Making an Impact on Policing and Crime: Psychological Research, Policy and Practice

Book Overview

Making an Impact on Policing and Crime: Psychological Research, Policy and Practice applies a range of case studies and examples of psychological research by international, leading researchers to tackle real-world issues within the field of crime and policing.

Making an Impact on Policing and Crime documents the application of cutting-edge research to real-world policing and explains how psychologists' insights have been adapted and developed to offer effective solutions across the criminal justice system. The experts featured in this collection cover a range of psychological topics surrounding the field, including the prevention and reduction of sexual offending and reoffending, the use of CCTV and 'super-recognisers', forensic questioning of vulnerable witnesses, the accuracy of nonverbal and verbal lie detection interview techniques, psychological 'drivers' of political violence, theoretical models of police-community relations, and the social and political significance of urban 'riots'.

This collection is a vital resource for practitioners in policing fields and the court system and professionals working with offenders, as well as students and researchers in related disciplines.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081535357X
• ISBN13: 9780815353577
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"