Title Social consciousness in legal decision making : psychological perspectives / edited by Richard L. Wiener [and others]

Published New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages) Contents Introduction -- Law and everyday decision-making : rational, descriptive, and normative models -- Investigative profiling : legal developments and empirical research -- The rhetoric of racial profiling -- Racial profiling, attributions of motive, and the acceptance of social authority -- Racial profiling as a minority issue -- Affirmative Action : legal developments and empirical research -- Affirmative action and the courts : from Plessy to Brown to Grutter, and back? -- The University of Michigan cases : social scientific studies of diversity and fairness -- Social science in the courts : the view from Michigan -- Workplace discrimination : legal developments and empirical research in sexual harassment -- How can we make our research on sexual harassment more useful in legal decision-making? -- Totality of circumstances in sexual harassment decisions : a decision making model -- What can researchers tell the courts, and what can the courts tell researchers about sexual harassment? -- Hate speech and hate crimes : legal developments and empirical research -- The hate crime project and its limitations : evaluating the societal gains and risk in bias crime law enforcement -- Implications of automatic and controlled processes in stereotyping for hate crime perpetration and litigation -- Implicit bias and hate crimes : a psychological framework and critical race theory analysis -- Psychology and legal decision making : where should we go from here? Summary Examines four controversial areas involving people's perceptions of others - racial profiling, affirmative action, workplace harassment, and hate speech/hate crime - from the perspectives of psychology, decision theory, and the law Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL In Springer e-books Subject Sociological jurisprudence. Law -- Psychological aspects. Judicial process -- United States -- Psychological aspects LAW -- Jurisprudence. LAW -- General Practice. LAW -- Reference. LAW -- Essays. LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism. LAW -- Practical Guides. Law -- Psychological aspects. Judicial process -- United States -- Psychological aspects. Sociological jurisprudence. Judicial process -- Psychological aspects Law -- Psychological aspects Sociological jurisprudence United States Form Electronic book Author Wiener, Richard L. LC no. 2006938537 ISBN 9780387462189 038746218X 0387462171 9780387462172 1280865695 9781280865695 9786610865697 6610865698

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