Psychology and Law : Research and Practice /: Research and Practice. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Curt R. Bartol, Anne M. Bartol.
• Authors: Bartol, Curtis R; Bartol, Anne M
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; Psychology and Law: Three Approaches; Ways of Knowing and the Methods of Science; Courts and the Method of Science; Psychology and the Law: A Challenging Alliance; Defining and Classifying Law; Psychology and Law: Some Differences; Chapter 2: Psychology and the Courts: An Overview; Organization of the Courts; The Judicial Process; The Psychologist as an Expert Witness; Chapter 3: The Investigative Process; Legal Background; Detection of Deception; Forensic Interrogation; The Psychology of False Confessions; The Polygraph; Chapter 4: Competencies and Criminal Responsibility; Competency to Stand Trial; Insanity; Special Conditions and Unique Defenses; Chapter 5: Eyewitness Evidence; Human Perception and Memory; Estimator and System Variables; Eyewitness Estimator Variables; System Variables in. Eyewitness Testimony; Children as Witnesses; Elderly Witnesses; Pretrial Identification Methods; Chapter 6: The Trial Jury; Overview of the Jury; Jury Research; Jury Selection; Jury Size and Decision Rule; Jury Instructions; Death Sentencing; The Death Qualification Process; Death Qualified Excludables; Clinical and Statistical Prediction in Capital Cases; Capital Sentencing Instructions; Jury Nullification; Chapter 7: Jury and Judicial Decision Making; The Jury Decision Making Process; Judicial Decision Making; Chapter 8: Controversial Psychological Topics in The Courtroom; Overview of Profiling; Criminal Scene Profiling; The CSI Effect: Fact or Fiction?; Paths to Admission of Evidence; Standards for Admission of Profiling Testimony; Profiling as Expert Evidence; The Psychological Autopsy; Forensic. Hypothesis; Chapter 9: Psychology and the Family Court; The Modern Family Court; Changes in Family Court in Recent Years; Divorce and Child Custody; Psychological Effects of Divorce and Custodial Arrangements; Roles of Mental Health Profession in Child Custody Matters; Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR); Contemporary Special Issues in Custody Decision Making; Chapter 10: Involuntary Civil Commitment; A Brief History; Modern Commitment Statutes; Civil Commitment Proceedings; Duty to Warn and/or Protect; Research on Dangerousness; Involuntary Outpatient Commitments; Voluntary Commitments; Informed Consent and the Right to Refuse Treatment; Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders; Chapter 11: Psychology of Civil Litigation; Civil Capacities; End of Life Issues; Psychology in the Employment Sphere; Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Suits. Psychology in the Educational Sphere; Chapter 12: Psychological Assessement and the Law; Forensic Classifications of Assessment and Testing; Clinical Measures and Assessment Techniques; Forensically Relevant Instruments; Forensic Assessment Instruments; Forensic Evaluations in Delinquency Cases.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (520 pages)
• Subjects: 347.73/67; Forensic psychology -- United States; Criminal psychology -- United States; Law -- United States -- Psychological aspects; Criminal psychology; Forensic psychology; Law -- Psychological aspects; United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483312521; 1483312526; 9781483323725; 1483323722
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