Description
The Future of Forensic Psychology: Core Topics and Emerging Trends is an authoritative text that presents state-of-the-art research from rising stars in the field. Presented in an accessible way, it draws on cutting-edge research to analyse both core topics and current trends in forensic psychology.
Borne out of the internationally recognized House of Legal Psychology doctorate programme, the book features eighteen authors from different international contexts who evaluate current and emerging topics in the field. The book is divided into three sections; eyewitness memory and testimony, investigative interviewing and, deception detection and legal decision making. Each section contains in-depth research and includes classics topics such as factors affecting eyewitnesses and determining deceit in investigations. The book also covers newer exciting developments within the field, including credibility in asylum contexts, alibies and cross-cultural aspect of interviewing.
Offering an insightful summary of the field today, this book is an indispensable read for students and researchers of forensic psychology, legal psychology and criminology. It will also be of great interest to practitioners in the judicial system.
Author: Sara Landström
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/11/2022
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9781032311944
ISBN10: 1032311940
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Forensic Psychology
- Social Science | Criminology
- Medical | Forensic Medicine
About the Author
Sara Landström is a Professor in Psychology at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interest is legal and investigative psychology. She has published over 50 research papers in international peer-review journals, edited a Swedish handbook on legal psychology and frequently serves as an expert witness in criminal cases, and as an expert in governmental investigations.
PĂ€r Anders Granhag is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has been working in the field of legal psychology for over 30 years and has published over 300 research papers and ten books. He has served as an expert witness in over 50 legal cases and has given seminars to different groups within the legal field for 25 years.
Peter van Koppen is a Psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Legal Psychology at the Faculty of Law of VU University Amsterdam and professor of Legal Psychology at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He has served as expert witness in many cases, advised police teams frequently and published 35 books, 125 articles and 100 chapters in edited volumes on various subjects in legal psychology.
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