Applying psychology to criminal justice / edited by David Carson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carson, David, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--Psychological aspects.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Criminal investigation--Psychological aspects.

Criminal investigation.

Judicial process--Psychological aspects.

Judicial process.

Physical Description:

xiv, 314 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., [2007]

Summary:

Psychology and Law has made enormous strides during the last three decades. It now incorporates a much wider range of topics and has seen a marked international growth in specialist journals, books and conferences. The focus, until now, has been on research and academic membership rather than on practical applications and participation by practitioners, psychologists or lawyers; something this volume aims to change.

This book develops the case for successfully applying psychology to law, and criminal justice in particular, by providing a rich range of applicable examples for development now and in the future. In Applying Psychology to Criminal Justice psychologists are encouraged to challenge the currently relatively limited ambition and imagination of psychology and law by examining, amongst other aspects: The relevance of offenders' methods of thinking and concepts to criminal responsibility. The ways in which psychology might be used to inform analyses of corporate responsibility for systems failure. How analyses of decision-making under pressure are most effectively undertaken. How psychological research and insights might be applied to the investigation and analysis of system failure.

This text is an important addition to the bookshelves of forensic, legal, clinical and occupational psychologists, students, and criminal justice personnel: police, probation, prisons. Also essential reading for investigators, lawyers, law reform agencies, and those government departments concerned with home, constitutional, and law reform agendas.

Contents:

Psychology and law : a science to be applied / David Carson, Becky Milne, Francis Pakes, Karen Shalev and Andrea Shawyer

Identification / Ronald P. Fisher & Margaret C. Reardon

Behavioural science and the law : investigation / John G. D. Grieve

Investigative interviewing: the role of research / Becky Milne, Gary Shaw and Ray Bull

Credibility assessments in a legal context / Aldert Vrij

Fact-finding and evidence / Jenny McEwan

A psychology and law of fact-finding / David Carson

Criminal responsibility / Susan Dennison

Criminal thinking / Emma Palmer

The mentally disordered offender : disenablers for the delivery of justice / Jane Winstone and Francis Pakes

Decision making in criminal justice / Edie Greene and Leslie Ellis

A behavioral science perspective on identifying and managing hindsight bias and unstructured judgment : implications for legal decision-making / Kirk Heilbrun and Jacey Erickson

To decide or not to decide: decision making and decision avoidance in critical incidents / Marie Eyre and Laurence Alison

Processes: proving guilt, disproving innocence / David Carson

The changing nature of adversarial, inquisitorial and islamic trials / Francis Pakes

misapplication of psychology in court / Peter J. van Koppen

Identifying liability for organizational errors / David Carson

Applying legal concepts / David Carson, Becky Milne, Francis Pakes, Karen Shalev and Andrea Shawyer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470015155

0470015152

OCLC:

131064000

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