Forensic Psychology is essential reading for all undergraduate courses in forensic psychology and an excellent introduction for more detailed postgraduate courses. Expert authors cover every aspect of forensic psychology, from understanding criminal behaviour, to applying psychological theory to criminal investigation, to analysis of the legal process and the roles of witnesses, to the treatment of offenders.

Author Biography

Graham Davies is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at theUniversity of Leicester and an Honorary Professor of ForensicPsychology at the Universities of Birmingham and Coventry, UK. Hisresearch interests focus on the testimony of children and adultsand the support of vulnerable witnesses at court, on which topicshe has published 10 books and over 150 articles in scientificjournals. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and aformer president of the Society for Applied Research in Memory andCognition and of the European Association for Psychology and Law. Anthony Beech is a Professor and Head of the Centre forForensic and Criminological Psychology at the University ofBirmingham, UK. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles, 39book chapters and 5 books in the area of forensic science/criminaljustice. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society andwas the recipient of the Senior Award from the BritishPsychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology for asignificant lifetime contribution to Forensic Psychology in 2009.He also received the Significant Achievement award from theUS-based Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) in2009.