Sevgi Güney

Ankara University Turkey

Sevgi Güney, Ph.D., an academic with 30 years of experience in mental health at Ankara University, Turkey, was involved in establishing an intervention and research center and played a key role in setting up two mental health units. She worked for two academic terms at the School of Psychology, Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne-Australia, as an international replacement status in accordance with the Turkish Higher Education Act 2547. She obtained a BA degree in Psychology from Ege University, an MSc in Clinical Psychology from Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, a Postgraduate Certificates in Trauma Therapy and Marriage and Relationship Therapy from Cairnmillar Institute, and a Ph.D. from Ankara University, Turkey. Dr. Güney’s research includes disaster intervention, psychological trauma, suicidal and self-injurious behavior, homicide, criminal behavior, and personality. She is a member of several international professional associations and has several national and international publications to her credit.

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This book delves into criminal behaviors and the various individual and psychosocial factors that contribute to their emergence. It also explores contemporary approaches and rehabilitation methods. Mental health and forensic professionals will find key models and applications that can be readily used. As the first printed source in the field of forensic clinical psychology, this book covers studies and intervention methods related to crime and criminal behaviors. This includes identifying the offender, matching and comparing offender behaviors with crime scene findings, and evaluating these behaviors at the legal level to correct and prevent criminal behaviors. Over the last decade, forensic clinical psychology has become a scientific discipline that has garnered the attention of mental health and forensic science professionals around the world.

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