| Description |
xi, 503 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Psycholegal research : an introduction -- Introduction : development of the psycholegal field -- 1 Bridging the gap between psychology and law : why it has taken so long -- 2. Remaining difficulties -- 3. Grounds for optimism -- 4. Conclusions -- 5. The book's structure, focus and aim -- Revision questions -- Additional reading -- 2. Eyewitnesses : key issues and event characteristics -- Introduction -- 1. Legal aspects of eyewitness testimony -- 2. Characteristics of human attention, perception and memory -- 3. Eyewitness testimony research: methodological considerations -- 4. Variables in the study of eyewitness memory -- 5. Variables that impact on eyewitness testimony accuracy -- Conclusions -- Revision questions -- Additional reading -- 3. Eyewitnesses : the perpetrator and interviewing -- Introduction -- 1. Witness characteristics -- 2. Perpetrator variables -- 3. Interwgational variables -- 4. Repressed or false-memory syndrome? -- 5. Interviewing eyewitnesses effectively --Conclusions -- Revision questions -- Additional reading -- 4. Children as witnesses -- Introduction -- 1. Legal aspects of children as witnesses -- 2. Evaluations of Live Link/closed-circuit television (CCTV) -- 3. Child witnesses and popular beliefs about them -- 4. Children's remembering ability and autobiographical memories -- 5. Deception in children -- 6. Factors that impact on children's testimony -- 7. Enhancing children's testimony -- 8. Interviewing children in sexual abuse cases -- Conclusions -- Revision questions -- Additional reading -- |
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5. The jury -- Introduction -- 1. A jury of twelve: historical background and legal aspects -- 2. The notion of an impartial and fair jury : a critical appraisal -- 3. Methods for studying juries/jurors -- 4. What do we know about juries? -- 5. Defendant characteristics -- 6. Victim/plaintiff characteristics -- 7. Interaction of defendant and victim characteristics -- 8. Lawyer and judge characteristics -- 9. Hung juries --10. Models of jury decision-making -- 11. Reforming the jury to remedy some of its problems --12. Alternatives to trial by jury -- Conclusions -- Revision questions --Additional reading -- 6. Sentencing as a human process, victims, and restorative justice -- Introduction: the legal context -- 1. The concept of 'sentence' -- 2. The nature of the sentence decision-making process -- 3. Studying variations in sentencing -- 4. Some extra-legal factors that influence sentences -- 5. Models of judicial decision-making --6. Victims -- 7. Restorative justice -- Conclusions -- Revision questions -- Additional reading -- 7. Psychologists as expert witnesses -- Introduction -- 1. Admissibility of expert evidence -- 2. United States -- 3. England and Wales -- 4. Australia, New Zealand and Canada -- 5. The impact of expert testimony by psychologists -- 6. Appearing as an expert witness -- Conclusions -- Revision questions -- Additional reading -- |
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8. Detecting deception -- Introduction: deception and lying -- 1. Paper-and-pencil tests -- 2. Paradigms used to study deception-detection -- 3. The social psychological approach -- 4. Deception-detection accuracy -- 5. Expert lie-detectors: how accurate? -- 6. Computerised lie-detection -- 7. Physiological and neurological correlates of deception -- 8. Brainwaves as indicators of deceitful communication -- 9. Stylometry -- 10. Statement reality/validity analysis (SVA) -- 11. Reality monitoring --12. Scientific content analysis -- Conclusions -- Revision questions --Additional reading -- 9. Witness recognition procedures -- Introduction -- 1. Identification test medium --2. Person identification from photographs -- 3. Show-ups/witness confrontations --4. Group identification -- 5. Identification parades/line-ups -- 6. Identification from video footage and CCTV --7. Facial composites -- 8. Voice identification -- Conclusions --Revision questions -- Additional reading -- 10. Psychology and the police --Introduction -- 1. Selection -- 2. Predicting success within the force -- 3. Encounters with the public -- 4. Prejudice and discrimination -- 5. Stress -- 6. Questioning suspects -- 7. False confessions -- 8. Profiling offenders -- 9. Psychology of terrorism -- Conclusions -- Revision questions -- Additional reading -- 11. Conclusions |
| Summary |
Psychology and Law is a guide to the complex interactions between psychology and criminal law. Andreas Kapardis explores contemporary psycho-legal issues, from eyewitness testimony, investigative interviewing, jury decision making, and sentencing, to restorative justice, terrorism, police prejudice and offender profiling |
| Notes |
Andreas Kapardis is affiliated with University of Cyprus |
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Previous edition 2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-489) and index |
| Subject |
Forensic psychology.
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Insanity (Law)
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Judicial process.
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Law -- Psychological aspects.
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| LC no. |
2013417441 |
| ISBN |
9781107650848 |
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