Big Ideas in Forensic Psychology: Visions of a Forensic Future From Leading Voices in the Field (Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law)

A field guide to the next decade of forensic psychology-40 innovative ideas that will influence investigations, courts, and correctional decision-making In Big Ideas in Forensic Psychology: 40 Innovations that will Define the Future of the Field, Professors Neil Shortland (Director, Centre for Terrorism and Security Studies, UMass Lowell) and Laurence Alison MBE (Director, CAMI Research, University of Liverpool) curate an insightful and provocative look at what’s coming next in policing, corrections, and criminal law decision-making.Drawing on contributors who span policing, courts, corrections, intelligence, and security, the book tackles the hard problems practitioners face - false confessions, biased decision rules, digital crime, AI-enabled workflows - and shows how to address them with defensible, research-anchored methods. Organized as a fast, “annual question”-style collection, each chapter answers: What big idea will change the field in the next ten years?The result is a panora