Psychology and Law - The State of the Discipline (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)

As law is instituted by society to serve society, there can be no question that psychology plays an important and inevitable role in the legal process, clarifying or complicating legal issues. In this enlightening text, Roesch, Hart, Ogloff, and the contributors review all the key areas of the use of psychological expertise in civil, criminal, and family law. An impressive selection of academic scholars and legal professionals discusses the contributions that psychology brings to the legal arena. Topics examined in this insightful text include: juries and the current empirical literature witnesses and the validity of reports preventing mistaken convictions in eyewitness identification trials forensic assessment and treatment predicting violence in mentally and personality disordered individuals employment and discrimination new best interests' standards for children in courts education and training in psychology and law, and ethical and legal contours of forensic psychology. The volume also features a noteworthy appendix on specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists. Psychology and Law collects a range of expert testimony in its thorough examination of the legal process, affording readers a unique survey of contemporary knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Perspectives in Law & Psychology, 10
Release date:	February 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Ronald Roesch • Stephen D. Hart • James R. P Ogloff
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	459
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-45950-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
LSN:	0-306-45950-7
Barcode:	9780306459504

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