Psychology And American Law

Author : Bruce Dennis Sales
Publisher : Law and Public Policy: Psychol
ISBN 13 : 9781433819360
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Law written by Bruce Dennis Sales and published by Law and Public Policy: Psychol. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much legal research undertaken by psychologists has had a minimal impact upon law and public policy in the United States. This book diagnoses and offers a blueprint for correcting this fundamental problem.

Author : Curt R. Bartol
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology and American Law written by Curt R. Bartol and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence S. Wrightsman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190294299
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of the Supreme Court written by Lawrence S. Wrightsman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the media spotlight on the recent developments concerning the Supreme Court, more and more people have become increasingly interested in the highest court in the land. Who are the justices that run it and how do they make their decisions? The Psychology of the Supreme Court by Lawrence S. Wrightsman is the first book to thoroughly examine the psychology of Supreme Court decision-making. Dr. Wrightsman's book seeks to help us understand all aspects of the Supreme Court's functioning from a psychological perspective. This timely and comprehensive work addresses many factors of influence including, the background of the justices, how they are nominated and appointed, the role of their law clerks, the power of the Chief Justice, and the day-to-day life in the Court. Dr. Wrightsman uses psychological concepts and research findings from the social sciences to examine the steps of the decision-making process, as well as the ways in which the justices seek to remain collegial in the face of conflict and the degree of predictability in their votes. Psychologists and scholars, as well as those of us seeking to unravel the mystery of The Supreme Court of the United States will find this book to be an eye-opening read.

Author : Ronald Roesch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461548918
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology and Law written by Ronald Roesch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Monica K. Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199934215
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology, Law, and the Wellbeing of Children written by Monica K. Miller and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique in its angle and in the breadth of social issues it covers, this book brings together new research and analyses to address how legal actions affect children's wellbeing.

Author : Shari Schwartz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781516554737
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Law and Psychology Intersect written by Shari Schwartz and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology discusses major topics at the intersection of psychology and the American justice system. The material includes theory, research, and application, and addresses how those who work within the system can apply the research towards real-world problems. The readings address issues encountered by police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and lay people when they interact with the justice system. Readers will learn about interrogation and confession, criminal profiling, jury selection, eyewitness testimony, expert witnesses, sentencing, and corrections. Practical in nature and focus, the text is able to successfully debunk numerous myths about the justice system. It also provides valuable information about career opportunities within the system that are available to psychology majors. Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology is an ideal text for non-clinical forensic psychology courses, criminal justice courses, and classes on social science in the criminal justice system. It is also useful for those working in the justice system who do not have backgrounds in legal psychology.

Author : Amanda D. Zelechoski
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 : 9781433828898
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Activities for Teaching Psychology and Law written by Amanda D. Zelechoski and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact or fiction: psychology and law in the media -- Legality versus morality debate -- A brief trial -- Who do you want?: the voir dire process -- Psychological profile of a murder suspect -- Voices for victims -- To protect and serve: training law enforcement -- Do you see what I see?: eyewitness identification -- To waive or not to waive?: Miranda rights and due process -- Evaluating juvenile competency to stand trial -- A journey through civil commitment -- Do you swear to tell the truth?: expert testimony -- Can we predict?: appraising and reducing risk -- Freeze!: what's a juvenile justice facility to do? -- Problem solved?: creating a problem-solving court -- May it please the court: amicus curiae brief -- What would SCOTUS do? -- Appendix A: Written assignment grading rubric -- Appendix B: Participation grading rubric -- Appendix C: Presentation grading rubric -- Appendix D: Group and self-evaluation form -- Appendix E: Sample activity feedback survey.

Author : Curt R. Bartol
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483323722
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology and Law written by Curt R. Bartol and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology and Law offers the definitive perspective on the practical application of psychological research to the law. Authors Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol emphasize the various roles psychologists and other mental health professionals can play throughout the text. Insight is offered into the application of psychology in criminal and non-criminal matters. Topics such as family law, insanity, police interrogation, jury selection and decision making, involuntary civil commitment, and various civil capacities are included. This comprehensive text examines complex material in detail and explains it in an easy-to-read way. The authors emphasize the major contributions psychological research has made to the law, and encourage critical analysis through examples of court cases, high-profile current events, and research. “The writing is concise and student-friendly. . . . The text incorporates contemporary cases and information and maintains a good balance between the important issues in psychology and law.” —Barbara Abbott, New England College

Author : Thomas Grisso
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190688726
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law written by Thomas Grisso and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology's formal interaction with law began early in the twentieth century, though little in the way of substantive scholarly and professional development occurred until several decades later. The emergence of psychology and law as a modern field of scholarship was marked by the founding of the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) in 1969, now approaching its 50th anniversary. The scientific foundation upon which the modern field now rests was established by a small group of psychological researchers, legal scholars, and clinicians. The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History reveals how the field developed during the first decade following the founding of the American Psychology-Law Society. The contributors to this edited volume, widely considered to be among the "founders" of the field, were responsible for establishing and nurturing many of the subfields and topics in psychology and law or forensic psychology that flourished across the next fifty years. In each chapter, these leaders explain in narrative form how and why the field and the Society developed in its early years through the recounting of key professional events in their careers during the 1970s. In some cases this was their first major research study using psychology applied to legal issues. In others it was their development of seminal ideas or organizational innovations that had a later impact on the field's development. The volume chronicles how an emerging AP-LS and field of psychology and law were shaped by these psychologists, and how their own initial work was, in turn, shaped by the organization.

Author : Dorothy K. Kagehiro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475740387
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Psychology and Law written by Dorothy K. Kagehiro and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shari Seidman Diamond Scholars interested in psychology and law are fond of c1aiming origins for psycholegal research that date back four score and three years ago to Hugo von Munsterberg's On the Witness Stand, published in 1908. These early roots can mislead the casual observer about the history of psychology and law. Vigorous and sustained research in the field is a recent phenomenon. It is only 15 years since the first review of psy chology and law appeared in the Annual Review of Psychology (Tapp, 1976). The following year saw the first issue of Law and Human Behavior, the official publication of the American Psychology-Law Society and now the journal of the American Psychological Associ ation's Division of Psychology and Law. Few psychology departments offered even a single course in psychology and law before 1973, while by 1982 1/4 of psychology graduate programs had at least one course, and a number had begun to offer forensic minors and/or joint J. D. / Ph. D. programs (Freeman & Roesch, see Chapter 28). Yet this short period of less than 20 years has seen a dramatic level of activity. Its strengths and weaknesses, excitements and disappointments, are aII captured in the collection of chapters published in this first Handbook of Psychology and Law. In describing what we have learned ab out psychology and law, the works included here also reveal the questions we have yet to answer and thus offer a blueprint for activities in the next 20 years.