Criminal Psychology : a Beginner's Guide

linkage process. While there might be obvious similarities between a pair of crimes if the shared behaviours commonly occur, thi ...

pairs based on measures of behavioural similarity. In all studies conducted thus far this goal has been achieved. The research h ...

In relation to the information processed, the experienced car- crime investigators focused on a smaller number of variables for ...

of the processes involved in deriving background characteris- tics from crime scene actions. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, ...

policing This chapter offers an overview of some core issues concerning criminal psychology and policing. It will review the gen ...

Even this description is not without problems, for it is difficult for any definition to capture the vast array of duties perfor ...

Recent advances in technology have changed the way many crimes are investigated, and the type of evidence that can be pro- duced ...

policing began in England in 1829. In the United States, it was well- expressed in the following address to the NYPD by the Gene ...

by policing activity. Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Police com- mented in 2001 that ‘A police officer in uniform on an unhurried f ...

departments. Direct comparisons are difficult largely because of the wide and increasing diversity of policing duties. Police ma ...

violent incident, for example the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, the Brixton riots, or the 1980s miners’ strike. Below is an exc ...

to normal life) persist over a long period of time, then an officer may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ...

process for new recruits is essential to the maintenance and improvement of the service. Undesirable characteristics such as rac ...

Researching the possible existence of the ‘police personality’ is important both in terms of who would be best suited to particu ...

Historically, women have not always been permitted to become involved in policing. In Britain women were first involved with pol ...

well as private individuals which are unwittingly discriminatory against black people, then this is an allegation which deserves ...

its history the British police has worked on the principle of being unarmed, uniformed citizens. Perhaps the ever-increasing dem ...

in some very interesting research uncovering the darker side of the industry, such as bouncers dealing drugs, the ‘night-time ec ...

This chapter has dealt mainly with issues regarding public police and private security. However, there is a vast array of polic- ...

more so than when the police (NYPD) patrolled. Another aspect to autonomous citizenship is ‘vigilantism’, which involves citizen ...