Pathfinder: Forensic Psychology

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Web Sites

SCOPE:

Psychologists play a role in the criminal justice system. They evaluate such factors as the insanity defense, competency to stand trial, and risk to self and others as well as hostage negotiation. Forensic psychologists work in hospitals, courts, treatment centers, police and government services and perform duties such as consulting, training, research, and management. (Colman, Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology)
The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the resources available in the library, but as a selective sampling of the many types of materials available on this topic.

Books dealing with forensic psychology are listed in the Baddour Library online catalog under the following subject headings:

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Psychology, Forensic
Criminal psychology
Criminal liability
Crime—Psychological aspects
Violence—Psychological aspects

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF BF 31.C66 1994 Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology
REF BF 31.E52 2000 Encyclopedia of Psychology

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection located upstairs in the library are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS:

Blau, Theodore H. The Psychologist as Expert Witness. New York: Wiley, 1984.

Burkhead, Michael Dow. The Search for the Causes of Crime: A History of Theory in
Criminology. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co; 2006.

Kirwin, Barbara R. The Mad, the Bad, and the Innocent: The Criminal Mind on Trial.
New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1998.

McD.W. Bradford, John. Clinical Forensic Psychiatry. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders,
1992.

Meloy, J. Reid. The Psychology of Stalking: Clinical and Forensic Perspectives.
San Diego: Academic Press, 1998.

Scott, Charles L. Forensic Psychiatry. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2006.

Simon, Robert I. Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychologist
Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Press, 1996.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Some of the specific periodicals the library subscribes to that focus on this topic are:

Applied Cognitive Psychology Behavioral Sciences & the Law Criminal Behavior & Mental Health Journal of Applied Psychology Journal of Psychiatry & Law Legal & Criminal Psychology

WEB SITES

Encyclopedia of Psychology
http://www.psychology.org/

Best Information on the Net (BIOTN)
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm

Updated 03/30/2007