Books in the SpringerBriefs in Behavioral Criminology series

Findings clarify or replace popularly held ideas about the psychology of partners of child molesters, and of the abusers themselves, in key areas such as childhood experience of sexual abuse and the construction of elaborate fictions to cover the abuse.

This book will explore the complex social and psychological phenomenon in which some students act as aggressors and others become victims of it. The book will also discuss children who witness bullying but rarely act to stop it. Bullying can have short and long term serious effects on the psychological and physical wellbeing of victims leading to depression, suicidal ideation and behavior or violence, offending and drug use later in life. Bullying also affects the school community as a whole, with serious consequences for students and teachers, decreasing the quality of the school-wide climate. The authors focus on preventing long-term undesirable outcomes, including protective factors that prevent bullies becoming offenders and protective factors that prevent victims becoming depressed. Thus, this book is going to be useful for researchers, practitioners and policy makers interested in knowing and fostering factors that protect children against bullying and its consequences.p>

This forward-looking monograph distills the current knowledge base on lethal school shootings for school professionals invested in improving school safety.

This brief explores the current theories, trends, risk factors, and intervention efforts related to juvenile crime.

This concise reference clarifies the gray areas between traumatic brain injury and PTSD while providing an empirically sound framework for neuropsychological evaluation and differential diagnosis. Its extended research review summarizes findings on key topics including the neuroanatomy of brain injury, test battery design and selection, and the salience of accurate diagnosis to ensuring appropriate specialized treatment. The authors offer the possibility of combined diagnosis as well as injuries that may fall through the diagnostic cracks, and consider possible relationships between TBI, PTSD, and the dementias, including AlzheimerΓÇÖs disease. This knowledge base and the practical guidelines it informs are presented so that readers can better: ┬╖         Understand the clinical distinctions between TBI and PTSD, and among forms of TBI.┬╖         Recognize cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social components of the disorders. ┬╖         Identify skill areas for neuropsychological evaluation of patients.┬╖         Select appropriate instruments for individualized assessment.┬╖         Address test administration and interpretation concerns.┬╖         Make an accurate differential diagnosis between PTSD and TBI. With its sharp focus on the nuances of trauma and recovery, The Intercorrelation of Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD in Neuropsychological Evaluations will find a wide, interested audience among psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health counselors, undergraduate and graduate level students, and researchers. In addition, this text may be useful for those interested in psychology and neurology.

This brief serves to educate readers about the sovereign citizen movement, presenting relevant case studies and offering suggestions for measures to address problems caused by this movement.

This book clearly explains the circumstances that prevent proper testing including batteries that are confusing or frustrating to the person being tested or those that cause fatigue thus interfering with an appropriate picture of cognitive, motor and sensory skills.

This book focuses on the small but disturbing percentage of homicides by children that occur each year, providing a brief overview of the legal, individual, and social aspects of this phenomenon.

Collectively, the cases involve 213 biological mothers who killed 265 children, and are comprised of neonaticide, infanticide, and filicide cases.

The commercial exploitation of children is a global crisis (Rahman, 2011;

This book retrospectively analyzes the notorious 1924 case of Leopold and Loeb, in which two college students murder a young boy just to prove they could do it. Not just of historical interest, this volume serves as a case study for students and professionals alike, and a review of procedures used in such difficult cases.