TY - BOOK AU - Lawrence S. Wrightsman AU - Wrightsman,Lawrence S. AU - Wrightsman,Lawrence S. TI - Psychology and the legal system SN - 0534365442 (hard : acidfree paper) SN - 978053436 AV - KF8700 .W75 PY - 2002/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Psychological aspects KW - Practice of law KW - Forensic psychology N1 - 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 ER -