Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in Spanish in 2017 by Libreria Bosch, Barcelona, the Atlas of Forensic and Criminal Psychology is a one-of-kind book made available in English for the first time. This unique work is highly illustrated with full-color images, providing a medico-legal examination of forensic pathology as it relates to cases of forensic psychological interest.
The book begins with a historical perspective and includes images of patients to familiarize the reader with symptoms, the hazard-risk criteria, lethality, and suicidal rescueâresearch that Dr. Tiffon has addressed in his previous publications. Chapters present photographic records of cases to deepen forensic, psychologist, and medico-legal professionalsâ insight into thoughts, behaviors, and mechanisms of self- and hetero-aggressiveness. Such cases illustrate the outcomes of various disorders manifested in individuals and victims; as such, they provide an understanding of the psychological-legal conclusions reached in such cases in order to adapt the legal and preventative measures for specific situations.
Coverage includes affective, schizophrenic, and personality disorders as contributing elements in diagnostic judgments, noting the great difficulty such examples present to experts performing psychopathological evaluations after criminal, and often violent, events have occurred. Various psychopathological disorders are addressed as well as the technical treatment that should occur in each case from a psychological-forensic perspective.
Features:
â Presents a provocative look at various syndromes familiar to forensic psychologists, as applied to criminal cases and the pathology of suicide victims and homicide perpetrators
â Combines the work of world-renowned expert contributors to examine the criminal, legal, and psychological facets of various diagnoses and case examples
â Offers insight into the psychological state of suicide victims, considering their state of mind as a psychological autopsy
In his previous books published in Spanish, Manual of Consulting in Psychology and Clinical, Legal, Legal, Criminal, and Forensic Psychopathology (2008), Manual of Professional Performance in Clinical, Criminal, and Forensic Psychopathology (2009), and the 4-volume Practical Criminological Atlas of Forensic Psychometry (2019-2020), Tiffon approached forensic psychology and psychopathology from a theoretical perspective. In the Atlas of Forensic and Criminal Psychology, his first book translated into English, Tiffon expands on these prior works, serving to provide a visual reference and guide to medical pathologists and consulting psychologists in cases of disorders in which psychopathological mutilation, injury, and self-injury occur.
Table of Contents1. An Introduction: The Psychological Perspective – For the English Language Edition Dr. John F. Fielder, M. D. 2. Medicolegal Perspective: A Prelude Dr. Jorge González Fernández 3. The Psychiatric Perspective: A Prelude Dr. Josep Solé Puig 4. Legal Overview: Circumstances That Affect Criminal Liability Dr. Toni Pascual y Cadena 5. Author’s Justification Dr. Bernat-N. Tiffon 6. Mood (Affective) Disorders 7. Schizophrenic disorders 8. Borderline Personality Disorder 9. Case Study without Mitigating Circumstances of Criminal Responsibility Due to Psychological Cause 10. Intentionality vs. Mental disorder 11. Cocaine consumption 12. Final Conclusion Dr. Bernat-N. Tiffon 13. A Forensic Psychology Summary Dr. César San Juan Guillén 14. Overview from a Legal, Criminological and Psychological Perspective Dr. José Manuel Rodríguez González 15. Epilogue Dr. Tomás Gil Márquez Bibliography
