Psychology of Crime, Policing and Courts

Andreas Kapardis is Professor of Psychology and Law in the Department of Law, University of Cyprus.  David P. Farrington, O.B.E., is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University

"This is an impressive volume, spanning some of the most fascinating areas of legal and criminological psychology. Top contributors and superb editors. I recommend this book!"Pär Anders Granhag, Professor of Psychology, University of Gothenberg, Sweden; Director of CLIP; and former President of the European Association of Psychology & Law (EAPL)"Written by experts in their respective fields, this collection will prove to be a valuable resource for both researchers and students."Clive Hollin, Emeritus Professor, University of Leicester, UK"Kapardis and Farrington’s The Psychology of Crime, Policing and Courts is a superb collection of empirical papers by twenty-two experts, who bring state of the art information to practitioners, researchers, students and policy makers. An indispensable read for all who are interested in the welfare of young offenders and reducing their contact with the police and the courts."Rolf Loeber, Ph.D., Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA"A stimulating journey through some of the most critical topics of legal and criminal psychology. This book, which includes contributions from several prestigious scholars, provides academics, students and professionals with an excellent text and guide for their work and research."Santiago Redondo, Professor of Criminology, University of Barcelona, Spain

• Introduction. Psychology, crime, policing and courts, Andreas Kapardis and David P. Farrington, I. Crime and Antisocial Behaviour 1. The concentration of convictions in two generations of families, David P. Farrington and Rebecca V. Crago 2. Self-reported juvenile delinquency in three surveys over 38 years: A German study on the crime drop, Friedrich Losel, Doris Bender, Zara Sunkel and Mark Stemmler 3. What factors protect adolescent bullies from developing into criminal and violent offenders?, Maria M. Ttofi and David P. Farrington 4. Cyberbullying: Does parental online supervision and youngsters' willingness to report to an adult reduce the risk?, Anna C. Baldry, Anna Sorrentino and David P. Farrington 5. Violence risk: the actuarial illusion, David J. Cooke 6. The psychopath: Continuity or change? Stability of psychopathic traits and their predictors, Henriette Bergstrom, Adelle E. Forth and David P. Farrington II. Policing and Detecting Deception 7. Questioning the interrogational practices of U.S. law-enforcement officers: Legal and psychological perspectives, David Walsh, Sean O'Callaghan and Rebecca Milne 8. Police interviews of sexually abused children: The state of the art in differentiating truthful and false accounts, Marilena Kyriakidou 9. Psychophysiological detection of deception: A review of detection methods, recent research and potential forensic applications, Gershon Ben-Shakhar III. Courts and Sentencing 10. Wrongful convictions: Psychological and criminal justice system contributors, C. Ronald Huff 11. The English jury: Issues, concerns and future directions, Nicola Padfield 12. Extra-legal factors that impact on sentencing decisions, Andreas Kapardis 13.Reflections on sentencing in England and Wales, Nicola Padfield.