The Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.

Subjects covered by this Arena include: Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry, Criminology, Deliquency, and Psychology and Law.

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The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment

The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment

In The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment, editors Carl B. Gacono and Barton Evans underscore the unique contribution the Rorschach makes to forensic practice.

The chapters, all of which include the expertise of a licensed practicing forensic psychologist, offer a systematic approach to personality assessment when presenting use of the Rorschach in specific forensic contexts.

The book opens with essential information related to the scientific and legal basis of the Rorschach…

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Anna Motz interviewed about violent mothers

Anna Motz interviewed about violent mothers

Anna Motz, forensic psychologist and author of The Psychology of Female Violence, is interviewed as part of an article about the recent killing of a baby by his mother in Haringey.

Referring to this and other recent cases such as that of Victoria Climbié Motz said that are "...a clear illustration of society's inability to recognise the range, complexity and secrecy of female violence and cruelty, and demonstrates its typical expression in the domestic arena."

Read the full article in The Guardian newspaper

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