Ptsd and Forensic Psychology: Applications to Civil and Criminal Law

by Laurence Miller

In World War I, they spoke of shell shock. By World War II, the term was battle fatigue. Modern understanding of trauma psychology has evolved to give the concept a non-military name: posttraumatic stress disorder. As such, it has been at the heart of civil and criminal cases from workers' compensation to murder.

PTSD and Forensic Psychology brings its topic into real-world focus by examining posttraumatic stress as a clinical entity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319090801
• ISBN13: 9783319090801
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"