Reviews : Race, Culture and Ethnicity in Secure Psychiatric Practice: Working with Difference Charles Kaye and Tony Lingiah (eds) Jessica Kingsley, 2000; pp284; £18.95, pbk ISBN 1853026964
| Published date | 01 December 2000 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455050004700426 |
| Author | Hindpal Singh Bhui |
| Date | 01 December 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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genuine
and
faked
notes.
These
include
the
locus
of
control,
or
the
perception
of
responsibility
and
ownership
for
negative
versus
positive
events;
the
reasons
or
explicit
explanation
for
’wish
to
die’
offered
in
the
note;
the
presence
or
absence
of
positive
affect;
detailed
instructions
regarding
the
modus
operandi,
and
the
total
number
of
words
used
in
the
notes.
Such
an
analysis
provides
a
very
useful
adaptation
of
a
psychological
model
and
remains
one
of
the
single
most
beneficial
chapters
in
the
book
for
direct
forensic
practice.
Coulthart’s
work
is
very
well
respected
amongst
academic
psychological
researchers
and
it
is
a
very
refreshing
application
of
this
work
that
is
presented
in his
chapter
within
this
volume.
Coulthart
applies
the
technique
of
linguistic
analysis
as
a
means
of
identifying
social
speech
and
eliciting
social
attitudes.
Clearly,
research
indicates
that
falsified
statements
do
not
reflect
genuine
verbal
exchanges
and
therefore
it
is
possible
to
cast
doubt
over
certain
texts
as
the
content
of
them
would
not
directly
mirror
the
flow
of
naturalistic
speech.
The
final
chapters
in
the
book
deal
specifically
with
deception
and
non-verbal
methods
of
identifying
deceptive
behaviour.
The
first
of
these
is
by
Edelmann,
who
presents
a
very
detailed
and
lengthy
review
of
the
literature
regarding
deceit
and
particularly
in
relation
to
non-verbal
behaviours
believed
to
signal
a
deliberate
attempt
at
deception.
Overall,
Edelmann
concludes
that
there
is,
in
truth,
little
empirical
evidence
to
support
the
effectiveness
of
non-verbal
cues
to
identity
deception.
The
final
chapter
by
Elaad
provides
a
comparative
study
of
polygraph
tests
with
other
forensic
methods.
This
chapter
concentrates
on
the
use
of
polygraph
methodology
and
compares
common
methods
and
mechanisms
for
identification
such
as
fingerprints,
voice
identification,
handwriting
and
eye
witness
identification.
Elaad
describes
a
study
in
which
three
methods
were
found
to
be
free
of
false
positive
errors,
these
being
fingerprint
identification,
guilty
knowledge
polygraph
testing
and
the
natural
handwriting
identification.
Elaad
argues
that
despite
the
comparable
lack
of
error
rate
the
use
of
fingerprint
identification
and
the
guilty
knowledge
test
are
more
likely
to
be
empirically
demonstrable
as
they
can
be
falsified,
whereas
the
adoption
of
subjective
measures
such
as
handwriting
identification
are
highly
problematic
and
introduce
a
range
of
potential
errors
into
any
investigative
procedure.
Despite
some
stylistic
points
this
is
a
highly
worthwhile
book.
Dr
Jeremy
Tudway
Consultant
Forensic
Clinical
Psychologist,
Llanarth
Court
Psychiatric
Hospital
Race,
Culture
and
Ethnicity
in
Secure
Psychiatric
Practice:
Working
with
Difference
Charles
Kaye
and
Tony
Lingiah
(eds)
Jessica
Kingsley,
2000;
pp284;
£18.95,
pbk
ISBN
1853026964
This
volume
seeks
to
combine
academic
and
professional
insight
into
the
dynamics
of
racism
in
secure
institutions,
and
to
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