Geoffrey M. Stevenson is Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Institute of Social and Applied Psychology at the University of Kent. He has published extensively in the areas of experimental social psychology, organizational psychology and legal and criminological psychology. He was the first editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology and is a founding editor of the newly established Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

• Acknowledgements. List of Figures.List of Tables.Introduction.1. Who is the criminal?.2. Are Criminals Morally Immature?.3. Preparedness for Crime.4. Calculating Criminal Behavior.5. Criminal-Victim Interaction.6. Social Psychology of Criminal Liability.7. Police on Crime.8. Stories in Court.9. Testifying in Court.10. Twelve Available People: How Juries Decide.11. Punishing the Offender: Sentencing in Practice.12. Procedure and the Distribution of Criminal Justice.References.Index.

Geoffrey M. Stevenson is Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Institute of Social and Applied Psychology at the University of Kent. He has published extensively in the areas of experimental social psychology, organizational psychology and legal and criminological psychology. He was the first editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology and is a founding editor of the newly established Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

• Acknowledgements. List of Figures.List of Tables.Introduction.1. Who is the criminal?.2. Are Criminals Morally Immature?.3. Preparedness for Crime.4. Calculating Criminal Behavior.5. Criminal-Victim Interaction.6. Social Psychology of Criminal Liability.7. Police on Crime.8. Stories in Court.9. Testifying in Court.10. Twelve Available People: How Juries Decide.11. Punishing the Offender: Sentencing in Practice.12. Procedure and the Distribution of Criminal Justice.References.Index.

Geoffrey M. Stevenson is Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Institute of Social and Applied Psychology at the University of Kent. He has published extensively in the areas of experimental social psychology, organizational psychology and legal and criminological psychology. He was the first editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology and is a founding editor of the newly established Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

• Acknowledgements. List of Figures.List of Tables.Introduction.1. Who is the criminal?.2. Are Criminals Morally Immature?.3. Preparedness for Crime.4. Calculating Criminal Behavior.5. Criminal-Victim Interaction.6. Social Psychology of Criminal Liability.7. Police on Crime.8. Stories in Court.9. Testifying in Court.10. Twelve Available People: How Juries Decide.11. Punishing the Offender: Sentencing in Practice.12. Procedure and the Distribution of Criminal Justice.References.Index.