Wrightsman's psychology and the legal system
by
 
Wrightsman, Lawrence S.

Title
Wrightsman's psychology and the legal system

Author
Wrightsman, Lawrence S.

ISBN
9780840031822

Edition
6th ed.

Publication Information
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2007.

Physical Description
xxii, 586 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

General Note
Rev. ed. of: Psychology and the legal system / Lawrence S. Wrightsman. 5th ed. 2002.

Contents
Psychology and the law : impossible choices -- The legal system and its players -- Psychology of crime -- Psychology of police -- Crime investigation: Witnesses -- Identification and evaluiation of criminal suspects -- Between arrest and trial -- Forensic assessment in criminal cases: competence and insanity -- Forensic assessment in civil cases -- The trial process -- Jury trials I: jury representativeness and selection -- Jury trials II: concerns and reforms -- Psychology of victims -- Children, adolescents, and the law -- Punishment, sentencing, and corrections.

Subject Term
Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
 
Practice of law -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
 
Forensic psychology.
 
Forensic Psychiatry -- methods -- United States.
 
Criminal Law -- United States.
 
Forensic Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
 
Psychology -- methods -- United States.
 
Social Responsibility -- United States.

Added Author
Wrightsman, Lawrence S.
 
Wrightsman, Lawrence S. Psychology & the legal system.
 
Greene, Edie.
 
Heilbrun, Kirk.
 
Fortune, William H.
 
Nietzel, Michael T.


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