forensic psychology

Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a forensic psychologist, discussing the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career.

An introduction to forensic psychology, criminal behavior, and psychology and law that features articles and first-hand reports to increase student understanding of fieldwork.

Argues that serial killers are not a phenomenon of modern society and have existed throughout history, revealing evolving social attitudes that have influenced the motives, methods, and criminal careers of serial killers.

An analysis of the progress of criminal investigation and innovations over a one-hundred-year period that have enabled police detectives and forensic scientists to find and apprehend twelve serial killers throughout the world.

Explores the responsibilities, training requirements, and day-to-day experiences of forensic psychologists and explains the role they play in the justice system.

Alex Cross battles a ruthless and powerful killer, a master criminal and shadowy figure known only as the Wolf, who appears to be behind a terrifying business in which ordinary men and women are kidnapped and sold as slaves.

An introduction to the day to day life of a forensic psychologist.

Explores the world of forensic psychology and explains how a professional is able to get inside the criminal mind. Discusses the role it plays in the pursuit of justice and depicts cases requiring an evaluation of the defendent's mental state at the time of the crime, the offender's competency to stand trial, and an assessment of malingerers and fakers. Includes an index.

Dr. Alan Gregory investigates when his future sister-in-law brings a sexual harassment case against her former boss, a highly respected Mormon woman who clerks for the U.S. Supreme Court, and three people involved in the case, including the accused, are murdered.

Alex Cross battles a ruthless and powerful killer, a master criminal and shadowy figure known only as the Wolf, who appears to be behind a terrifying business in which ordinary men and women are kidnapped and sold as slaves.