Featuring topics such as competence to stand trial, the insanity defense, expert forensic testimony, analysis of eye witness identification, criminal profiling, and many others, this best-selling book gives you a comprehensive overview of ...
You save money when purchasing bundled products. This bundle contains the loose-leaf version of Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal System, 9th Edition and access to MindTap Psychology for 1 term (6 months) via printed access card.
... have shown that across all five sites, arresting the violent partner significantly reduced future victimization, indepen— dent of other criminal justice sanctions or individual factors (Maxwell, Garner, & Fagan, 2002).
Featuring topics such as competence to stand trial, the insanity defense, expert forensic testimony, analysis of eye witness identification, criminal profiling, and many others, this best-selling book gives you a comprehensive overview of ...
Featuring topics such as competence to stand trial, the insanity defense, expert forensic testimony, analysis of eye witness identification, criminal profiling, and many others, this best-selling book gives you a comprehensive overview of ...
The volume also explains the role psychology can play in shaping legal policy, ranging from the areas of corrections to family court and drug court.
A PDF excerpt from the book can be found at www.psychandcrime.org. The purpose of this book is to introduce aspects of forensic psychology that the reader may not realize are relevant to this field.
A provocative critique of the relationship between the legal system and psychology that uses chaos theory to offer a more humane alternative.
Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System presents theory, research, and scholarship from a variety of social scientific disciplines and offers suggestions for those interested in exploring and improving the wellbeing of those who ...
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.