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31 produkter
The Jury Under Fire
Myth, Controversy, and Reform
Av Brian H. Bornstein, Edie Greene
Häftad, 2017
1228 kr
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Although the jury is often referred to as one of the bulwarks of the American justice system, it regularly comes under attack. Recent changes to trial procedures, such as reducing jury size, allowing non-unanimous verdicts, and rewriting jury instructions in plain English, were designed to promote …
The Ethical Practice of Forensic Psychology
A Casebook
Av Gianni Pirelli, Robert A. Beattey m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
1320 kr
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Few resources exist for those interested in developing their professional competence vis-à-vis ethics in forensic psychology, with the most recent text being published more than a decade ago. However, forensic psychology is changing quickly and there is a need for a current guide on ethics within …
Adolescence, Privacy, and the Law
A Developmental Science Perspective
Häftad, 2016
1279 kr
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Adolescence, Privacy, and the Law provides a foundation for understanding privacy rights and how they relate to adolescents. Roger Levesque argues that because privacy is actually an inherently social phenomenon, the ways in which adolescents' privacy needs and rights are shaped are essential to …
The Behavioral Science of Firearms
Implications for Mental Health, Law and Policy
Av Gianni Pirelli, Hayley Wechsler m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1245 kr
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The Behavioral Science of Firearms focuses on applying behavioral science principles and knowledge to inform and improve firearm-related policy, practice, and research. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of relevant case law and legal statutes, as well as issues pertaining to violence, …
The Science and Law of School Segregation and Diversity
Häftad, 2017
959 kr
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An empirical look at the U.S legal system's effectiveness in addressing school segregation reveals that segregation persists and even surpasses levels experienced before the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, lawmaking continues as though segregation is a thing of the past. The negative effects of racial …
Criminal Juries in the 21st Century
Psychological Science and the Law
Av Cynthia Najdowski, Margaret Stevenson
Häftad, 2018
1228 kr
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The jury is often hailed as one of the most important symbols of American democracy. Yet much has changed since the Sixth Amendment in 1791 first guaranteed all citizens the right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions. Experts now have a much more nuanced understanding of the psychological …
A System of Pleas
Social Sciences Contributions to the Real Legal System
Av Vanessa A. Edkins, Allison D. Redlich
Häftad, 2019
1137 kr
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Over 95% of criminal convictions are by guilty plea. Trials are the rarity, and while much has been written on jury decision making and various parts of the trial process, the field has been largely silent on the practice that is most likely to affect an individual charged with a crime: plea …
Hugo Münsterberg's Psychology and Law
A Historical and Contemporary Assessment
Av Brian H. Bornstein, Jeffrey Neuschatz
Häftad, 2019
790 kr
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Though widely regarded as a founder of the modern field of psychology and law, German-American psychologist Hugo Münsterberg now century-old ideas and research approaches continue to thrive. In fact, the discipline still grapples with many of the issues raised by Münsterberg in his seminal 1908 …
Familiarity and Conviction in the Criminal Justice System
Definitions, Theory, and Eyewitness Research
Av Joanna Pozzulo, Emily Pica m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
649 kr
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Eyewitness research has focused mainly on stranger identification, but identification is also critical for the "familiar stranger", and understanding how variability in an eyewitness's familiarity with the perpetrator may influence recall and recognition accuracy will facilitate swifter and more …
Death by Design
Capital Punishment As a Social Psychological System
Av Craig Haney
Inbunden, 2005
1009 kr
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How can otherwise normal, moral persons - as citizens, voters, and jurors - participate in a process that is designed to take the life of another? In DEATH BY DESIGN, research psychologist Craig Haney argues that capital punishment, and particularly the sequence of events that lead to death …
Trial Consulting
Av Amy J. Posey, Lawrence S. Wrightsman
Inbunden, 2005
886 kr
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In its roughly 25 years of existence, the trial consulting profession has grown dramatically in membership, recognition , and breadth of practice. What began as a small activist group of social scientists volunteering their expertiseto assist in the defence of Vietnam War protestors has evolved …
Psychological Injuries
Forensic Assessment, Treatment, and Law
Av William J. Koch, Kevin S. Douglas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1182 kr
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Human emotional suffering has been studied for centuries, but the significance of psychological injuries within legal contexts has only recently been recognized. As the public becomes increasingly aware of the ways in which mental health affects physical - and financial - well-being, psychological …
Emergency Department Treatment of the Psychiatric Patient
Policy Issues and Legal Requirements
Av Susan Stefan
Inbunden, 2006
1544 kr
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Many hospital emergency departments are overcrowded and short-staffed, with a limited number of hospital beds. It is increasingly hard for emergency departments and their staff to provide the necessary level of care for medical patients. Caring for people with psychiatric disabilities raises …
Proving the Unprovable
The Role of Law, Science, and Speculation in Adjudicating Culpability and Dangerousness
Inbunden, 2006
1069 kr
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It is hard enough in many cases simply figuring out whether a person has committed an antisocial act. It is harder still to determine the extent to which he or she intended the act, and why he or she committed it. And most difficult of all is divining whether a person will harm again. The law has …
The Psychology of the Supreme Court
Inbunden, 2006
688 kr
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With the media spotlight on the recent developments concerning the Supreme Court, more and more people have become increasingly interested in the highest court in the land. Who are the justices that run it and how do they make their decisions?The Psychology of the Supreme Court by Lawrence S. …
