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100 _aLawrence S. Wrightsman
245 0 0 _aPsychology and the legal system /
_cLawrence S. Wrightsman ... [et al.].
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aBelmont, CA :
_bWadsworth/Thomson Learning,
_cc2002.
300 _axxii, 586 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aRev. ed. of: Psychology & the legal system / Lawrence S. Wrightsman. 4th ed. 1998.
505 _a1. 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
650 0 _aJustice, Administration of
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aForensic psychology.
700 1 _aWrightsman, Lawrence S.
700 1 _aWrightsman, Lawrence S.
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