Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

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1 1 Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling ***CALL FOR PAPERS*** The Editors of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling would like to invite authors to submit papers for upcoming special issues, titled: Investigative Psychology in Court Deadline for all submissis March 30 th 2008 Clinical Psychology Perspectives in Investigative Psychology Deadline for all submissis June 30 th 2008 Debates and Critiques within Investigative Psychology Deadline for all submissis September 30 th 2008 Rape and Sexual Assault in Investigative Psychology Deadline for all submissis September 30 th 2008 See below for more details each of these special issues.

2 2 Investigative Psychology in Court Many aspects of Investigative Psychology are finding their way directly into legal proceedings. This includes issues such as offender profiles or linkage analysis used by the defence or the prosecuti, challenges to the veracity of testimy, including eyewitness testimy or commentary the interview procedures that witnesses experienced. Exploratis of what it is likely that witnesses may be able to remember or may have falsely been encouraged to think they remember are also relevant. In recogniti of these important developments of the field, original articles, including quantitative or qualitative studies, case studies, or careful critical reviews, dealing with any aspects of Investigative Psychology that have been or could be relevant to legal proceedings in civil or criminal cases, employment tribunals or other quasi-legal ctexts are welcome. Manuscripts should follow the usual instructis for electric submissi of papers Authors should indicate that they wish the manuscript to be reviewed for inclusi in The Associate Editor for this issue would be happy to review plans for papers in advance of their receipt. All papers will be peer reviewed. Deadline for all submissis March 30 th 2008 Associate Editor respsible for this special issue: Dna Youngs, PhD Centre for Investigative Psychology Eleanor Rathbe Building The University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZA UK.

3 3 Clinical Psychology Perspectives in Investigative Psychology Clinical psychology is of great importance in many aspects of Investigative Psychology. Thus, mental illnesses, persality disorders and cognitive impairments play a key role in lawbreaking and are crucial for understanding offending behaviour. In practice behavioural investigative advisors need to take into csiderati the persality and the possible psychopathology of the subject(s) when providing the police reports relating to e.g. indirect persality assessment, psychological autopsy, offender profiling or investigative interviewing. In recogniti of the need to build bridges between Investigative Psychology and the more 'traditial' clinical way of thinking about offenders, original articles, including quantitative or qualitative studies, case studies, or careful critical reviews, dealing with any aspects of Clinical & Investigative Psychology that have been or could be relevant are welcome. Manuscripts should follow the usual instructis for electric submissi of papers Authors should indicate that they wish the manuscript to be reviewed for inclusi in The Associate Editor for this issue would be happy to review plans for papers in advance of their receipt. All papers will be peer reviewed. Deadline for all submissis June 30 th Associate Editor respsible for this special issue: Helinä Häkkänen, PhD Adjunct Professor of Criminal Psychology Natial Bureau of Investigati P.O.Box 285 FIN Vantaa Finland mailto:helina.hakkanen@helsinki.fi

4 4 Debates and Critiques within Investigative Psychology Research and publicati in Investigative Psychology grew out of the critical evaluati of what was happening under the banner of 'offender profiling'. It is therefore essential the field does not stagnate into just another ritual orthodoxy. Fortunately there is little sign of that happening, with serious, scholarly debate emerging around a number of topics. To facilitate and articulate these debates papers are invited for a special issue of JIP-OP that provide serious, critical examinati of any aspects of the field. These may be empirical studies that raise questis about established principles or procedures, or they may be case studies that review models or approaches to matters of relevance. Informed critiques that review aspects of the published literature will also be welcome. Of course, the papers need to deal with the issues and should never be ad hominem. Manuscripts should follow the usual instructis for electric submissi of papers Authors should indicate that they wish the manuscript to be reviewed for inclusi in The Editor for this issue would be happy to review plans for papers in advance of their receipt. All papers will be peer reviewed. Deadline for all submissis September 30 th Editor respsible for this special issue: David V. Canter, PhD Centre for Investigative Psychology Department of Psychology The University of Liverpool Eleanor Rathbe Building Bedford Street South Liverpool L69 7ZA UK mailto:dcanter@liverpool.ac.uk

5 5 Rape and Sexual Assault in Investigative Psychology Research sex offenders has mainly guided clinical practice for risk assessment and therapeutic interventi. However, the current scientific knowledge these offenders and their crimes is of great importance in many aspects of Investigative Psychology. Thus, the study of the offending process, patterns, and typologies of sex offenders ctributes to the advancement of Investigative Psychology. Investigatis of the criminal career, geographic behaviours, interviewing strategies, and psycholegal matters related to sex offenders are all crucial aspects of Investigative Psychology. In recogniti of the need to build bridges between Investigative Psychology and the research being cducted sex offenders, original articles, including quantitative or qualitative studies, case studies, or careful critical reviews dealing with any aspects of Rape/Sexual Assault and Investigative Psychology that have been or could be relevant are welcome. Manuscripts should follow the usual instructis for electric submissi of papers Authors should indicate that they wish the manuscript to be reviewed for inclusi in The Guest Editor for this issue would be happy to review plans for papers in advance of their receipt. All papers will be peer reviewed. Deadline for all submissis is September 30 th Guest Editor respsible for this special issue: Eric Beauregard, Ph.D Assistant Professor. School of Criminology Sim Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby (British Columbia) V5A 1S6 Canada