Description
Book SynopsisClinical forensic psychology is defined by the application of clinical psychology – assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation – in legal contexts. The term captures the integration of clinical psychology as an applied professional discipline and forensic psychology as an experimental discipline.
Cases in Clinical Forensic Psychology offers a series of case studies that allow readers to take an up-close and personal look at the criminal justice system in Canada. Clinical forensic psychologist Margo C.Watt examines the particulars of each case, including the biological, psychological, social, cultural, and legal factors. The book takes an evidence-based approach and highlights how the science of clinical forensic psychology informs all aspects of criminal cases: police investigative techniques, eyewitness testimony, pretrial publicity, jury selection and decision-making, forensic evaluations, psychological autopsies, mental health in corrections,
Table of Contents
Introduction: A Brief History of Clinical Forensic Psychology in Canada (with Preet Banga) 1. What’s Wrong with Mr. Big? False Confessions The Case of Nelson Hart (with Christopher J. Lively and Ethan Draper) 2. "What Life?" Eyewitness Testimony The Case of Anthony Hanemaayer (with Elle Lévesque, Juliana Khoury, and Christopher J. Lively) 3. Trial by Media: Pretrial Publicity The Case of Dennis Oland (with Ethan Draper, Elle Lévesque, and Christopher J. Lively) 4. Fault Lines in the "Rock of Ages": Trial by Jury The Cases of Donald Marshall, Cindy Gladue, and Colten Boushie (with Ethan Draper) 5. Privilege or Punishment? Jury Service, Secrecy, and Stress The Case of Tori Stafford (with Ryanne Chisholm) 6. Médecin sans conscience? Filicide by Father The Case of Guy Turcotte, MD (with Tamara Speth and Marie-Claire Leclerc) 7. Partners or Pawns: The Role of Women in Co-offending Violent Couples The Case of Karla Homolka (with Angelina MacLellan and Claire Keenan) 8. Mad, Bad, and/or Sad? Homicide in Custody The Case of Ashley Smith (with Jessica Doyle and C. K MacLean) 9. Great White Sharks and Black Widow Spiders: Two Unlikely Serial Killers The Cases of Russell Williams and Melissa Shephard (with Jessica Doyle and C.K MacLean) 10. April Is the Cruelest Month: Spree Killing in the Midst of a Pandemic The Case of Gabriel Wortman (with Jessica Doyle and Laura Mackay) Index
