Psychology and law : research and practice

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Title:

Author:

Bartol, Curt R., 1940- author.

ISBN:

9781452258911

Personal Author:

Bartol, Curt R., 1940- author.

Physical Description:

xx, 496 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction -- Psychology and the courts: An overview -- The investigative process: Detection of deception, interrogations, false confessions, and the polygraph -- Competencies and criminal responsibility -- Eyewitness evidence -- The trial jury -- Jury and judicial decision making -- Controversial evidence in the courtroom: profiling, psychological autopsies, and hypnosis -- Psychology and the family court -- Involuntary civil commitment -- Psychology in civil litigation -- Psychological assessment and the law.

Subject Term:

Forensic psychology -- United States.

Criminal psychology -- United States.

Law -- United States -- Psychological aspects.

Added Author:

Bartol, Anne M.,

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Psychology and Law offers the definitive perspective on the practical application of psychological research to the law. Authors Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol emphasize the various roles psychologists and other mental health professionals can play throughout the text. Insight is offered into the application of psychology in criminal and non-criminal matters. Topics such as family law, insanity, police interrogation, jury selection and decision making, involuntary civil commitment, and various civil capacities are included. This comprehensive text examines complex material in detail and explains it in an easy-to-read way. The authors emphasize the major contributions psychological research has made to the law, and encourage critical analysis through examples of court cases, high-profile current events, and research.