Bad Psychology

by Robert A. Forde, R.A. Forde

For decades the psychological assessment and treatment of offenders has run on invalid and untested programmes. Robert A. Forde exposes the current ineffectiveness of forensic psychology that has for too long been maintained by individual and commercial vested interests, resulting in dangerous prisoners being released on parole, and low risk prisoners being denied it, wasting enormous amounts of public money. Challenging entrenched ideas about the field of psychology as a whole, and how it should be practised in the criminal justice system, the author shows how effective changes can be made for more just decisions, and the better rehabilitation of offenders into society, while significantly reducing the cost to the taxpayer.


This is a fearless account calling for a return to scientific evidence in the troubled field of forensic psychology.

Genres: Psychology

304 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2017

Reviews

[Regina Hunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple and a fast read on what and how Forensic Psychologist operate. Light run down of operations and regulations. Challenging the methods that are used to predict the offenders mind set and how the system is cheated.

[Katerina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wichtige und nennenswerte Punkte wurden angesprochen, die zum Reflektieren anregen. Die Wiederholungen und z.T. Selbstbeweihräucherungen des Autors haben das Lesen jedoch sehr anstrengend gemacht.

[Alberta Viala · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of your nieces from Ghana and one of the grand children of Victoria Forde your family member you never knew about until recent, the product that was left behind in Ghana for over 100 years untold. I would like to know more about how my grate grand father was like and why my grand mother was never told to the rest of the family and where to go from here and if possible, I will like to know more about the family. Thank you

[Rosemarie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book fascinating and very interesting. The author explains how forensic psychology works, it's failings and what the profession needs to do about it.

[Marissa Blair · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative but some chapters get repetitive.

[Kelvin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bad Psychology: How Forensic Psychology Left Science Behind written by Robert A. Forde a retired Consultant Forensic Psychologist is a must read at the top of the reading list for aspiring Forensic Psychologists highlighting the need to return to science-based effectiveness. Delving ‘beneath the covers’, with a critical evaluation lens illustrating how Forensic Psychology has been systematically moving away from scientific based evidence affecting psychological interventions and analysis of the present assessment process of offenders, the prison system and the criminal justice system underpinning Forensic Psychology work, insightfully with a dash of Psychology humour combined with the accessibility of Forde’s writing style. https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/vo....