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ISBN 10: B00B7LQKNW
ISBN 13: 978-1285500218
Author: Edith Greene, Kirk Heilbrun
WRIGHTMAN’S PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM shows you the critical importance of psychology’s concepts and methods to the functioning of many aspects of today’s legal system. Featuring topics such as competence to stand trial, the insanity defense, expert forensic testimony, analysis of eye witness identification, criminal profiling, and many others, this best-selling book gives you a comprehensive overview of psychology’s contributions to the legal system
Wrightsman’s Psychology and the Legal System 8th Table of contents:
Ch 1: Psychology and the Law: Choices and Roles
Orienting Questions
Introduction
The Importance of Laws
The Psychological Study of Law
Basic Choices in the Psychological Study of the Law
Psychologists’ Roles in the Law
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 2: The Legal System: Issues, Structure, and Players
Orienting Questions
Introduction
The Adversarial System
Legality versus Morality
What Is Justice?
Courts
Players in the Legal System: Judges
Players in the Legal System: Lawyers
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 3: Psychology of Crime
Orienting Questions
Offending in the United States
Why Does Crime Happen?
Theories of Crime as Explanations of Criminal Behavior
Integration of Theories of Crime
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 4: Psychology of Police
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Selection of Police Officers
The Validity of Police Screening
Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations
Training of Police Officers
Training in Crisis Intervention
The Police Officer’s Job
Stress and the Police
Police–Community Relations
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 5: Eyewitnesses to Crimes and Accidents
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Examples of Mistaken Eyewitness Identification
How Mistaken Eyewitness Identifications Occur
Basic Information Processing
The Variables That Affect Eyewitness Accuracy
Reforming Identification Procedures
The Eyewitness in the Courtroom
Safeguards against Mistaken Identification
Children as Witnesses
Repressed and Recovered Memories
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 6: Psychology of Victims of Crime and Violence
Orienting Questions
Perception of Those Who Experience Crime and/or Violence
Types of Victims
Adversity and Trauma in Childhood
Violence, Crime, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Battered Spouses
The Psychology of Rape
Sexual Harassment
Offenders’ Experience as Victims of Crime and Violence
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 7: Evaluating Criminal Suspects
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Profiling of Criminal Suspects
Detecting Deception
Evaluating Confessions
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 8: Traditional Prosecutions: Arrest, Bail, Plea Negotiation/Settlement, and Trial
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Steps between Arrest and Trial
The Decision to Set Bail
Plea Bargaining in Criminal Cases
Settlements in Civil Cases
What Is the Purpose of a Trial?
Steps in the Trial Process
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 9: Alternatives to Traditional Prosecution
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Community Alternatives to Standard Prosecution
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 10: Forensic Assessment in Juvenile and Criminal Cases
Orienting Questions
The Scope of Forensic Psychology
Competence
The Insanity Defense
Juvenile Transfer
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 11: Forensic Assessment in Civil Cases
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Experts in the Adversarial System
Psychological Damages to Civil Plaintiffs
Workers’ Compensation
Civil Competencies
Psychological Autopsies
Child Custody and Parental Fitness
Civil Commitment and Risk Assessment
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 12: Preparing for Trials
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Who Should Decide: Jury or Judge?
Jury Selection Begins in the Community: Forming a Panel, or Venire
Jury Selection Continues in the Courtroom: The Voir Dire Process
Pretrial Publicity
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 13: Jurors and Juries
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Are Juries Competent?
Are Juries Biased?
The Story Model
Jury Reform
The Jury: Should It Be Venerated or Vilified? Revered or Reviled?
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 14: Punishment and Sentencing
Orienting Questions
Introduction
The Purposes of Punishment
Judicial Discretion in Sentencing
Determinants of Sentencing: Relevant and Irrelevant
Sentencing Juvenile Offenders
The Death Penalty: The Ultimate Punishment
Sentencing Sex Offenders
Summary
Key Terms
Ch 15: Juvenile and Adult Corrections
Orienting Questions
Introduction
Juvenile Corrections
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
Oregon Treatment Foster Care (OTFC)
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Adult Corrections
Summary
Key Terms
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
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