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Psychology and law : a critical introduction / Andreas Kapardis.
Kapardis, Andreas.
2003
K487.P75 K36 2003 (Map It)
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Author
Kapardis, Andreas.
Title
Psychology and law : a critical introduction / Andreas Kapardis.
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Call Number
K487.P75 K36 2003
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
052182530X
0521531616 (pbk.)
Description
x, 429 pages ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)50756049
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-407) and indexes.
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List of case studies
ix
Acknowledgements
x
1.
Psycholegal research: an introduction
1
Introduction: development of the psycholegal field
2
1.
Bridging the gap between psychology and law: why it has taken so long
8
2.
Remaining difficulties
14
3.
Grounds for optimism
16
4.
Conclusions
18
5.
The book's structure, focus and aim
19
Revision questions
20
Additional reading
21
2.
Eyewitnesses: key issues and event characteristics
22
Introduction
23
1.
Legal aspects of eyewitness testimony
23
2.
Characteristics of human attention, perception and memory
28
3.
Eyewitness testimony research: methodological considerations
33
4.
Variables in the study of eyewitness memory
38
5.
Variables that impact on eyewitness testimony accuracy
40
Conclusions
50
Revision questions
51
Additional reading
51
3.
Eyewitnesses: the perpetrator and interviewing
52
Introduction
53
1.
Witness characteristics
53
2.
Perpetrator variables
69
3.
Interrogational variables
73
4.
Repressed or false-memory syndrome?
80
5.
Interviewing eyewitnesses effectively
87
Conclusions
94
Revision questions
96
Additional reading
97
4.
Children as witnesses
98
Introduction
99
1.
Legal aspects of children as witnesses
101
2.
Evaluations of Live Link/closed-circuit television (CCTV)
106
3.
Child witnesses and popular beliefs about them
109
4.
Children's remembering ability and autobiographical memories
110
5.
Deception in children
113
6.
Factors that impact on children's testimony
114
7.
Enhancing children's testimony
125
8.
Interviewing children in sexual abuse cases
128
Conclusions
132
Revision questions
133
Additional reading
134
5.
The jury
135
Introduction
136
1.
A jury of twelve: historical background and legal aspects
136
2.
The notion of an impartial and fair jury: a critical appraisal
140
3.
Methods for studying juries/jurors
146
4.
What do we know about juries?
151
5.
Defendant characteristics
166
6.
Victim/plaintiff characteristics
167
7.
Interaction of defendant and victim characteristics
167
8.
Lawyer and judge characteristics
168
9.
Hung juries
169
10.
Models of jury decision-making
169
11.
Reforming the jury to remedy some of its problems
170
12.
Alternatives to trial by jury
173
Conclusions
173
Revision questions
175
Additional reading
176
6.
Sentencing as a human process, victims, and restorative justice
177
Introduction: the legal context
178
1.
The concept of `sentence'
181
2.
The nature of the sentence decision-making process
183
3.
Studying variations in sentencing
185
4.
Some extra-legal factors that influence sentences
188
5.
Models of judicial decision-making
202
6.
Victims
203
7.
Restorative justice
206
Conclusions
210
Revision questions
211
Additional reading
211
7.
Psychologists as expert witnesses
212
Introduction
212
1.
Admissibility of expert evidence
217
2.
United States
222
3.
England and Wales
227
4.
Australia, New Zealand and Canada
233
5.
The impact of expert testimony by psychologists
237
6.
Appearing as an expert witness
240
Conclusions
243
Revision questions
245
Additional reading
245
8.
Detecting deception
247
Introduction: deception and lying
248
1.
Paper-and-pencil tests
250
2.
Paradigms used to study deception-detection
253
3.
The social psychological approach
253
4.
Deception-detection accuracy
258
5.
Expert lie-detectors: how accurate?
262
6.
Computerised lie-detection
268
7.
Physiological and neurological correlates of deception
268
8.
Brainwaves as indicators of deceitful communication
277
9.
Stylometry
279
10.
Statement reality/validity analysis (SVA)
280
11.
Reality monitoring
284
12.
Scientific content analysis
285
Conclusions
287
Revision questions
289
Additional reading
289
9.
Witness recognition procedures
290
Introduction
290
1.
Identification test medium
295
2.
Person identification from photographs
295
3.
Show-ups/witness confrontations
299
4.
Group identification
304
5.
Identification parades/line-ups
305
6.
Identification from video footage and CCTV
319
7.
Facial composites
320
8.
Voice identification
323
Conclusions
332
Revision questions
333
Additional reading
333
10.
Psychology and the police
334
Introduction
335
1.
Selection
335
2.
Predicting success within the force
338
3.
Encounters with the public
339
4.
Prejudice and discrimination
340
5.
Stress
344
6.
Questioning suspects
347
7.
False confessions
357
8.
Profiling offenders
364
9.
Psychology of terrorism
372
Conclusions
379
Revision questions
379
Additional reading
380
11.
Conclusions
381
References
385
Index
490

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