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Articles & Books From Ian Rankin
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-15-2022
Forensic psychology is the application of psychological knowledge to the criminal justice system. Print out and pin up this Cheat Sheet to remind yourself of how forensic psychology is used within the justice system to assess offenders, identify criminal capacity in young people, and to characterize psychopaths.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Forensic Psychologists often assess offenders to determine whether they’re fit to plead their case in court, or are likely to be violent in the future. There are a number of important issues to be considered in this assessment and these are outlined here:
Family background
Any history of abuse?
Offender ever removed from family?
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Robert Hare's Psychopathy checklist is a tool commonly used in clinical practice to assess whether an individual is a psychopath. Here are Hare’s definitions of two types of psychopath:
Selfish, callous psychopaths
Glibly, but superficially charming
Grandiose feeling of how important s/he is
Patho
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Criminality can often be linked back to an offender’s childhood. A child who exhibits three or more of the following behaviours is at risk of becoming seriously anti-social as an adult:
Habitual lying
Cruelty to animals
Cruelty to people, especially vulnerable people
Breaking into buildings or cars
A fascinating guide on the psychology of crimeThinking of a career that indulges your CSI fantasies? Want to understand the psychology of crime? Whether studying it for the first time or an interested spectator, Forensic Psychology For Dummies gives you all the essentials for understanding this exciting field, complemented with fascinating case examples from around the world.