Forensic Psychology in Practice
A Practitioner's Handbook
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Beschreibung
What do you need to consider when preparing a report on a juvenile offender? Why would interviewing a sex offender prove particularly challenging? How do practitioners survive the pressures of working with offenders?
Forensic Psychology in Practice: A Practitioner's Handbook provides a practical guide toovercoming these challenges. If you are training, you will find clear guidance to help you deal with challenging clients, and more experienced practitioners will welcome the opportunity to refresh their knowledge. If you are a student, the book will be an indispensable resource that will help you expand your understanding of forensic psychology. Throughout the book, experienced and respected practitioners translate the theories of forensic psychology into real-life practice, and the text has been designed to take you from the classroom and into your first years as a practitioner.
Forensic Psychology in Practice
* explains the skills practitioners employ and their application to specific client groups, from victims to offenders
* features a wealth of case studies, putting theory into practice
* provides coping strategies and advice for working in potentially daunting environments
* covers contemporary topics including gangs and internet sex offenders
Forensic Psychology in Practice is the ideal companion for anyone who wishes to learn more about the obstacles forensic settings and clients pose, and how best to overcome them.
What do you need to consider when preparing a report on a juvenile offender? Why would interviewing a sex offender prove particularly challenging? How do practitioners survive the pressures of working with offenders?
Forensic Psychology in Practice: A Practitioner's Handbook provides a practical guide toovercoming these challenges. If you are training, you will find clear guidance to help you deal with challenging clients, and more experienced practitioners will welcome the opportunity to refresh their knowledge. If you are a student, the book will be an indispensable resource that will help you expand your understanding of forensic psychology. Throughout the book, experienced and respected practitioners translate the theories of forensic psychology into real-life practice, and the text has been designed to take you from the classroom and into your first years as a practitioner.
Forensic Psychology in Practice
* explains the skills practitioners employ and their application to specific client groups, from victims to offenders
* features a wealth of case studies, putting theory into practice
* provides coping strategies and advice for working in potentially daunting environments
* covers contemporary topics including gangs and internet sex offenders
Forensic Psychology in Practice is the ideal companion for anyone who wishes to learn more about the obstacles forensic settings and clients pose, and how best to overcome them.
Its combination of theory and practice, which is populationspecific, will be relevant to both students and practitioners developing their skills
Authors have based the book on their own teaching so it reflects students' progression through their course
Its practical content sets it apart from the competing titles that tend to take a more academic approach
Its combination of theory and practice, which is populationspecific, will be relevant to both students and practitioners developing their skills
Authors have based the book on their own teaching so it reflects students' progression through their course
Its practical content sets it apart from the competing titles that tend to take a more academic approach
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Joanna Clarke
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