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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 614.15 EAN: 9780495506492 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0495506494 Label: Wadsworth Publishing Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 476 Publication Date: April 18, 2008 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Studio: Wadsworth Publishing Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Adequate Forensic Psychology TextI would agree with the previous poster that this test is best intended for an introductory course for Forensic Psychology. Its function is to provide the basics and foundations of the many and varied role Forensic Psychologists face and are utilized in the criminal justice system. It's not overwhelmingly long, and written in a clear, concise manner that the student can find very manageable. This test was used in my Forensic Psychology course at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI in the ... Read More Rating:  - Forensic PsychologySome chapters were too long. I did not find this book interesting, as a matter of fact it was rather dull and boring! Rating: - Fair introductory text, but disappointed by lack of depthI am an attorney for a psychiatric hospital and purchased this text, which was the primary required textbook in a graduate level Psychology and Law class that I took last Fall. The book served its purpose as a very general, basic introduction to the field, but if you are looking for a reference text, as I had hoped this would be, this book will likely fail to meet your needs. I found the bibliographic references to primary sources in the literature to be the best part of the book; without that, ... Read More Rating: - I like this book.I like this book. It is filled with a lot of interesting information about how the U.S. justice system uses psychology and psychologists. It also clearly defines what a forensic psychologist is. I am a fourth year psychology major and have read many psychology books about a variety of psychological subjects, and this book is one of the most intresting I have read in a while. The only thing I do not like about it is that it has no glossary of the bold words, only a subject and name index. This makes ... Read More Rating:  - The worst textbook I've ever wasted money on...Poorly ordered, extremely dry, and almost impossible to read. And I've read a lot of textbooks. If you want a good Forensic Psychology book, save your money on this one. Beg and plead with professors and school personnel responsible for selecting textbooks and ask them to PLEASE not choose this useless text that is better served as a large coaster. 
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