Bad Psychology
How Forensic Psychology Left Science Behind
$64.45
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2017
Summary
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 sh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785922305 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785922300 |
| Author: | Robert A. Forde |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
A riveting, sharply written examination of the fault line between good science and forensic folklore.
A riveting, sharply written examination of the fault line between good science and forensic folklore. – E.J. Wagner-author of the Edgar-winning The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective’s Greatest CasesBad Psychology is a must and timely book for anyone interested in forensic evaluation and the (mis)-use of science. It is a wake-up call to bring science to the work of forensic examiners. – Dr. Itiel Dror, Cognitive Neuroscientist, University College London
About The Author
Robert A. Forde
Robert A. Forde is a retired consultant forensic psychologist and prison psychologist. He lives in Wiltshire, UK.
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