The Criminal Psychologist: Between Tradition and Utopia

Chapters in this book

1. I-XXIV I
2. Part I: Law and Psychology in Different Countries
3. Law and Psychology in Europe: Current Status and Future Perspectives 3
4. Psychology and Law in Latin America: State of the Art 26
5. Criminological and Legal Psychology in Portugal: Past, Present and Future 34
6. Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Policies, Practices and Public Opinion 43
7. Psychological Aspects of the Family Law Reform and the Influences in Legislation after the German Unification 53
8. Part II: Victimology
9. Criminal Behavior and the Pre-Victimization Process: Three Studies on Neutralization, Redefinition, and Desensitization 65
10. Criminal Victimization and Weil-Being: A Prospective Study on the Direct and Buffering Effects of Personality Traits 77
11. Victimological Aspects of Computer Crimes 88
12. Victimization in Close Relationships: On the Darkness of "Dark Figures" 95
13. The Victim's Experience and Fear of Crime. A Contribution to the Victimization Perspective 107
14. Part III: Witnesses and Expert Testimony
15. Child Witnesses: Lying About Something Heard 129
16. Instructions and Suggestions: Effects on the Amount of Details in Children's Statements 136
17. Changes in Subtle Hand/Finger Movements During Attempted Deception 147
18. The Effects of Distraction on Police Officer Shooting Behavior 155
19. Paralinguistic and Nonverbal Triggers of Biased Credibility Assessments of Rape Victims in Dutch Police Officers: An Experimental Study of "Nonevidentiary" Bias 163
20. Psychological Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Issues on the Basis of Case Related Field Experiments 174
21. Some Aspects of the Role of the Expert in Criminal Cases 180
22. Part IV: Juries and Tribunals
23. Models in Jury Decision-Making 189
24. Formal Pattern in Jury Decision Making 192
25. Inquisitorial Jury Selection through Scientific Support 206
26. Influence of the Prosecutor's Plea on the Judge's Sentencing in Sexual Crimes: Hypothesis of the Theory of Anchoring by Tversky and Kahneman 215
27. An Enquiry into Judicial Decisions 227
28. Is the Judge's Role to be Reformulated? A Socio-Psychological Approach to Office and Practice 236
29. Part V: Child Development and Delinquency
30. Delinquency Prevention in the First Few Years of Life 247
31. Self-Reported Delinquency in Spain and Castilla-La Mancha: A Comparison of National and Subnational Samples 262
32. Adoption and Murder 274
33. A Descriptive Preliminary Study of the Long Term Effects of Divorce on the Psychological Adjustment Process of Children 281
34. Custodian's Gender and Disorders in the Psychical Development of Children 289
35. Part VI: Psychological Factors Related to Crime
36. Mental Illness and Criminality: A Study of a Sample of Psychiatric Out-Patients 301
37. Outcome Expectancies: An Important Link between Substance Use and Crime? 312
38. Socio-Cognitive Skills and Female Crime: A Study of Institutionalized Women Offenders 322
39. An Empirical Approach to Offender Profiling 333
40. The Criminal Psychologist: Between Tradition and Utopia 346
41. Part VII: Drug Addiction Interventions
42. Drug Addiction Among Inmates 365
43. Addiction and Criminal Background in Rehabilitation Centers for Drug and Alcohol Abuser Clientele 374
44. Drug Addiction Intervention Programmes Using Agonists and Antagonists Opiates in Catalonian Prisons 383
45. A Therapeutic Community for Incarcerated Drug Offenders: Three Years in the Specialised Attention Department (DAE) of Quatre Camins Penitentiary Centre 389
46. Part VIII: Correctional Treatment and Prison Initiatives
47. Children Imprisoned With Their Mothers: Psychological Implications 399
48. Organizational Assessment of a Prison 408
49. Prison and Feelings: Suicide Attempts 419
50. Therapy Motivation in Prisons: Towards a Specific Construct for the Motivation to Enter Psychotherapy for Prison Inmates 431
51. The Treatment of Aggressive Prisoners. A Closed Regime Programme 442
52. Organization Program of the Barcelona Women's Prison: Six Years of Evaluation 452
53. Part IX: Correctional Evaluation
54. Methodological Advances in the Assessment of Correctional Programs 465
55. Young Offenders and Alcohol: Relative Merits of Institutions and Community Prevention Initiatives 478
56. Methodological Issues in the Meta-Evaluation of Correctional Treatment 486
57. What Works in Correctional Rehabilitation in Europe: A Meta-Analytical Review 499
58. Epilogue
59. Psychology, Law and Europe: Current Developments and Problems 524
60. Subject Index 541