The guide provides detailed instructions on basic skills, techniques, and professional issues associated with the field of forensic psychology and explains the history, development, and application of forensic psychology. The authors cover such topics as offender profiling, psychometric testing, expert testimony, psychological autopsy, and psycholinguistic techniques and consider professional and ethical problems and the need for training. Civil and criminal cases in which forensic psychology may be involved are considered, with emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder, the admissibility of expert evidence, recovered memories, and stages in criminal proceedings. Contemporary problems in forensic psychology practice are noted, and the future of forensic psychology is discussed. References, tables, and figures