Handbook of psychology in legal contexts
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Handbook of psychology in legal contexts
J. Wiley, 1999, c1995
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Published in paperback October 1999."--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
While law and psychology are both concerned with analysing, understanding and predicting human behaviour, the relationship between these professional disciplines, particularly in court, is still controversial. This book, written by practitioners and academics from the UK, Europe and worldwide, including North America, highlights and emphasises both the extent to which psychologists are already assisting and informing the legal system, and the potential for collaboration between lawyers and psychologists outside the artificially adversarial glare of courtroom proceedings. The editors - one a psychologist specialising in legal applications of psychology, the other a lawyer with special interests in developing practical approaches to the prevention of legal problems - have ensured that each chapter is relevant to, and easily readable by, both professions. The Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contexts presents an authoritative commentary on key legal procedures and issues together with practical reviews of psychological concepts, research and practice that bear on these topics.
It will prove a valuable resource for those working in all fields where the law and behavioural sciences interact.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents: INTRODUCTION: INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERPROFESSIONAL. Psychology in Legal Contexts: Idealism and Realism (D. Carson & R. Bull). Psychology's Premises, Methods and Values (B. Clifford). INDIVIDUALISM: PSYCHOLOGY'S SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS. Individualism: Its Importance in Law and Psychology (D. Carson). Psychology and Assessment (G. Gudjonsson). Children, Assessment and Education (G. Lindsay). INVESTIGATIONS: SEEKING, OBTAINING, INTERPRETING AND ASSESSING INFORMATION. Evidence: Legal Perspective (J. Jackson). Evidence: Psychological Perspective (G. Davies). Assessing the Accuracy of Eye-Witness Identifications (B. Cutler & S. Penrod). CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROCEEDINGS. Criminal Responsibility (D. Carson). The Psychology of Crime: Influences and Constraints on Offending (D. Farrington). Legal and Psychological Concepts of Mental Status (R. Owens). CIVIL PROCEEDINGS. Civil Proceedings: Legal Frameworks for Psychology's Contributions (D. Carson). Compensation for Brain Injury (N. Brooks). Compensation for Psychological Injury (N. Brooks). TRIALS AND DECISION-MAKING. Adversarial and Inquisitorial Proceedings (J. McEwan). Judicial Decision-Making: A Theoretical Perspective (J. Michon & F. Pakes). Jury Decision-Making in Complex Trials (L. Heuer & S. Penrod). GROUP BEHAVIOUR. Public Law Decisions (D. Carson). CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS. Psychology and Law: Future Directions (D. Carson & R. Bull). Table of Cases. Table of Statutes. Index.
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