Consultancy and Advising in Forensic Practice

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"This practical book is easy to read, with helpful tables and figures, and gives readers a good sense of the consultation process. Its step-by-step approach will make it helpful to individuals who are beginning to do work in this area." (Doody's, 14 October 2011) "Consultancy and advising in forensic practice covers a range of topics in relation to the involvement of psychological approaches in forensic work within the consultation process and training approaches . . . It is a practical guide and is very informative, and it is careful in its application of structures and theories, and advises understanding theoretical knowledge and deliberation about the best approach for any given area." (British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1 August 2011) 'This is an erudite text that takes the psychological clientservice model back a step or two and uses it to inform howconsultant psychologists can work better with the organisationsthat fund their work. This is important since psychologists aregenerally trained in working with client's best interests in mind,but not in how to provide services with the organisation'sinterests in mind. This book provides guidance and practical adviceon how to do the latter more effectively and comprehensively. 'Organisations have responsibilities to deliverevidence-based services: psychologists have the skills to deliverthe services, but need to be aware of and provide evaluationevidence that supports the over-arching values and needs of theorganisations that hire them. Such evaluation evidence may indicatethat changes are required; but then such changes would bedefensible and evidence-based, and not merely a change for the sakeof change. In sum, this is an excellent book for all consultantpsychologists and I thoroughly recommend it as a core text for anypractitioner's book shelf.' --Douglas P. Boer, Associate Professor of Psychology,The University of Waikato, New Zealand 'This innovative text has long been needed and makes auniquely valuable contribution to forensic practice. It covers boththeoretical and practical issues, and will be of great interest andvalue to all professionals working in the forensicarena.' --David Farrington, Professor of PsychologicalCriminology, Cambridge University, UK