Psychology and the legal system /
Lawrence S. Wrightsman
Psychology and the legal system / Lawrence S. Wrightsman ... [et al.]. - 5th ed. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2002. - xxii, 586 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Psychology & the legal system / Lawrence S. Wrightsman. 4th ed. 1998.
1. Psychology and the law - impossible choices; 1
2. Psychologists and the legal system; 28
3. Legality, morality and justice; 49
4. The legal system and its players 74
5. Theories of crime; 104
6. The police and the criminal justice system; 138
7. Crime investigation: eyewitnesses; 168
8. Identification and evaluation of criminal suspects; 206
9. The rights of victims and the rights of the accused; 236
10. Between arrest and trial; 260
Competence in the lega1 system; 332
13. The trial process; 359
14. Jury trials I: jury representation and selection; 383
15. Jury trials II: Assumptions and reforms; 408
16. Psychology of victims 442
17. punishment and sentencing; The appellate process and the supreme court. (Each chapter concludes with a summary.) 474
0534365442 (hard : acidfree paper)
9780534365448
Justice, Administration of--Psychological aspects.
Practice of law--Psychological aspects.
Forensic psychology.
KF8700 / .W75
Psychology and the legal system / Lawrence S. Wrightsman ... [et al.]. - 5th ed. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2002. - xxii, 586 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Psychology & the legal system / Lawrence S. Wrightsman. 4th ed. 1998.
1. Psychology and the law - impossible choices; 1
2. Psychologists and the legal system; 28
3. Legality, morality and justice; 49
4. The legal system and its players 74
5. Theories of crime; 104
6. The police and the criminal justice system; 138
7. Crime investigation: eyewitnesses; 168
8. Identification and evaluation of criminal suspects; 206
9. The rights of victims and the rights of the accused; 236
10. Between arrest and trial; 260
Competence in the lega1 system; 332
13. The trial process; 359
14. Jury trials I: jury representation and selection; 383
15. Jury trials II: Assumptions and reforms; 408
16. Psychology of victims 442
17. punishment and sentencing; The appellate process and the supreme court. (Each chapter concludes with a summary.) 474
0534365442 (hard : acidfree paper)
9780534365448
Justice, Administration of--Psychological aspects.
Practice of law--Psychological aspects.
Forensic psychology.
KF8700 / .W75