Lie detection offender profiling jury selection insanity in the law predicting the risk of re-offending the minds of serial killers & many other topics that fill news & fiction are all aspects of the rapidly developing area of scientific psychology broadly known as Forensic Psychology Forensic Psychology A Very Short Introduction discusses all the aspects of psychology that are relevant to the legal & criminal process as a whole It

Includes:: explanations of criminal behaviour & criminality including the role of mental disorder in crime & discusses how forensic psychology contributes to helping investigate the crime & catching the perpetrators It also explains how psychologists provide guidance to all those involved in civil & criminal court proceedings including both the police & the accused & what expert testimony can be provided by a psychologist about the offender at the trial Finally David Canter examines how forensic psychology is used particularly in prisons to help in the management treatment & rehabilitation of offenders once they have been convicted ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable

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Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that happened 20 years ago? In forensic science a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair a blood trace half a footprint or a tyre mark High profile cases such as the Stephen Lawrence enquiry & the Madeleine Mc Cann case have attracted enormous media attention & enhanced this interest in recent years However the public understanding of forensic science is poor & largely based on TV shows such as CSI Crime Scene Investigation which exploit high-tech imagery for dramatic effect Forensic science is a complex activity at the interface of science & law However it also deals with real life issues & its results are interpreted within unique situations Complex scientific findings must be considered carefully dispassionately & communicated with clarity simplicity & precision In this Very Short Introduction Jim Fraser introduces the concept of forensic science & explains how it is used in the investigation of crime He begins at the crime scene itself explaining the principles & processes of crime scene management He explores how forensic scientists work; from the reconstruction of events to laboratory examinations He considers the techniques they use such as fingerprinting & goes on to highlight the immense impact DNA profiling has had Providing examples from forensic science cases in the UK US & other countries he considers the techniques & challenges faced around the world ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

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On ancient port world planet Kuxortal young Simsa grows up among garbage pickers who live upon the ancient ruins of a fallen galactic civilization
- the Forerunners But Simsa has always been different Her skin is iridescent blue-black & she shares a telepathic bond with an alien pet a bat-like zorsal When Simsa mentor dies she must scrape a poor existence from an unyielding planet But then Thom a star ranger arrives from the heavens & he leads Simsa on a path to the discovery of her origins that takes both through danger to the ultimate revelation The truth may lie below in the ancient high tech Forerunner ruins where Simsa was first discovered as a infant but these cavernous mazes are far from quiet & dead
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From the bestselling twice Orange Prize-shortlisted National Book Award-nominated author comes a vibrant tale of transformation of a man in his later years & a woman novelist each drawn to the Levant on a journey of self-discovery Jules Epstein has vanished from the world He leaves no trace but a rundown flat patrolled by a solitary cockroach & a monogrammed briefcase abandoned in the desert To Epstein&s mystified family the disappearance of a man whose drive & avidity have been a force to be reckoned with for sixty-eight years marks the conclusion of a gradual fading This transformation began in the wake of Epstein&s parents& deaths & continued with his divorce after more than thirty-five years of marriage his retirement from a New York legal firm & the rapid shedding of possessions he&d spent a lifetime accumulating With the last of his wealth & a nebulous plan he departs for the Tel Aviv Hilton Meanwhile a novelist leaves her husband & children behind in Brooklyn & checks into the same hotel hoping that the view of the pool she used to swim in on childhood holidays will unlock her writer&s block But when a man claiming to be a retired professor of literature recruits her for a project involving Kafka she is drawn into a mystery that will take her on a metaphysical journey & change her in ways she could never have imagined Bursting with life & humour this is a profound mesmerising achingly beautiful novel of metamorphosis & self-realisation
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From the bestselling twice Orange Prize-shortlisted National Book Award-nominated author comes a vibrant tale of transformation of a man in his later years & a woman novelist each drawn to the Levant on a journey of self-discovery Jules Epstein has vanished from the world He leaves no trace but a rundown flat patrolled by a solitary cockroach & a monogrammed briefcase abandoned in the desert To Epstein&s mystified family the disappearance of a man whose drive & avidity have been a force to be reckoned with for sixty-eight years marks the conclusion of a gradual fading This transformation began in the wake of Epstein&s parents& deaths & continued with his divorce after more than thirty-five years of marriage his retirement from a New York legal firm & the rapid shedding of possessions he&d spent a lifetime accumulating With the last of his wealth & a nebulous plan he departs for the Tel Aviv Hilton Meanwhile a novelist leaves her husband & children behind in Brooklyn & checks into the same hotel hoping that the view of the pool she used to swim in on childhood holidays will unlock her writer&s block But when a man claiming to be a retired professor of literature recruits her for a project involving Kafka she is drawn into a mystery that will take her on a metaphysical journey & change her in ways she could never have imagined Bursting with life & humour this is a profound mesmerising achingly beautiful novel of metamorphosis & self-realisation
- of looking beyond all that is visible towards the infinite
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