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.
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