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.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025484607 | 347.730019 G795W 2007 | 1 |