The second edition of this popular international handbook
highlights the developing relationship between psychology and the
law. Consisting of all-new material and drawing on the work of
practitioners and academics from the UK, Europe, North America and
elsewhere, this volume looks not only at the more traditional
elements of psychology and the law – the provision of psychological
assessments about individuals to the courts – but also many of the
recent developments, such as the interaction between psychologists
and other professionals, decision-making by judges and juries, and
the shaping of social policy and political debate.
Contemporary and authoritative in its scope, the second edition of
The Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contexts will again prove to be
a valuable resource for scholars and students, as well as being a
vital tool for all professionals working in the field.
* Well known editors and an international list of authors, most of
whom are leaders in their field
* Focus on psychological concepts and knowledge that will enlighten
best practice and research
* The focus on process and issues ensures that the book is not
limited in interest by specific legal codes or legislation, it is
international
* More than an updating of the old chapters, really a rethinking of
the field and what is now important and emerging
Tabla de materias
About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction: Psychology and Law: A Subdiscipline, an
Interdisciplinary Collaboration or a Project? (D. Carson).
PART 1: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE COURTS.
1.1 Adults’ Capacity to Make Legal Decisions (Glynis H. Murphy
and Isabel C. H. Clare).
1.2 The Assessment and Detection of Deceit (Aldert Vrij).
1.3 Assessing Individuals for Compensation (Richard A.
Bryant).
PART 2: PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS: PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION.
2.1 Interviewing by the Police (Rebecca Milne and Ray Bull).
2.2 Violence Risk: From Prediction to Management (Kirk
Heilbrun).
2.3 Risk: The Need for and Benefits of an Interdisciplinary
Perspective. (David Carson).
2.4 Beyond ‘Offender Profiling’: The Need for an Investigative
Psychology (David Canter and Donna Youngs).
2.5 Uses, Misuses and Implications for Crime Data (Tom
Williamson).
2.6 Crime Prevention (Katarina Fritzon and Andrea Watts).
2.7 The Development of Delinquent Behaviour (Friedrich
Lösel).
2.8 Children in Disputes (Judith Trowell).
2.9 Child Defendants and the Law (Peter Yates and Eileen
Vizard).
PART 3: PERSPECTIVES ON COURTS: TRIALS AND DECISION MAKING.
3.1 Juror Decision-Making in the Twenty-First Century:
Confronting Science and Technology in Court (Bradley D. Mc Auliff,
Robert J. Nemeth, Brian H. Bornstein and Steven D. Penrod).
3.2 Assessing Evidence: Proving Facts (Michael J. Saks and
William C. Thompson).
3.3 Advocacy: Getting the Answers You Want (David Carson and
Francis Pakes).
3.4 Expert Evidence: The Rules and the Rationality the Law
Applies (or Should Apply) to Psychological Expertise (David L.
Faigman).
3.5 Decision Making by Juries and Judges: International
Perspectives (Edith Greene and Lawrence Wrightsman).
3.6 Restorative Justice: The Influence of Psychology from a
Jurisprudent Therapy Perspective (Eric Y. Drogin, Mark E. Howard
and John Williams).
3.7 Proactive Judges: Solving Problems and Transforming
Communities (Leonore M.J. Simon).
PART 4: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY: PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC
DEBATE.
4.1 Drugs, Crime and the Law: An Attributional Perspective (John
B. Davies).
4.2 Psychological Research and Lawyers’ Perceptions of Child
Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Trials (Emily Henderson).
4.3 Alleged Child Sexual Abuse and Expert Testimony: A Swedish
Perspective (Clara Gumpert).
4.4 Eyewitnesses (A. Daniel Yarmey).
4.5 Psychological and Legal Implications of Occupational Stress
for Criminal Justice Practitioners (Jennifer Brown and Janette
Porteous).
4.6 Therapeutic Jurisprudence: An Invitation to Social
Scientists (Carrie J. Petrucci, Bruce J. Winick and David B.
Wexler).
PART 5: LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND SOCIETY.
Methodology: Law’s Adopting and Adapting to Psychology’s Methods
and Findings (Brian Clifford).
Interviewing and Assessing Clients from Different Cultural
Backgrounds: Guidelines for all Forensic Professionals (Martine B.
Powell and Terry Bartholomew).
Psychology and law: A Behavioural or a Social Science? (Stephen
P. Savage).
Table of Cases.
Tables of Statutes.
Index.
Sobre el autor
David Carson, a lawyer with special interests in developing practical approaches to the prevention of legal problems, and Ray Bull, a psychologist specialising in legal applications of psychology, have ensured that each chapter is relevant to, and easily readable by, both professions.
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