Written by a collection of academic and practice-based experts, this vital new guide helps readers to understand the underlying concepts behind support to, and supervision of, those involved in integrated youth support systems.

Acting as a guide to making the most of helping relationships, this book concentrates on the practicalities and explores how to structure the help practitioners give to young people. It is useful reading to those working in information, advice, guidance and youth support settings, whether giving first-in-line or intensive support to young people.

Divided into four sections, this book covers clinical approaches to the patient; syndromes of disorder; disorders related to stages of the life cycle; and, services, ethics and the law. It is useful for medical students and doctors in training who are involved with psychiatry. It is also a useful for those who are more experienced in the field.

Psychological Criminology explores what is it about individuals and their experiences that cause them to commit crime and/or to become criminal. .

"First published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd in 1971."

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to talk to all those famous names you've read about in psychology? How and why did they get interested in psychology, and what makes them tick? What was Skinner's problem with feelings? From Skinner to Chomsky, Eysenck to Damasio, this work presents a snapshot of psychology's leading protagonists.

The book analyses the application of psychological findings to an expansive range of crimes and looks at the use of psychology in the work of the police and the courts.

Applied psychology has become important in police training and the academic study of policing. This book shows how psychological practices are applied to policing, reflecting the attention being given to this area in the light of concerns about training and its effectiveness.