Forensic psychology / edited by Graham J. Towl and David A. Crighton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The justice system in England and Wales / David Faulkner -- Community services for children and young people / Kerry Baker -- Expert testimony / Brian R. Clifford -- Ethical issues in forensic psychological policy and practice / Graham J. Towl -- The developmental evidence base : neurobiological research and forensic applications / Robert A. Schug ... [et al.] -- The developmental evidence base : prevention / David P. Farrington -- The developmental evidence base : psychosocial research / David R. Farrington -- The developmental evidence base : desistance / Lila Kazemian and David P. Farrington -- Offender profiling / David A. Crighton -- Eyewitness testimony / Lorraine Hope -- Children as witnesses / Graham Davies and Kathy Pezdek -- Witness interviewing / David La Rooy and Coral Dando -- Victims of crime : towards a psychological perspective / Werner Greve and Cathleen Kappes -- Jury decision making / Andreas Kapardis -- Assessment / David A. Crighton -- Risk assessment / David A. Crighton -- Aspects of diagnosed mental illness and offending / David Pilgrim -- Mentally disordered offenders : intellectual disability / William R. Lindsay and John L. Taylor -- Mentally disordered offenders : personality disorders / Richard Howard and Conor Duggan -- The trauma of being violent / Ceri Evans -- Substance use disorders / Michael Gossop -- Children who physically or sexually harm others / Kevin Browne and Shihning Chou -- Sexually harmful adults / Belinda Brooks-Gordon -- Suicide and self-injury in offenders / Jenny Shaw and Naomi Humber -- Restorative justice as a psychological treatment : healing victims, reintegrating offenders / Lawrence W. Sherman and Heather Strang -- Concluding themes : psychological perspectives and futures / Graham J. Towl.