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IN MODERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE ECONOMIC CONCERNS FROM POLITICAL ONES. YET THE FIELD OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY HAS DEVELOPED RATHER INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE STUDY OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY. THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS WHETHER THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUALISTIC, HIGHLY RATIONALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS THAT DOMINATE OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM FEED BACK TO SHAPE AND LIMIT OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. IT ALSO ASKS WHETHER THESE ASSUMPTIONS LEAD US UNWITTINGLY TO ATTRIBUTE EXCESSIVE AUTONOMY TO THE ECONOMIC SPHERE AND TO FAIL TO INTEGRATE THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION INTO PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES REGARDING OUR POLITICAL LIFE. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THESE QUESTIONS AND APPLIES THEM TO ISSUES OF TAXATION, POVERTY, SOCIAL GENEROSITY, AND NUCLEAR WINTER.

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

"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.