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Psychology and the legal system
2023
Abstract
The text examines the legal system through the use of psychological concepts, methods, and research results. It considers such topics as competence to stand trial, pre-trial publicity and resulting changes in venue, criminal profiling, civil case law and civil procedures, the rights of children, capital punishment, the psychology of criminal trials, the insanity defence, expert forensic testimony, and analysis of eyewitness identifications.
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Details
- Title
- Psychology and the legal system
- Creators
- Lawrence S Wrightsman - University of KansasEdie Greene - University of Colorado Colorado SpringsKirk Heilbrun - Drexel UniversityAmy Bradfield Douglass - Bates College
- Publisher
- Wadsworth; Belmont
- Edition
- 10th
- Number of pages
- 399
- Resource Type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Other Identifier
- 0357797469; 9780357797464; 991021817948104721