TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forde,Robert A.
TI  - Bad Psychology: How Forensic Psychology Left Science Behind
SN  - 9781784505059
AV  - RA1148.F544 2018 
U1  - 614.15 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
KW  - Forensic psychology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Bad Psychology - How Forensic Psychology Left Science Behind by Robert A. Forde -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Who does he think he is? -- 2. How Psychologists Work -- 3. Treatment Needs Assessment - Who Needs It? -- 4. Risk Assessment - Coffee Cans and Crystal Balls -- 5. Formulation - When 'I Don't Know' Is the Correct Answer, All Other Answers Are Wrong -- 6. Intervention - A Suitable Case for Treatment? -- 7. Evaluation - What Works and How Would We Know? -- 8. Communication - Who's Listening? -- 9. The Parole Process - Who Goes Home? -- 10. Heuristics and Biases - How Can We Be So Stupid? -- 11. Are We Hardwired for Poor Judgement? -- 12. The Future of Forensic (and Maybe Other) Psychology -- 13. Leaving the Science Behind -- Postscript -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index
N2  - Robert A. Forde challenges widely held yet flawed views in the field of applying psychology to criminality. Here, he exposes the lack of evidence behind current policy and practice, vested commercial and professional interests which maintain the status quo, and demands alternative approaches from the field of forensic psychology
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