"The Psychology of Criminal Justice" integrates aspects of
psychology's contributions to criminology and to socio-legal
studies within a single narrative framework. It does this by
describing the interpersonal and group dynamics of decision-making
at key stages in the processing of accused persons from the time an
alleged offence is committed to the moment sentence is passed.
The book bears directly on many current debates concerning the
ability of the criminal justice system to deliver reliable
verdicts. It recognizes the interdependence of decision makers in
the system and addresses questions at an appropriately
social-psychological level. The book examines systematically and
critically the dynamics of criminal decision-making, the response
of victims, the assumptions, attitudes and behavior of police
officers, the conduct of court proceedings, the performance of
witnesses, the strengths and weaknesses of juries, and the
sentencing of magistrates and judges. Discussions of law and
morality, the attribution of blame in court and in everyday life,
and the achievement of justice in interpersonal and organizational
contexts, provide a definitive account of the social psychology of
law in the context of criminal justice.
Problems with our adversarial system of justice have led to the
establishment of a Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. It is
commonplace to seek a scapegoat in the behavior of one or other
protagonist in the system - especially the police. It will become
clear to readers of this book that breakdowns of the system are a
product of persuasive interpersonal and intergroup processes of
organization, reaching well beyond the behavior of any one
agent.
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