspective on psychopathology is now in a revised and expanded second edition with 50% new... (more)
Child to Parent Aggression and Violence: A Guidebook for Parents and Practitioners
Parent-directed aggression and violence by children is a complex issue and may not be explained by focusing upon a single factor. The affected parents tend to delay seeking help from professionals... (more)
Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment
The Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment: Second Edition, builds on the first edition's comprehensive discussion of violence risk assessment instruments with an update of research on established... (more)
The Psychology of Extreme Violence: A Case Study Approach to Serial Homicide, Mass Shooting, School Shooting and Lone-actor Terrorism
Featuring a unique overview of the different forms of extreme violence, this book considers the psychology of extreme violence alongside a variety of contributing factors, such as brain abnormalities... (more)
Assessing and Managing Problematic Sexual Interests: A Practitioner's Guide
Assessing and Managing Problematic Sexual Interests: A Practitioner’s Guide provides a thorough review of atypical sexual interests and offers various ways through which they can be measured and... (more)
Invisible Trauma: Women, Difference and the Criminal Justice System
There is an expectation that women will be nurturers and carers. Women who have been judged violent, destructive and criminal and who are detained in the criminal justice system can find themselves... (more)