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This book contains information obtained from Internet reports about female sexual offenders. It describes who they are, what and where the sexual offenses occurred in the context of several psychological theories along with the consequences of the abuse. Some suggestions for further study and treatment are proposed. A significant number of reports were reviewed to determine the ages of the youths offended as well as the ages of those offending. An...

Inside the Mind of a Killer is a mini book of cases under the following themes: • Life insurance. • Crimes of jealousy/love/revenge.• Disturbed psychopath (serial killer: general/sexual offender). • Law manipulations, child custody, and divorce. • Mental Illness. • Poor areas associated with theft, gangs, and murder. The first section includes three case scenarios with the three main characters Don, Beth, and Elena. Each scenario demonstrates...

Perfect for anyone interested in forensic psychology! Do you want to learn what forensic psychology is? Do you want to learn about the psychology of courts? Do you want to learn about the psychology of imprisonment and rehabilitation? If the answer is yes to any of these questions and more then this is the book for you, as we investigate the psychology behind courts, sexual offending, offender treatment, the public and more in an engaging...

La entrevista a niños y niñas ha sido un desafío para las ciencias sociales, especialmente para la psicología, sobre todo en los ámbitos jurídicos y forenses, espacios en los que se vela por el interés superior de protegerlos, al tiempo que se procura preservar la equidad en el sistema de justicia. Esta obra compila conocimientos básicos y empíricos relacionados con la psicología del testimonio infantil en el contexto colombiano, con especial...

Based on actual street encounters, Randy Hicks offers the reader effective communication methods. Using his 50 years of patrol time, undercover and investigation, academy instruction and university teaching, Hicks has devoted his professional life to learning everything he could about law enforcement's most demanded tool: communication at close range. Hicks provides reliable and proven communication methods to use in some of the most reoccurring scenarios...

July 22, 2011 was the darkest day in Norway's history since Nazi Germany's invasion. It was one hundred eighty-nine minutes of terror, from the moment the bomb exploded outside a government building until Anders Behring Breivik was apprehended by the police at Utøya Island. Breivik murdered seventy-seven people, most of them teenagers and young adults, and wounded hundreds more. The massacre left the world in shock. Breivik is the archetypal "lone...

"Psychologist Alan Gregory is struggling to deal with both a newly adopted son and a shaky, though generally improving, marriage. But then his ex-wife, Merideth, reappears, seeking help locating the missing surrogate mother of her soon-to-be-born child, and Alan is pulled into a mystery that reaches back years--with ramifications that are disturbingly current."--From publisher description.

In "The Mind of a Predator: Unmasking the Psychopaths Among Us," delve into the enigmatic and chilling world of psychopathy, a condition that remains one of the most perplexing and dangerous facets of human behavior. This gripping exploration offers a comprehensive and insightful look into the minds of those individuals who, on the surface, appear as ordinary members of society, but underneath their facade, conceal a complete absence of empathy and...

Grigia Robert Musil - Alors que sa femme est partie en cure avec leur enfant malade, Homo accepte de participer à une tentative de réouverture d'anciennes mines d'or dans une vallée alpine reculée. Une forme de parenthèse, qu'il semble toutefois avoir recherchée, alors que sa vie semble à la croisée des chemins. Subjugué par la beauté du monde qui l'entoure comme par son altérité, Homo tombe bientt amoureux de Grigia, une paysanne. Une...