Applying Psychology to Crime

Applying Psychology to...

by Julie Harrower

This is one of a series of books aimed at A level and first-year undergraduate students. The book aims to provide an introduction to criminological psychology. It assumes no prior psychological knowledge and firmly places psychology in the real-life context of crime. Its approach is to look at different aspects of crime and violence and to relate them back to psychological theory. Topics include theories of crime and violence, serial murder and rape, violence in the media and in the family, treatment of offenders and eyewitness testimonies. This series has been developed for the Oxford and Cambridge A level syllabus, but is also suitable for AEB and NEAB Psychology A level. The series also aims to provide an important resource for undergraduate studies. The main aim is to introduce students to the discipline of psychology and to the ways in which psychological theory and research can be applied to everyday life.

Genres: Psychology

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

Reviews

[Avesta · Rating 5 out of 5]

By far one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time, and it probably will be THE best book I’ve read this year.

The book delves into criminological psychology, theories of crime, serial murder, rape, media influences, family violence, psychology in the courtroom, treating crime and responding to crime. It has a lot of interesting statistics, so interesting that I often found myself taking pictures of a lot of them to read again later on!

Julie Harrower - aside from the spelling errors, this is an incredible book, and I will definitely be reading it again several times.

Definitely recommend to anyone really, this was so enjoyable that I have been reading this non-stop for hours and it’s 3am now too...

[tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book HAS got me reconsidering my future career path so i think that's good...?

anyway, i really enjoyed this book - it was everything i expected and so well explained and provocative. i wasn't expecting to read about feminist explanations of various crimes but it was very interesting especially considering that i had never considered explanations of crimes through a feminist lens.

[Wednesday · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book that explores a range of crimes and psychology. I've learned a lot from it

[Pati · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informational but also interesting. Helped me learn more about psychology from a criminological point of view and the other way around.