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Psychology and the legal system

by Wrightsman Lawrence S.

Synopsis

1. Psychology and the Law: Impossible Choices. 2. Psychologists and the Legal System. 3. Legality, Morality, and Justice. 4. The Legal System and its Players. 5. Theories of Crime. 6. The Police and the Criminal Justice System. 7. Crime Investigation: Witnesses. 8. Identification and Evaluation of Criminal Suspects. 9. The Rights of Victims and the Rights of the Accused. 10. Between Arrest and Trial. 11. Forensic Assessment in Criminal Cases: Competence and Insanity. 12. Forensic Assessment in Civil Cases. 13. The Trial Process. 14. Jury Trials I: Jury Representativeness and Selection. 15. Jury Trials II: Concerns and Reforms. 16. Psychology of Victims. 17. Punishment and Sentencing.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2002
ISBN-13 9780534365448
ISBN-10 0534365442
Class Copyright
Publisher Wadsworth / Thomson Learning
Subject LAW
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 586
Shelf No. GP324