Criminal Psychology

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the increasingly popular subject of criminal psychology, exploring the application of psychology to the understanding of criminal behavior, solving crimes, the court process, punishment, rehabilitation, and crime prevention. It will be an invaluable resource for anybody taking courses in this field, in particular students taking the criminal psychology/forensic psychology components of the UK's main A level psychology specifications. Each chapter includes real life applications/case studies, key studies, an evaluation, and a range of knowledge and discussion questions.

Francis Pakes is a Reader in Comparative Criminology at the University of Portsmouth. A trained psychologist, his work over the last decade has been on the cutting edge of psychology, mental health and criminal justice. Suzanne Pakes teaches A-level psychology at The Portsmouth Grammar School. She previously taught at Colchester Sixth Form College and at Havant College, and has had experience of teaching psychology for all the major exam board specifications.