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Bad Psychology : How Forensic Psychology Left Science Behind.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (306 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781784505059
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bad PsychologyDDC classification:
  • 614.15
LOC classification:
  • RA1148.F544 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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