"References": p. 373-419.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Forensic psychology: promises and problems -- Forensic psychologists: roles and responsibilities -- Psychology and law enforcement: selection, training and evaluation -- Techniques of criminal investigation: profiling, psychological autopsies, hypnosis and lie detection -- Insanity and competency -- From dangerousness to risk assessment: violence, sexual offending, domestic violence, child abuse and suicide -- "Syndrome" evidence: battered women syndrome and rape trauma syndrome -- Child sexual abuse -- Child custody and related decisions -- Improving eyewitness identification procedures -- Interrogations and confessions -- Trial consultation: jury selection, case preparation and pretrial publicity discrimination -- Sexual harassment -- Death penalty trials and appeals -- Influencing public policy.