Psychology and Law: The State of the Discipline
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As law is instituted by society to serve society, there can be no question that psychology plays an important and inevitable role in the legal process, clarifying or complicating legal issues. In this enlightening text, Roesch, Hart, Ogloff, and the contributors review all the key areas of the use of psychological expertise in civil, criminal, and family law. An impressive selection of academic scholars and legal professionals discusses the contributions that psychology brings to the legal arena. Topics examined in this insightful text include: juries and the current empirical literature witnesses and the validity of reports preventing mistaken convictions in eyewitness identification trials forensic assessment and treatment predicting violence in mentally and personality disordered individuals employment and discrimination new 'best interests' standards for children in courts education and training in psychology and law, and ethical and legal contours of forensic psychology. The volume also features a noteworthy appendix on specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists. Psychology and Law collects a range of expert testimony in its thorough examination of the legal process, affording readers a unique survey of contemporary knowledge.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0306459507
ISBN13:9780306459504
Release Date:February 1999
Publisher:Springer
Length:459 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"
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Review from Contemporary Psychology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
"This book successfully addresses two audiences. First, it provides an interesting introduction and overview of psychology and law for those unfamiliar with the field, and in this capacity would serve as an excellent sourcebook for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. Second, its critical, up-to-date research provides a use ful resource for researchers and practitioners who are already part of this rapidly developing field. As such, it provides a nice complement to other commonly used advanced texts in this area..."Contemporary Psychology 2002, Vol. 47, No. 6
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