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Social psychology in forensic practice
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- Summary
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"This book explores how different social psychology theories and concepts can be applied to practice. Considering theories from attribution theory to coercion theory, social identity theories to os...
"This book explores how different social psychology theories and concepts can be applied to practice. Considering theories from attribution theory to coercion theory, social identity theories to ostracism, the authors offer a greater understanding and appreciation of the ways in which social psychology can contribute to forensic practice. This book will interest graduate and undergraduate students and researchers in criminology, sociology, and forensic, social and clinical psychology. It will also be of practical use to health professionals and non-health professionals working in forensic settings as well as policy makers and others commissioning forensic services"--
Details
- Creator
- edited by Joel Harvey and Derval Ambrose
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2023]
- ©2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xx, 251 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781315560243, 1315560240, 9781317197676, 1317197674, 9781317197669, 1317197666, 9781317197683, 1317197682, 9781138676145, 9781138676138, 9781138676145
- OCLC
- on1341446691
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Joel Harvey is a senior lecturer in forensic psychology at the Department of Law and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He holds a PhD in criminology from the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Manchester. He has previously published Young Men in Prison: Surviving and Adapting to Life Inside (2007/2012), and co-edited Psychological Therapy in Prisons and Other Secure Settings (2010) and Young People in Forensic Mental Health Settings: Psychological Thinking and Practice (2015). Derval Ambrose is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist and the lead psychologist for the Offender Personality Disorder service in South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. She has worked and held leaderships posts across several organisations, including the National Health Service, HM Prison Service, London Probation Service, the National Offender Management Service and the third sector. Additionally, she is an Honorary Visiting Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychologyand Neuroscience at King's College London, UK.
Subjects
- Social psychology.
- Forensic psychology.
- social psychology.
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