Bad psychology : : how forensic psychology left science behind / / Robert A. Forde.

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : Jessica Kingsley Publishers,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Who does he think he is?
  • How psychologists work
  • Treatment needs assessment : who needs it?
  • Risk assessment : coffee cans and crystal balls
  • Formulation : when "i don't know" is the correct answer, all other answers are wrong
  • Intervention : a suitable case for treatment?
  • Evaluation : what works and how would we know?
  • Communication : who's listening?
  • The parole process : who goes home?
  • Heuristics and biases : how can we be so stupid?
  • Are we hardwired for poor judgement?
  • The future of forensic (and maybe other) psychology
  • Leaving the science behind
  • References.