APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Volume 1: Individual and Situational Influences in Criminal and Civil Contexts; Volume 2: Criminal Investigation, ... (APA Handbooks in Psychology® Series)

With significant new and updated content across two volumes and more than 40 chapters, this second edition of the APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology advances understanding of the scientific foundations and practical application of psychology to law and law-related policy. Psychological knowledge is now regularly used in trial, appellate, and supreme court cases at state and federal levels, and is used to craft law on relevant topics.Psychologists routinely provide testimony about criminal defendants, litigants, and psychological issues in trial courts.Psychological knowledge finds its way into amicus briefs submitted to appellate and supreme courts.To address these and the many other contributions of the field, the first edition of this handbook was published in 2015.Since that time, social, cultural, and political events have shaped the evolution of forensic psychology towards a greater awareness of the importance of sociocultural identities and differences, and related structural an