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Did you know you are more likely to fall victim to a serial killer than you are to win the lottery? (Hicky 1991) Do you have a burning interest in Psychopaths, serial killers, stalkers, rapists, paedophiles, or offender profiling? If so the fascinating world of criminal and forensic psychology is for you. The introduction to criminal and forensic psychology is suitable for anyone with a desire to learn about the workings of the criminal mind, what motivates an individual to commit crimes, and how investigators collect psychological clues. This introductory book will provide you with a comprehensive insight into criminal behaviour and the criminal mind. You will develop your understanding of the major theories that seek to explain criminal behaviour especially in relation to violent and sexual crimes. Crime and Criminal behaviour is something that affects everyone. The question over the Centuries has been, why do some people commit crime? What are the effects of that crime on the community as a whole? Those involved in criminal psychology ask these questions concerning behaviours as part of their career and research paths, this question is often asked by the Gardai, Prison services, Offender institutes and the Judiciary in the course of their jobs. This textbook examines the way in which psychology helps us to understand how criminals behave and help us to apply that to the Criminal Justice System (CJS). Readers will examine different types of psychological theories, and explain criminal behaviour in the context of them offenders and us general public Readers will investigate these perceptions and how the world sees themselves alongside their perceptions of criminals. Insanity? M'Naughton Rule Forensic Psychology Criminal and forensic psychology Hugo Munsterburg William Marston Donald Slesinger Criminal Investigations Differences between psychopaths and psychotics Women who kill What is Psychosis? Crime analysis Interviewing, detecting deception and eyewitness research Expert witness Serial killers, spree killers, mass killers Modus Operendi Signature Types of Serial Killers Categories of Serial Killers Visionaries Missionaries Hedonists Lust; Thrill; Theories of criminal behaviour. Neuropsychology and Crime Psychoanalysis Thematic Application Test (TAT) Biological Theories Lombroso Intelligence and Learning in Criminology Interdisciplinary Criminology Anomie or Strain Theory Social Learning Theory Social Control Theory Labelling Theory Radical Theory Crime addictions Tolerance Withdrawal Craving Salience Euphoria / relief / mood regulation Conflict Relapse Addicted to sexual crime Psychopathy and serial offending Typologies of killer Techniques used in criminal profiling Stages in profiling Paraphilias Psychoanalysis in criminal profiling The traits of an organised killer The traits of a disorganised killer How psychologists in Ireland profile offenders Geographical Profiling Marauders and Commuter crimes Profiles v Typologies Geographical prioritization Psychology and Crime Schizophrenia and violence Psychopathy and violence Frustration and violence Expressive aggression Instrumental aggression Brain damage Sexual Offences Rape Paedophilia Cognitive-behavioural therapies (CBT) Terrorism and the Forensic Psychologist Types of Terrorism Who do terrorists attack? So who exactly is a terrorist and what is terrorism? Weapons of terrorism Terrorists or Activists? History of terrorism Religion and Terrorism Recruitment of the terrorist Female terrorist Profiling a Terrorist Analysis, Statistics and Forensic Psychology Research Methods Methodology Designing the research Pragmatic concerns Research methods Research biases Standardisation of the experiment Descriptive research Explanatory research Scales Structured observations Unstructured observations Basic Statistics Random sample Probability

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An Irish writer of children's fiction and adults plain English legal and forensic psychology academic books. Teresa has been a private investigator, writer, photographer and lecturer, she backpacked around Europe with her daughter, sails a lovely boat called Baby Girl and survived a scuba diving accident. A Law lecturer and Forensic Psychologist by profession Teresa moonlights as a Private I and Author, Teresa is as comfortable writing about magic, dragons and sorcerers as forensic psychology or the legal system. Teresa in a previous life was a photojournalist, having written for many local and national papers and magazines including the Mullingar Advertiser, Irish News Review, crime.ie and Emerald Road Racing. Teresa loves to read and has favourites in the classics such as Ulysses by James Joyce, Oliver Twist and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Roddy Doyle is a long term favourite of Teresa's. If you want to connect to Teresa you can go to http: //www.facebook.com/cypathia; twitter @cypathia, or if you would like to know when Teresa's next book will come out, please visit her website at http: //www.teresaclyne.com, where you can sign up to receive an email when she has her next release.

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