Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- 1.1 Action system applied to forensic topics
- 1.2 Child and adolescent offending
- 1.3 Developmental perspectives on offending
- 1.4 The evolutionary psychology perspective
- 1.5 Eyewitness memory
- 1.6 Facet meta-theory
- 1.7 Head injury and offending
- 1.8 Investigative decision making
- 1.9 Investigative psychology
- 1.10 Personality theories and offending
- 1.11 Pragmatic psychology
- 1.12 Sexual offenders
- 1.13 Social psychological theories applied to forensic psychology topics
- 1.14 Theories of change
- 1.15 Therapeutic jurisprudence
- 1.16 Violent offending
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
1.8 - Investigative decision making
from Part I - Psychological underpinnings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- 1.1 Action system applied to forensic topics
- 1.2 Child and adolescent offending
- 1.3 Developmental perspectives on offending
- 1.4 The evolutionary psychology perspective
- 1.5 Eyewitness memory
- 1.6 Facet meta-theory
- 1.7 Head injury and offending
- 1.8 Investigative decision making
- 1.9 Investigative psychology
- 1.10 Personality theories and offending
- 1.11 Pragmatic psychology
- 1.12 Sexual offenders
- 1.13 Social psychological theories applied to forensic psychology topics
- 1.14 Theories of change
- 1.15 Therapeutic jurisprudence
- 1.16 Violent offending
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
Investigative decision making sits largely within the academic disciplines of cognitive and social psychology though it is also allied to criminology and sociology. It is an eclectic field of study based on scientific, empirical research. Investigative decision making draws on a lengthy body of research of general decision theory stretching back centuries. Some features of human decision making hold across any context, so traditional decision-making theory (TDT) findings are applicable to investigative decision making. As with other theories and models associated with generic decision making, game theory has a contribution to make to investigative decision making. Unlike TDT, naturalistic decision-making approaches take more account of the context in which decision makers operate. In TDT studies, participants in a lab study may be asked to decide which choices are more (or less) attractive. Investigative decision making has evolved from and is still influenced by early decision theory.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology , pp. 73 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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