Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology

Ray Bull is Immediate Past President of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL). In 2010 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, an honour restricted to 40 living psychologists. In 2008 he received the EAPL Award for Life-time Contribution to Psychology and Law. He regularly acts as an expert witness and conducts workshops/training on investigative interviewing around the world.Iris Blandón-Gitlin is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton, USA. Her research focuses on examining social-cognitive factors that influence people’s memories, the detecting of deception, and the elicitation of information from sources in forensic contexts. Dr Blandón-Gitlin also consults in criminal cases and frequently conducts training for professionals in the legal community.

"Whether struggling for accountability for major human rights abuses or trying to save an innocent client from a serious miscarriage of justice, sooner or later a lawyer is confronted with problems of evidence, particularly in assessing credibility of witnesses, reliability of memory, and psychological effects of various forms of coercion. This remarkable volume by world-renowned specialists offers practitioners the most up-to-date findings of science on the complex relationship between psychology and the law." - Juan E Méndez, Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence, Washington College of Law, Washington, USA."Editors Ray Bull and Iris Blandón-Gitlin and their authors deliver readable and up-to-date overviews of the state of psychological research on legally-relevant topics. This timely and accessible volume is written for investigative and legal professionals and students with an interest in psycho-legal research such as eyewitness evidence, jury competence, lie detection strategies, crime scene analysis, stalking, and false memories. Investigative interviewing is given extended treatment with chapters touching on the right to silence, interview strategies, establishing cooperation, eliciting information, avoiding bias, and training-as well as chapters focusing on sexual assault, minority suspects, and the use of interpreters. A rich and engaging new resource!" – Steven Penrod, John Jay college, City University of New York, USA

• List of ContributorsIntroductionRay Bull and Iris Blandon-Gitlin The Right to Remain Silent: Realities and IllusionsSaul M. Kassin, Kyle C. Scherr and Fabiana Alceste Roar or ‘PEACE’: Is it a ‘Tall Story’? Ray Bull True and False Memories in Forensic ContextsIris Blandon-Gitlin and Elise Fenn Investigating and Prosecuting Rape: Victim and Criminal Justice Professionals’ Perspectives Emma Sleath The Probative Value of Emotional Affect in Homicide Investigations Emily V. Shaw, Jennifer Gongola, Jennifer Teitcher and Nicholas Scurich Investigative Decision MakingKarl Ask and Ivar Fahsing Cognitive Fluency in the CourtroomEryn Newman, Madeline Jalbert, and Neal Feigenson Interviewing and Interrogating Minority Suspects: Psychological Science Can Help Improve the Process and OutcomesElise Fenn, Catherine Grosz and Iris Blandon-Gitlin Interpreters in Investigative ContextsJacqueline Evans, Sarah Shaffer and Dave Walsh Impact of Alcohol and other Drugs on Eyewitness MemoryHeather D. Flowe, Melissa F. Colloff, Lilian Kloft, Theodore Jores and Laura M. Stevens Lay Participation in Legal Decision MakingMargaret Bull Kovera and Lora M. Levett Police Interviewing of Sexual Assault Victims: Current Organisational Responses and Recommendations for ImprovementNina J. Westera, Martine B. Powell, Rebecca Milne and Jane Goodman-Delahunty Reviewing the use of Crime Linkage Evidence within a Legal ContextKari Davies, Jessica Woodhams, Matthew Tonkin The Verifiability Approach: Advances, Challenges, and Future ProspectsGalit Nahari and Aldert Vrij Emotion – Internal and External Consequences for Legal AuthoritiesAnnika Melinder, Chiara Mirandola, and Livia Gilstrap Stalking: How Perceptions differ from Reality and why these Differences matter by Adrian J. Scott Establishing cooperation and eliciting information: Semi-cooperative sources’ affective resistance and cognitive strategiesSimon Oleszkiewicz and Pär Anders Granhag Evidence of Identification from EyewitnessesColin Tredoux and Jacques Py From the Ivory Tower to the Interrogation Room: Training and Field Evaluation Research on Suspect InterviewingMelissa B. Russano, Christopher E. Kelly, and Christian A. Meissner Introducing Psychology to the Justice System in Taiwan Yee