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Dictionary of Forensic Psychology Edited by Graham J. Towl, David P. Farrington, David A. Crighton and Gareth Hughes WILLAN PUBLISHING Dictionary of Forensic Psychology Dictionary of Forensic Psychology Edited by Graham J. Towl, David P. Farrington, David A. Crighton and Gareth Hughes WILLAN PUBLISHING Published by Willan Publishing Culmcott House Mill Street, Uffculme Cullompton, Devon EX15 3AT, UK Tel: +44(0)1884 840337 Fax: +44(0)1884 840251 e-mail: infoi3willanpublishing.co.uk website: www.willanpublishing.co.uk Published simultaneously in the USA and Canada by Willan Publishing c/o ISBS, 920 NE 58th Ave, Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97213-3786, USA Tel: +001(0)503 287 3093 Fax:+001(0)503 280 8832 e-mail: info0isbs.com website: www.isbs.com © The editors and contributors 2008 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publishers or a licence permitting copying in the UK issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS, UK. First published 2008 ISBN 978-1-84392-295-7 paperback 978-1-84392-296-4 hardback British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Project managed by Deer Park Productions, Tavistock, Devon Typeset by Pantek Arts Ltd. Maidstone, Kent Printed and bound by TJ International Padstow, Cornwall Dedication This book is dedicated to the memory of Mark Harris. Mark was a contributor to this Dictionary and was Director of Quality for the Parole Board for England and Wales at the time of his untimely death. He had formerly been a Cropwood Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology and was Head of Quality and Standards with Victim Support, as well as being an Assistant Chief Probation Officer in the London Probation Service. Mark will be greatly missed by his many friends and colleagues in the criminal and civil justice systems. Contents List of entries ix List of contributors xi Table of cases xv Acknowledgements xvii Introduction and overview xix Dictionary of Forensic PsychologyDictio 1-193 Appendix I: Abbreviations 195 List of references 201 Index 223 vii List of entries Addictive behaviours Educational psychology Adversarial system Every Child Matters Anger Evidence-based practice (EBP) Anger and aggression assessment Expert testimony Animal cruelty Eyewitness testimony Applied psychology Approved premises False confessions Attachment theory Family factors Family violence Biological factors in crime Forensic psychiatry Boot camps Forensic psychology British Crime Survey (BCS) British Psychological Society (BPS) Group work Bullying in prisons Health Professions Council (HPC) Cambridge Framework for Risk Health psychology Assessment (CAMRA) High secure hospitals Care Programme Approach (CPA) HM Inspectorate of Prisons Chartered psychologists HM Prison Service Children and Family Court Advisory Homelessness and crime and Support Service (CAFCASS) Hostage negotiation Child witnesses Human rights Clinical psychology Cognitive interviews Intellectual assessment Community punishments Intelligence, impulsivity and empathy Court duty officers (CDOs) Investigative psychology Courts Criminal careers Criminal justice system Jury decision-making Criminal responsibility Juvenile delinquency Criminology Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Legal profession Detecting deception Medium secure units (MSUs) Developmental disabilities in adults Mental disorder interventions Diagnosis of mental disorder Meta-analysis Double jeopardy Moral reasoning Dyslexia and specific learning disabilities Motivational interviewing (MI)
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