The detection and prevention of criminal behaviour has always been a behavioural
and informational processing task. It is not surprising therefore that forensic
psychology in a broad sense has been utilised as a resource in this mission.
However, such utilisation has a patchy history. The purpose of this paper is to
conduct a personal review of those areas where the author has experience of
psychology applied in forensic settings, assisting police work, or,
alternatively where it has proved useful in showing that police detection work
is flawed and misleading.
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