Psychology and law : international perspectives / edited by Friedrich Losel, Doris Bender, Thomas Bliesener.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lösel, Friedrich.

Bender, Doris, 1956-

Bliesener, Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal psychology.

Law--Psychological aspects.

Correctional psychology.

Police psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (588 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Psychology and Law".

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

International Perspectives on Psychology and Law: An Introduction / Lösel, Friedrich / Bender, Doris / Bliesener, Thomas

Contents

Contributors

Part I General Perspectives

Psychology and Law: Overtures, Crescendos, and Reprises / Lösel, Friedrich

Psychological Contributions to Criminology: Perspectives of a Law Scientist / Kaiser, Günther

Psychological Contributions to the Explanation, Prevention and Treatment of Offending / Farrington, David P.

Part II Explanation of Offending and Assessment of Offenders

Applying Chaos Theory to Delinquent Behavior in Psychosocial Stress Situations / Fabian, Thomas / Stadler, Michael

Resilience in Juveniles With High Risk of Delinquency / Bliesener, Thomas / Lösel, Friedrich

Violation of Rules as a Reaction to Declining Living Standards Among Workers and Intellectuals / Wosinska, Wilhelmina

What Constitutes Reckless Driving? A Psychological Study of Motor Vehicle Following Distances / Wagstaf, Graham F.

Between Doing Harm and Breaking the Law: A Social-Psychological Perspective / Pietras, Maria

Drug Use Prevalence Among Offenders / Brochu, Serge / Desjardins, Lyne / Douyon, Alexandra / Forget, Charles

Using Psychological Tests in the Forensic Assessment of Offenders / Littmann, Eckhard

Profiles of Incarcerated Offenders Convicted of Rape and Indecent Assault: An Exploratory Study / Ching-Chuen, Lu Chan

Part III Treatment and Prevention of Offending

The Effect of Treatment on Juvenile Delinquents: Results from Meta-Analysis / Lipsey, Mark W.

Intervention in Persistent Criminality in Children / Lane, David A.

Some Things Do Work: Psychological Interventions With Offenders and the Effectiveness Debate / McGuire, James / Priestley, Philip

Therapy Versus Penalty: An Evaluation Study / Egg, Rudolf

The Treatment of Mentally Disordered Offenders in Canada / Hodgins, Sheilagh

General Prevention: Criminological and Psychological Problems / Dölling, Dieter

Part IV Psychological Research on the Police

Psychologists and the Police / Yuille, John C.

Predictors of Suspect and Interviewer Behaviour During Police Questioning / Moston, Stephen J. / Stephenson, Geoffrey M.

Perceived Credibility of the Communicator: Studies of Perceptual Bias in Police Officers Conducting Rape Interviews / Winkel, Frans W. / Koppelaar, Leendert

Police Officers' Beliefs About Cues Associated With Deception in Rape Cases / Greuel, Luise

Police-Citizen Interaction and Nonverbal Communication: The Impact of Culturally Determined Smiling and Gestures / Vrij, Aldert / Winkel, Frans W.

The Effect of the Right to Silence on the Prosecution and Conviction of Criminal Suspects / Stephenson, Geoffrey M. / Moston, Stephen J.

Part V Research on Witness Testimony

Influencing Public Policy on Eyewitnessing: Problems and Possibilities / Davies, Graham

Comparison of One-Person and Many-Person Lineups: A Warning Against Unsafe Practices / Wagenaar, Willem A. / Veefkind, Nancy

The Influence of Eyewitness Observation and Photographic Presentation on the Identification of Persons in Lineups / Stadler, Michael / Schindler, Hans / Fabian, Thomas

The Generation of Misinformation / Hoffman, Hunter G. / Lofftus, Elizabeth F. / Greenmun, Christine N. / Dashiell, Richard L.

Effects of Detailed Imagery on Simulated Witness Recall / Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L. / Hill, Kathleen / Hitchcock, Rosalind

Racial and Gender Issues in Facial Recognition / Jalbert, Norine L. / Getting, Jeanette

Eyewitness Memory and Time of Day / Diges, Margarita / Rubio, Maria E. / Rodriguez, Maria C.

"Phenomenal Causality" in Eyewitness Report / Dahmen-Zimmer, Katharina / Kraus, Martina

Deception Detection and Reality Monitoring: A New Answer to an Old Question? / Alonso-Quecuty, María L.

Part VI Children as Witnesses and Victims in the Justice System

The Truth in Content Analyses of a Child's Testimony / Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L.

The Credibility of Children as Witnesses and the Social Denial of the Incestuous Abuse of Children / Baartman, Herman E.M.

Injustice to Children and Families in Child Abuse Cases / Howitt, Dennis

Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: Psychological Implications of Legal Procedures / Steller, Max

Child Witnesses in British Courts / Flin, Rhona H.

Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: The Juridical Situation in Germany / Volbert, Renate

Children's Evidence in Child Abuse Proceedings under the Israeli Legal System: The Law of Evidence Revision / Morag, Tamar

Official Ideals and Current Practice in Work With Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases in Norway / Havik, Toril

Juridical Situation of Child Witnesses in Canada / O'Neill, Marie J.

Some Areas of Interface Between Psychology and the Guardian Ad Litem Programs in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Settings / McPherson, Sandra B.

Part VII Juridical Procedures and Decision-Making

Methodological Issues in Research on Legal Decision-Making, With Special Reference to Experimental Simulations / Konečni, Vladimir J. / Ebbesen, Ebbe Β.

Justification and Goals of Punishment and the Attribution of Responsibility in Judges / Oswald, Margit Ε.

Verdicts of Psychosocially Biased Juries / Arce, Ramón / Sobral, Jorge / Fariña, Francisca

Psychometric Evaluation of Two Scales Assessing Fitness to Stand Trial / Bagby, R. Michael / Nicholson, Robert

Beyond the Ultimate Issue / Carson, David

Part VIII Forensic Psychology in Civil Law

The Child in the European Legal System / Kühne, Adelheid

Diagnostic Judgment on Parental Custody as a Decision-Making Process / Kluck, Marie-Luise

Fire-Setting: Age Trends and Psychometrical Diagnosis of Competency Criteria for Liability / Hommers, Wilfried

The Legislation of Organ Donation / Hessing, Dick J. / Elffers, Henk / Charro, Frank Τ. de

Jung's Psychology Adopted in Law / Usteri, Martin / Baur, Georges

Part IX History and Development of Legal Psychology in Different Countries

Highlights of the History of Forensic Psychology in Germany / Undeutsch, Udo

On the Development of Psychologically Oriented Legal Thinking in German Speaking Countries / Jakob, Raimund

Psychology and Law in Spain / Garrido, Vicente / Redondo, Santiago

Law and Psychology in Italy / Traverso, Giovanni B. / Manna, Paola

Psychology and Law in Poland / Stanik, Jan M.

Subject Index

Notes:

"Selected contributions to the Second European Conference on Law and Psychology"--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110879773

3110879778

OCLC:

922945340