Psychology and law : bridging the gap / edited by David Canter and Rita Zukauskiene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Žukauskienė, Rita.

Canter, David V.

Series:

Psychology, crime, and law series.

Psychology, crime, and law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Psychological aspects.

Law.

Psychology, Applied.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Including international contributions from lawyers, psychologists, sociologists and criminologists, this important book captures contemporary attempts to build bridges between the two very different disciplines of law and psychology and to establish the true nature of the interaction between the two at an international level.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Preface; Foreword; List of Contributors; 1 In the Kingdom of the Blind; 2 Contemporary Challenges in Investigative Psychology: Revisiting the Canter Offender Profiling Equations; 3 Lie Detectors and the Law: The Use of the Polygraph in Europe; 4 Eyewitness Research: Theory and Practice; 5 Identification in Court; 6 Profiling Evidence in the Courts; 7 Implications of Heterogeneity among Individuals with Antisocial Behaviour; 8 From Crime to Tort: Criminal Acts, Civil Liability and the Behavioral Science

9 The Consequences of Prison Life: Notes on the New Psychology of Prison Effects10 Psychopathy as an Important Forensic Construct: Past, Present and Future; 11 Key Considerations and Problems in Assessing Risk for Violence; 12 Computer-assisted Violence Risk Assessment among People with Mental Disorder; 13 Does the Law Use Even a Small Proportion of What Legal Psychology has to Offer?; 14 'They're an Illusion to Me Now': Forensic Ethics, Sanism and Pretextuality; Index

Notes:

First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-24571-X

1-351-90788-3

1-281-23846-5

9786611238469

0-7546-8536-5

9781315245713

OCLC:

560601086