Bad Psychology - Couverture souple

Forde, Robert A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785922300 ISBN 13 : 9781785922305

Editeur : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

For decades the psychological assessment and treatment of offenders has run on invalid and untested programmes. Robert A. Forde exposes the current ineffectiveness of forensic psychology that has for too long been maintained by individual and commercial vested interests, resulting in dangerous prisoners being released on parole, and low risk prisoners being denied it, wasting enormous amounts of public money. Challenging entrenched ideas about the field of psychology as a whole, and how it should be practised in the criminal justice system, the author shows how effective changes can be made for more just decisions, and the better rehabilitation of offenders into society, while significantly reducing the cost to the taxpayer.

This is a fearless account calling for a return to scientific evidence in the troubled field of forensic psychology.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert A. Forde is a forensic psychologist of many years standing, who has also worked in other fields. He obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology from University College London, a master's degree in health psychology from Bristol University, and a doctorate in forensic psychology from the University of Birmingham.

He is a Chartered Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a member of the American Psychological Association.

He has now retired from psychological practice to concentrate on writing. He lives in Wiltshire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785922300
• ISBN 13: 9781785922305
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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