Description |
xxii, 586 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Psychology and the law: impossible choices -- 2. Psychologists and the legal system -- 3. Legality, morality and justice -- 4. The Legal system and its players -- 5. Theories of crime -- 6. The Police and the criminal justice system -- 7. Crime investigation: Witnesses -- 8. Identification and evaluation of criminal suspects -- 9. The Rights of victims and the rights of the accused -- 10. Between arrest and trial -- 11. Forensic assessment in criminal cases: competence and insanity -- 12. Forensic assessment in civil cases -- 13. The Trial process -- 14. Jury trials I: jury representativeness -- 15. Jury trials II: concerns and reforms -- 16. Psychology of victims -- 17. Punishment and sentencing |
Notes |
Revised edition of: Psychology & the legal system / Lawrence S. Wrightsman. 4th ed. 1998 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-558) and indexes |
Subject |
Forensic psychology.
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Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Practice of law -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Author |
Greene, Edie, author
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Nietzel, Michael T., author
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Fortune, William H., author
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Revision of Wrightsman, Lawrence S.
Psychology & the legal system
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LC no. |
00002269 2001026526 |
ISBN |
0534365442 (hardcover) (acid-free paper) |
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