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1. Forensic Psychology

   Concepts, Debates and Practice, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Joanna Adler, Jacqueline Gray

   This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for...

   Published July 11th 2010 by Willan
2. Why We Kill

   Understanding Violence Across Cultures and Disciplines

   Edited by Nancy Loucks, Sally Smith Holt, Joanna Adler

   Infanticide, serial killings, war, terrorism, abortion, honour killings, euthanasia, suicide bombings and genocide; all involve taking of life. Put most simply, all involve killing one or more other people. Yet cultural context influences heavily how one perceives all of these, and indeed, some...

   Published November 30th 2009 by Willan
3. My Brother's Keeper

   By Jonathan Burnside, Joanna Adler, Nancy Loucks, Gerry Rose

   Ten years ago there were no faith-based units in prisons outside South America. Today, they are spreading all over the world, including the United States, Europe and the Commonwealth. My Brother's Keeper is the first major study of a global phenomenon. Exploring the roots of faith-based units in...

   Published September 30th 2005 by Willan
4. Forensic Psychology

   Edited by Joanna Adler

   This book brings together a team of experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and the techniques employed in key areas of research, policy and practice. Its aim is to go beyond the introductory texts on the subject to challenge perceptions, to raise...

   Published December 31st 2003 by Willan