Psychological Science and the Law (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Brewer, Neil; Douglass, Amy Bradfield

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Psychological research can provide constructive explanations of key problems in the criminal justice system--and can help generate solutions. This state-of-the-art text dissects the psychological processes associated with fundamental legal questions: Is a suspect lying? Will an incarcerated individual be dangerous in the future? Is an eyewitness accurate? How can false memories be implanted? How do juries, experts, forensic examiners, and judges make decisions, and how can racial and other forms of bias be minimized? Chapters offer up-to-date reviews of relevant theory, experimental methods, and empirical findings. Specific recommendations are made for improving the quality of evidence and preserving the integrity of investigative and legal proceedings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apa Publications
• Seitenzahl: 459
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781462538348
• Artikelnr.: 55407886

Autorenporträt

Neil Brewer, PhD, is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Flinders University, South Australia. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. His research addresses eyewitness identification and recall, juror judgments, and, recently, interactions between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and the justice system. Dr. Brewer has served as the editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied and as an editorial board member for all the major psychology-law journals. Amy Bradfield Douglass, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Bates College. She teaches statistics and upper-level courses on psychology and law and psychology of religion. Her research focuses on how eyewitnesses make decisions, how eyewitness errors can be prevented, how social interactions with lineup administrators affect retrospective witness judgments, and how people perceive and evaluate eyewitnesses. Dr. Douglass is an editorial board member and former associate editor of Law and Human Behavior.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Psychology and the Criminal Justice System
Amy Bradfield Douglass & Neil Brewer 1. Criminal Profiling
Laura Fallon & Brent Snook 2. Cognitive Bias in Legal Decision Making
Steve Charman
Amy Bradfield Douglass
& Alexis Mook 3. Interrogations and Confessions
Stephanie Madon
Curt More
& Ryan Ditchfield 4. Deception Detection
Christopher A. Gunderson & Leanne ten Brinke 5. Eyewitness Memory
Sean M. Lane & Kate A. Houston 6. Interviewing Witnesses and Victims
Lorraine Hope & Fiona Gabbert 7. Child Witnesses
Thomas D. Lyon
Kelly McWilliams
& Shanna Williams 8. False Memory
Maria S. Zaragoza
Ira Hyman
& Quin M. Chrobak 9. Eyewitness Identification
James D. Sauer
Matthew A. Palmer
& Neil Brewer 10. Identifying People from Images
David White & Richard Kemp 11. Plea Bargaining
Miko M. Wilford
Annabelle Shestak
& Gary L. Wells 12. Competence to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility
Lauren E. Kois
Preeti Chauhan
& Janet I. Warren 13. Expert Testimony
Stephanie Marion
Jeffrey Kaplan
& Brian Cutler 14. Jury Decision Making
Liana C. Peter-Hagene
Jessica M. Salerno
& Hannah Phalen 15. Aggression
Violence
and Psychopathy
Devon L. L. Polaschek 16. Judicial Decision Making
Gregory Mitchell 17. Translating Psychological Science into Policy and Practice
Nancy K. Steblay Index