Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: psychology, crime, policing and courts -- Part I. Crime and antisocial behaviour -- 1. The concentration of convictions in two generations of families -- 2. Self-reported juvenile delinquency in three surveys over 38 years: a German study on the crime drop -- 3. What factors protect adolescent bullies from developing into criminal and violent offenders? -- 4. Cyberbullying: does parental online supervision and youngsters’ willingness to report to an adult reduce the risk? -- 5. Violence risk: the actuarial illusion -- 6. The psychopath: continuity or change? Stability of psychopathic traits and predictors of stability -- Part II. Policing and detecting deception -- 7. Questioning the interrogational practices of US law-enforcement officers: legal and psychological perspectives -- 8. Police interviews of sexually abused children: the state of the art in differentiating truthful and false accounts -- 9. Psychophysiological detection of deception: a review of detection methods, recent research and potential forensic applications -- Part III. Courts and sentencing -- 10. Wrongful convictions: psychological and criminal justice system contributors -- 11. The English jury: issues, concerns and future directions -- 12. Extra-legal factors that impact on sentencing decisions -- 13. Reflections on sentencing in England and Wales -- Index.

This book brings together an international group of experts to present cutting-edge psychological research on crime, policing and courts. With contributors from the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Canada and the USA, this volume explores some of the most interesting and contemporary areas of criminological and legal psychology. The Psychology of Crime, Policing and Courts is divided into three parts. Part I explores crime and anti-social behaviour, including the concentration of offending within families, juvenile delinquency, adolescent bullying, cyberbullying, violence risk assessment, and psychopathy. Part II examines policing and the detection of deception, with chapters on interrogational practices, police interviews of children, and modern detection methods. Part III focuses on courts and sentencing, with chapters exploring wrongful convictions, the role of juries, extra-legal factors in sentencing decisions and an examination of sentencing itself. Representing the forefront of research in developmental criminology and criminological and legal psychology, this book is a comprehensive resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying psychology and criminology, with particular value for those studying forensic psychology. This book is also a valuable resource for psychologists, lawyers, social scientists and law enforcement personnel.