Psychology and Crime (Key Approaches to Criminology)

This book explores the links between psychology and crime, evaluating psychological explanations of crime, and the use of psychology within the criminal justice system. It provides a comprehensive overview that highlights the consequences of crime for victims, offenders, and wider society. The book combines classic theory with new developments in eyewitness testimony, offender profiling, and forensic psychology. Psychology and Crime genuinely integrates the two subjects with the advanced student in mind, and includes a range of practical devices to support the learning process – such as chapter overviews, study questions, and further reading.