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The Handbook of Psychology for Forensic Practitioners
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I What we know about offenders 1 What we know about offenders: an overview of major psychological perspectives 2 The development of delinquent and criminal behaviour 3 Offender profiling Part II Assessing risk 4 Risk assessment 5 Risk assessment of suicide 6 Risk assessment of violence Part III Assessment and treatment 7 Cognitive—behavioural approaches to offending 8 The assessment of anger management difficulties 9 The treatment of anger management difficulties 10 What we know about sex offenders 11 The assessment of sex offenders 12 The treatment of sex offenders

About the Author

Graham J.Towl is Head of Forensic Psychology, East Anglia Area, HM Prison Service and visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge; David A.Crighton is a Forensic Psychologist, Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry.

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'I recommend it highly as a scholarly and highly readable introduction.' - Professor David Farrington, Cambridge University

'The Handbook of Psychology for Forensic Practioners offers a clear, readable and accessible framework for good, defensible, basic principles and skills for working with offenders, particularly conducting risk assessment. A very useful text particularly for new practioners in the field.' - Danielle Hudson, The British Journal of Forensic Practice

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