Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook

by Joan Swart (Editor), Lee Mellor (Editor)

Forensic psychology plays an increasingly important role in criminal investigations and legal decision-making. A Forensic Psychology Casebook guides readers through the practical aspects of homicide cases across the entire criminal justice system, from the investigative process to the criminal trial process, and beyond. Each chapter contains a description and analysis of selected cases and offenders, and provides a crime narrative and offender narrative to illustrate the underlying theory and practical considerations of homicide investigations. Criminal justice students and practitioners alike will benefit from the comprehensive scope of this text. In order to ensure fair and efficient criminal justice practices in the field of forensic investigation, there is still a need for conformity and standardization of sound protocols and approaches based on improved knowledge and education. This book is part of that effort to understand homicidal behavior and offenders better in order to prevent similar crimes.

Genres: True Crime

326 pages, Hardcover

First published August 23, 2016

Reviews

[Fishface · Rating 3 out of 5]

This proves to be a forensic-psychology survey textbook of sorts, basucally a collection of articles. Ranges from a frustrating overview of the different ways of scoring psychopaths -- in an article that lists all kinds of instruments, who developed them and who is allowed to use them without showing you the checklists themselves or what they actually measure -- to horrifyingly detailed descriptions of the crimes of homicidal necrophiles in an article that attempts to categorize them in a very hairsplitting way. Goes deeply into domestic-violence homicides, gay homicide, how interviewing children and the elderly needs to be different, and how to interview the mentally ill among many other topics covered. The editing needed work, honestly; there were whole words left out of sentences, some of which were really not sentences at all, and the misplaced commas verged on Shatneriffic. Lots to see in here!

[Ankit Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forensic psychology plays an increasingly important role in criminal investigations and legal decision-making. Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook guides readers through the practical aspects of homicide cases across the entire criminal justice system, from the investigative process to the criminal trial process, and beyond. Each chapter contains a description and analysis of selected cases and offenders

Homicide means the ‘’killing of one person by another’’ the word is used under the criminal terminology, what I Find After Reading This Book that there is no Material Available in Past on This Topic Which Deals The Minds Of Criminal persons Who is a offenders, the Book is provide in depth analysis of Homicide behaviors
The Detailed Case Study In Each chapter helps to understand a various homicide behaviors The book definite helpful to the persons belonging to justice system or psychologist who want to study a homicide behaviors in depth I also recommend this book to judges in our judicial system as well as police &lawyers all who are a part of justice system to read understand the offenders behaviors in order to prevent similar crimes.

I personally find this book excellent & Must Be Recommend to read all readers not only the persons who belongs to this process even a student’s finds a lot of learning material,case studies in depth from this Book

Here I mention Some Brief Features Of This Book:-

Features
• Presents information based upon sound protocols and improved knowledge.
• Provides Information that ensures fair and reasonable criminal justice processes.
• Uses a unique in concept and scope as it addresses forensic psychology and homicide across the entire criminal justice process
• Contains a case study in each chapter covering criminological and psychological theory, investigative and behavioral analysis, early identification and prevention, prosecution and defense and future risk and recidivism, rehabilitation and reintegration and policy issues

Finally I Wanted to Recommend this Book To All persons Believe Me You Definite Find Some Interesting Facts While Studying This Book
Great Book on homicide cases every one who has a keen interst to know the homicide investigation processes &analysis must read this Book

The Book Is A Complete Encyclopedia for the Homicide Case & behaviors of the persons who committed a crimes.

After Reading this Book I Think Investigators will definite find a solution to prevent a similar pattern of cases in homicide

Finally Great Book Read Yourself To Know The Facts.