Watanabe, S.(Ed.) Watanabe, K., Suzuki, M., Kamon, H., Shimada, T., and Yokota, K.(2004). Investigative Psychology. Kyoto: Kitaoji-shobo. (in Japanese)
The following is a comprehensive list of relevant
publications for the field of Investigative Psychology for those wanting
to read more about the discipline.
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Criminal Behaviour: A Psychosocial Approach
New Bartol, Curt R. (1991) A good introduction to psychological explanations
of a broad raft of criminal activity. [click
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The Psychology of Criminal Conduct Blackburn, Ronald (1993)
This book, now in paperback, is the best in-depth review available
of the clinical psychology approach to criminals. [click
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Criminal Shadows Canter, David (1995)
The paperback version (£6.99) is the most up-to-date. From an
academic point of view the book starts to get useful from chapter
five onwards. [click
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here for US version]
Psychology and Crime: An Introduction
to Criminological Psychology Hollin, Clive R. (1989) A very readable overview of the contributions
of psychology to criminology.
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The Psychology of Crime Feldman, Philip (1993) A sound review of the full panoply of psychological
research dealing with all aspects of crime. [click
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The Psychology of Criminal Justice Stephenson, Geoffrey M. (1992) A wide-ranging review of the psychological issues
that are relevant from considering the act of crime through to the
decisions in court. [click
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Psychology in Action Canter, D.(1996) This collection of published papers has been selected
on the grounds of suitability for practical application in the field
of psychology.
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Profiling Rape & Murder Canter, D.& Alison,L. (1999) (eds) The psychological processes underlying rape and
murder are discussed in this text. It examines recent findings on
serial killing, rape and murder and looks at the implications for
understanding the experience of victims.
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Criminal Detection and the Psychology
of Crime Canter,D. & Alison,L. (1997) (eds) This is now a collectors' item, long since out-of-print,
but it gives lots of useful examples and overviews and so is still
of value as a starting point if you can find a copy.
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Facet Theory: Form and Content Borg, I. & Shye (1995) All the common questions asked about FT are answered
clearly and directly in this extremely helpful book. FT is compared
with ANOVA and factor analysis, and all the major MDS facet analysis
procedures are clearly explained. Shye's software is used to illustrate
many of the topics. [click
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Facet Theory: Approaches to Social Research Canter, D. (Ed.) (1984) This is now a collectors' item, long since out-of-print,
but it gives lots of useful examples and overviews and so is still
of value as a starting point if you can find a copy. [click
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Real World Research: A Resource for Social
Scientists and Practitioner - Researchers Robson, C. (1993) The most comprehensive book available on all aspects
of doing research outside of artificial laboratory contexts, covering
everything from preparing project proposals to analysing qualitative
data. [click
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Introduction to Facet Theory Shye, S. & Elizur, D. (1994) An excellent introduction that gives a very detailed
account of mapping sentences and guides the reader through Shye's
software. [click
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Research Methods in Psychology Shaughnessy, John J and Zechmeister, Eugene B.
(1997) This text is one of the market leaders in research
methods due to its emphasis on student learning. The "user-friendly"
approach presented by the authors makes the text both accessible and
interesting. The book emphasizes problem solving and gives thorough
coverage of descriptive, experimental, and applied research methods.
Statistical principles are integrated throughout the text.
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Psychology in Practice S Canter & D Canter(1983)
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Assessing Accounts of Crime D Canter. L. Alison (1999) This text looks at psychology and investigation which
draws upon a range of psychological principles relevant to the conduct
of criminal or civil investigations. [click
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Fires and Human Behaviour David Canter, (ed) (1990) The need to understand human behaviour in fires has
not diminished in the ten years since the first edition of this book
was published. This second edition reproduces from that first volume
the detailed studies of a large number of serious incidents.
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The Psychology of Detection: Information
and Informants Vol 2 David Canter (1992) The psychological processes underlying rape and murder
are discussed in this text. It examines recent findings on serial killing,
rape and murder and looks at the implications for understanding the
experience of victims.
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here for more information]
Readings in Environmental Psychology David Canter, (ed) (1995) This collection of five volumes brings together first-hand
accounts of a range of explorations that are central to the growth and
development of environmental psychology.
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Empirical Approaches to Social Representation Glynis M. Breakwell & David V.Canter (eds) (1993) A long-awaited and critical review of a key topic,
this book shows how different empirical approaches to the study of social
representations are viable and can be complementary. [click
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Football in Its Place D. Canter(1989) This book should be of interest to those involved
in experimental psychology and in leisure studies, to sociologists,
and to professionals and policy makers concerned with football.
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