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The vast majority of research in social psychology focuses on momentary events: an attitude is changed, dissonance is reduced, a cognition is primed, and so on. Little attention is a paid to the unfolding of events over time, to social life as an ongoing process in which events are related in various ways as life unfolds. Originally published in 1984, Historical Social Psychology opens a space for theory and research in which temporal process is central. Contributors to this broad-ranging work provide a rich range of perspectives, from the theoretical to the methodological, from micro-sequence

INTRODUCTION -- LEARNING -- BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PSYCHOLOGY -- STRESS & HEALTH -- SENSATION & PERCEPTION -- MEMORY -- LANGUAGE, THINKING, INTELLIGENCE & CREATIVITY -- DEVELOPMENT -- SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- GENDER & SEXUALITY -- MOTIVATION & EMOTION -- PERSONALITY -- CONSCIOUSNESS -- ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR -- TREATMENT & THERAPY -- APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

First published in 1964, Psychology and Social Problems looks at a changing society and research into problems of the time. Many of the themes in the book, such as delinquency, mental health and racial conflict, are still familiar and current topics of discussion today.Social scientists had carried out extensive research into problems of urgent public concern, yet their findings were not widely known or understood and they had often been diffident in advocating policies based on their conclusions. Michael Argyle discussed the recent psychological and social research bearing on the origins of a

"This book has been developed from two main theses which justify my venture into the field of social psychology. The first is that the visceral-organic structure of man is basic to the understanding of psychology. However extreme the assertion may seem, I think it fair to say that the thinkers who have formed the knowledge of mind in its largest and truest terms have been those who have shown the relationship of drive, emotions, and intelligence to the structures of the body, and vice versa. The second thesis is that apart from his group a man is a mere potentiality. He is developed in a milieu that fosters, modifies, or destroys his capacities. And how that milieu works, the psychiatrist and physician has ample opportunity to witness. To explain the individual and discuss his psychology as something distinct from the psychology of the society that daily becomes more complex and ranges from the remote past far into the future is, as the anatomists would say, a false dissection, by which structures are isolated from one another artificially and their organic connection destroyed. Therefore I have begun with the structure and organic functions of the individual and have endeavored to show how social forces, like the gases of the environment, sweep in and out of him--taking command of his viscera and transforming their functions into approved deeds, and creating within him both the pleasures of conformity and the bitter, self-dividing struggle that results from the disharmony of individual capacity and desire with social authority. While the facts presented are not new, the emphasis and formulation of principles are to a certain extent original, and they merit appreciative attention. I make no pretense of having fulfilled my aim completely, the shortcomings of my work being as discernible to me as to any critic; but withal, I hope and even feel assured that both the visceral-organic and the sociological bases of social psychology are here given the emphasis they deserve"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).

About the author -- Foreword to second edition -- Psychology and the criminal process -- The basis of criminality -- Biological explanations of crime -- Psychological explanations of crime -- Social explanations of crime -- Varieties of crime -- Acquisitive crime -- Domestic violence -- Sexual offences -- Homicide and serial killing -- Gangs, organised crime and terrorism -- Interacting with criminals -- Testimony and interviewing -- Deception and fraud -- Psychology and investigations -- Areas of application -- Psychology and the police -- Psychology in court -- Psychology in prison -- Concerning victims -- The future of psychology and crime -- Notes on publications and accessing them -- References -- Index

"Criminal Psychology examines the contributions that psychology is making to our understanding of criminals, the investigation of their crimes, processes in court and the management and treatment of offenders in prison. The psychological contributions to investigations are assessed with regard to interviewing and detecting deception as well as examining the nature and meaning of offender profiling. The role of psychologists as experts in court is reviewed, followed by a look at how psychologists work with prisoners. The psychology of the victim is also examined. The book concludes with a discussion of the future of crime and the growing contribution that psychology is making to understanding criminals and reducing their activities."--

POLICE PSYCHOLOGY -- POLICE PSYCHOLOGY -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE POLICE SUICIDE ENIGMA: PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Overview: Research Synopsis -- Defining Police Suicide -- Case Study Illustration: Sudden Shame -- Trauma and Psychological Pain -- PSYCHOSOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS -- Developmental Life Stages -- Police Suicide: Psychological Autopsy Profiles -- Typologies/Profiles: Analysis -- Police Suicide: Depression -- POLICE CULTURE: THE SOCIAL CLIMATE -- Social Network Factors

1. Psychology and crime -- 2. Crime : the basics -- 3. Psychological theories applied to crime -- 4. The development of criminal behaviour -- 5. Psychological approaches to understanding serious crime I : arson -- 6. Psychological approaches to understanding serious crime II : violent crime -- 7. Psychological approaches to understanding serious crime III : sexual crime -- 8. Mental disorder and crime -- 9. Crime investigation and evidence -- 10. Psychology in the courtroom -- 11. Reducing crime : punish or cure? -- 12. Crime prevention.