International academy for investigative psychology

The International Academy of Investigative Psychology (IA-IP) is a professional academy for researchers and practitioners seeking to apply social science to the investigation and legal processes. Current president of the academy is Professor David Canter, a leading figure in the world of Investigative Psychology. Each year the academy holds an international conference in the UK with global keynote speakers.

Goals

The IA-IP was established to facilitate communication between all those involved in this growing discipline and to help co-ordinate increased professionalism in training, research and practice. Investigative Psychology is now mapping out and systematising a wide range of social science contributions to the investigation, management and legal processing of crime and criminals, as well as contributing to civil and commercial investigation and litigation. There has been a rapid proliferation of educational programs, uptake of techniques and establishment of specialist units that draw upon Investigative Psychology theories, procedures and methods.

The IA-IP seeks to:

• Recognise and promote academic excellence in Investigative Psychology and good Investigative Psychology practice by crime analysts, police, legal professionals, experts
• Provide formal accreditation for professional training courses and educational programmes
• Provide a forum for professional interaction and support within the Investigative Psychology community
• Co-ordinate resources for researchers, lecturer and students
• Facilitate the dissemination of knowledge, expertise and appropriate software tools
• Encourage cross-national, interdisciplinary and academic-practitioner collaboration
• Monitor professional standards in Investigative Psychology research and practice

Committees

The IA-IP operates a committee system, functioning under the guidance of the International Board and the Advisory Board, managed by the executive committee and President Professor David Canter.

The committees comprising the IAIP are:

• Membership and Fellowship Nominations Committee:

It annually wards Fellowships for significant and constructive contributions to the development of the discipline and/or its application through, for example key, research publications and the development of specialised centres of Investigative Psychology research or practice.

• International Support and Collaboration Committee:

It is an open call for international partner hosts for the summer conference of the International Academy of Investigative Psychology to encourage the development of the discipline throughout the world.

• Recognition of Excellence Committee:

It annually awards for excellence in Investigative Psychology research or practice.

• Professional Applications (Legal) Committee:

It coordinates a database of samples of expert investigative psychological evidence given in court, internationally and across a varied range of applications, for the purposes of providing illustrative examples of Investigative Psychology legal applications for the IA-IP membership.

• Professional Applications (Investigations) Committee

It co-ordinates an international list of highly selected experts who make scientifically-based contributions to investigations.

• Course Acreditation Committee
• Professional Applications (Measures and Software Tools for Research and Practice) Committee

Publications

IA-IP Publications specialise in the publication of leading academic books and texts pertinent to all areas of Investigative Psychology from social science considerations of all forms of criminality, to explorations of the policing and the investigative and interviewing processes, through to books presenting aspects of psychology and the social sciences to law students and the legal profession.

In this relatively youthful discipline, IA-IP Publications sees a key role for edited collections. It also publishes high quality manuscripts in innovative formats such as practitioner handbooks, annotated collections of readings, training manuals, scientific directories, educational guidebooks, empirical/data analysis compilations and case file compilations. IAIP Publishing will also consider doctoral theses for publication.

External links

• The International Centre for Investigative Psychology http://www.i-psy.com
• International Research Centre for Investigative Psychology http://www2.hud.ac.uk/hhs/ircip/
• Forensic Psychology http://www.forenspsych.co.uk/
• Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-JIP.html
• Professor David Canter http://www.davidcanter.com