Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index. Also issued online.

Part 1: Defining criminological and forensic psychology: Defining Forensic Psychology -- Research Methods in Forensic Psychology -- Part 2: Psychological explanations of crime: Theoretical Explanations of Crime -- Who Commits Crime? The Criminal Mind -- Juvenile Criminals -- Part 3: Psychological explanations of specific crime types: The Psychology of Homicide -- The Psychology of Terrorism -- Crimes of a Sexual Nature -- The Psychology of Firesetting -- The Psychology of Theft, Robbery and Burglary -- The Psychology of Economic Crime -- Part 4: Psychology in detection and investigation: Psychology in the Investigation of Crime -- Psychology in the Police Station 1: Victims and Witnesses -- Psychology in the Police Station 2: Investigative Interviews and the Psychology of False Confession -- Part 5: Psychology in the court room -- Psychology in Court 1 -- Psychology in Court 2 - The Defendant's Mind -- Psychology in Court 3 - The Jury -- Part 6: Psychology in prison: Imprisonment and Mental Disorder -- Long Term and Life Imprisonment.