Practical Psychology for Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions

Mark Kebbell is an associate professor at the James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.  He co-wrote (with Graham Wagstaff) guidelines for police officers in England and Wales on the assessment of eyewitness evidence, and has published many journal articles. Graham Davies is co-series editor with Ray Bull and a professor of psychology at the University of Leicester.  He is co-editor of Applied Cognitive Psychology; amongst his numerous publications, and the most recent for Wiley, is Recovered Memories: Seeking the Middle Ground.

• About the Editors ixAbout the Contributors xiSeries Preface xviiPreface xixAcknowledgements xxIntroduction 1Graham M. Davies and Mark R. Kebbell1 Interviewing Victims of Crime, Including Children and People with Intellectual Disabilities 7Becky Milne and Ray Bull2 Procedural Recommendations to Increase the Reliability of Eyewitness Identifications 25Jennifer Beaudry, Rod Lindsay and Paul Dupuis3 Investigating Criminal Cases of Delayed Reports of Sexual Abuse 47Laurence Alison and Mark R. Kebbell4 Psychological Characteristics of Offenders 69Kevin Howells and Jacqueline Stacey5 Detecting Deception 89Aldert Vrij6 Improving the Interviewing of Suspected Offenders 103Mark R. Kebbell and Emily Hurren7 Strategies for Preventing False Confessions and Their Consequences 121Deborah Davis and Richard Leo8 Offender Profiling: Limits and Potential 151Laurence Alison and Mark R. Kebbell9 Deciding to Prosecute 165Elizabeth Gilchrist10 Preventing Withdrawal of Complaints and Psychological Support for Victims 183Graham M. Davies and Helen Westcott11 Communicating Risk to the Court 203Don Grubin12 Future Directions for Applying Psychology to Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions 219Mark R. Kebbell and Graham M. Davies Index 225