Adolescents, Media, and the Law
What developmental science reveals and free speech requires
Inbunden, 2007
1262 kr
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There is much controversy about the dangers of a free media when it comes to children and adolescents. Many believe that this constitutional right should be amended, altered, or revoked entirely to prevent the young from being negatively influenced. Graphic violence, sexual content, and the …
God in the Courtroom
Religion's Role at Trial
Av Brian Bornstein, Monica Miller
Inbunden, 2009
1412 kr
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While the concept of "God in the courtroom" evokes a few grand images, there are numerous, often subtle, ways in which religion and law intersect. For example, religious beliefs might influence the decisions of legal decision makers, such as judges and jurors. Attorneys might rely on religion, both …
Expert Testimony on the Psychology of Eyewitness Identification
Inbunden, 2009
1633 kr
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Eyewitness testimony is highly compelling in a criminal trial, and can have an indelible impact on jurors. However, two decades of research on the subject have shown us that eyewitnesses are sometimes wrong, even when they are highly confident that they are making correct identifications. This book …
The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making
Av David E. Klein, Gregory Mitchell
Inbunden, 2010
1862 kr
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Over the years, psychologists have devoted uncountable hours to learning how human beings make judgments and decisions. As much progress as scholars have made in explaining what judges do over the past few decades, there remains a certain lack of depth to our understanding. Even where scholars can …
Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court
An Empirical Approach
Inbunden, 2008
1043 kr
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When the Supreme Court agrees to decide a case, the litigants make an (usually one-hour) oral presentation to the Court. In all the steps in the Court's decision, this is the only public part. As such, it provides an important window into the Court's decision-making processes. Using original …
The Ethics of Total Confinement
A Critique of Madness, Citizenship, and Social Justice
Av Bruce A. Arrigo, Heather Y. Bersot m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1995 kr
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In three parts, this volume in the AP-LS series explores the phenomena of captivity and risk management, guided and informed by the theory, method, and policy of psychological jurisprudence. The authors present a controversial thesis that demonstrates how the forces of captivity and risk management …
Using Social Science to Reduce Violent Offending
Av Joel A. Dvoskin, Jennifer L. Skeem m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2241 kr
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Over the past three decades, the American criminal justice system has become unapologetically punitive. High rates of incarceration and frequent use of long-term segregation have become commonplace, with little concern for evidence that such practices make the public safer - and as the editors of …
International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law
When the Silenced are Heard
Inbunden, 2011
1974 kr
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Society is largely blind-often willfully blind-to the ongoing violations of international human rights law when it comes to the treatment of persons with mental disabilities. Despite a robust set of international law principles, standards and doctrines, and the recent ratification of the United …
International Perspectives on Violence Risk Assessment
Av Jay P. Singh, Jay P. Singh m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
1600 kr
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With the world's prison population continuing to grow and the number of inpatient beds in psychiatric hospitals on the rise, establishing valid and reliable methods of identifying individuals who will commit violent acts is an important global health and public safety issue. One approach to …
The Miranda Ruling
Its Past, Present, and Future
Av Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Mary L. Pitman
Inbunden, 2010
1170 kr
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Where did Miranda go wrong? The purpose of this book is to identify and describe four problems with the implementation of the Miranda decision and to suggest remedies in order to have it achieve its original purpose. The four problems identified in the book are: 1. The justices, in placing …
Juveniles at Risk
A Plea for Preventive Justice
Av Christopher Slobogin, Mark R. Fondacaro
Inbunden, 2011
1985 kr
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First established at the end of the 19th century, the juvenile justice system has long been searching for an effective set of guiding principles. Over the last hundred years, through a series of piecemeal rulings, it has undergone an evolution from its original foundation on the rehabilitation …
Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System
Av Monica K. Miller, Brian H. Bornstein
Häftad, 2013
1780 kr
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All individuals face stress in their daily lives, but this is often particularly true for those who enforce the law, administer justice, or are forced into the legal system. Uncontrolled strain can result in negative behaviors, burnout, risk-taking, and physical and psychological symptoms ranging …
Children Who Resist Post-Separation Parental Contact
A Differential Approach for Legal and Mental Health Professionals
Av Barbara Jo Fidler, Nicholas Bala m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1985 kr
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Interest in the problem of children who resist contact with or become alienated from a parent after separation or divorce is growing, due in part to parents' increasing frustrations with the apparent ineffectiveness of the legal system in handling these unique cases. There is a need for legal and …
Psychology, Law, and the Wellbeing of Children
Av Monica K. Miller, Jared Chamberlain m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1391 kr
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Lawmakers and judges often enact and enforce laws and policies that impact youth. The extent to which these legal actions are sensitive to juveniles' perspectives and experiences has changed recently. Compared to an earlier time when juvenlies were treated the same as adults, many policies are now …
Rational Suicide, Irrational Laws
Examining Current Approaches to Suicide in Policy and Law
Av Susan Stefan
Häftad, 2016
1843 kr
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When should we try to prevent suicide? Should it be facilitated for some people, in some circumstances? For the last forty years, law and policy on suicide have followed two separate and distinct tracks: laws aimed at preventing suicide and, increasingly, laws aimed at facilitating it.In Rational …
