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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This engrossing text examines the legal system through the use of psychological concepts, methods, and research results. It seeks to clarify the basic dilemmas that persist in the legal system and looks at the ethical, moral, legal, and psychological "gray areas" of the law, including coverage of such topics as: competence to stand trial, pretrial 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 defense, expert forensic testimony, and analysis of eyewitness identification and line-up procedures. This thoroughly updated edition balances discussion of the legal system with psychological theory, concepts, and research. Book News Annotation:This text examines the legal system through the lens of psychological
concepts, methods, and research, discussing the ethical, moral,
legal, and psychological "gray areas" of the law, and addressing
topics such as criminal profiling, police stress, and women and
minorities in law school. Material is organized around four key
dilemmas: rights of individuals versus the common good, equality
versus discretion, discovering the truth versus resolving conflicts,
and science versus the law. In this fifth edition, there is added
emphasis on cognitive psychology and eyewitness memory. Also new are
boxes on experimental methodology and on specific cases. Wrightsman
teaches psychology at the University of Kansas-Lawrence.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:The author team for WRIGHTSMAN'S PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM, Sixth Edition combines complementary expertise, active research, writing careers, and real world experience (as consultants working within the legal system) to produce a comprehensive text that is unparalleled in scholarship and writing style. The authorship, research base and comprehensive coverage make this text popular with instructors and students. This text demonstrates the importance of psychology to understanding the legal system and the impact on individuals' everyday lives through the use of real cases and questions formed to create discussions of these cases. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-558) and indexes. About the AuthorEdie Greene earned her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and law from the University of Washington in 1983, served as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Washington from 1983-1986, and is currently a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.Kirk Heilbrun earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in psychology and criminal justice at Florida State University from 1981-1982. He is currently a professor of psychology and head of the Department of Psychology at Drexel University.William H. Fortune received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1964 and is currently an Alumni Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky at Lexington.Michael T. Nietzel earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1973 and is currently President of Missouri State University. Table of Contents1. Psychology and the Law: Impossible Choices. 2. Psychologists and the Legal System. 3. Legality, Morality, and Justice. 4. The Legal System and its Players. 5. Theories of Crime. 6. The Police and the Criminal Justice System. 7. Crime Investigation: Witnesses. 8. Identification and Evaluation of Criminal Suspects. 9. The Rights of Victims and the Rights of the Accused. 10. Between Arrest and Trial. 11. Forensic Assessment in Criminal Cases: Competence and Insanity. 12. Forensic Assessment in Civil Cases. 13. The Trial Process. 14. Jury Trials I: Jury Representativeness and Selection. 15. Jury Trials II: Concerns and Reforms. 16. Psychology of Victims. 17. Punishment and Sentencing.
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