Handbook of Psychology and Law

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxi

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2. Constitutional Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Exploring the First and Sixth Amendments: Pretrial Publicity and Jury Decision Making

      • Daniel Linz, Steven Penrod

      Pages 3-20

   3. Exploring the Fourth Amendment: Searches Based on Consent

      • Dorothy K. Kagehiro, Ralph B. Taylor

      Pages 21-36

3. Legal Procedure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. The Law and Psychology of Precedent

      • William S. Laufer, Steven D. Walt

      Pages 39-55

   3. Jury Decision Making

      • Valerie P. Hans

      Pages 56-76

   4. Management of Complex Civil Litigation

      • Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Steven J. Breckler

      Pages 77-94

   5. Alternative Dispute Resolution in Trial and Appellate Courts

      • Robert J. MacCoun, E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

      Pages 95-118

   6. Use of Psychologists and Psychological Research in Legislative Decision Making on Public Interest Matters

      • April Wursten, Bruce Sales

      Pages 119-138

4. Law of Evidence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Eyewitness Evidence and Testimony

      • Kipling D. Williams, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Kenneth A. Deffenbacher

      Pages 141-166

   3. Probabilities in the Courtroom: An Evaluation of the Objections and Policies

      • Jonathan J. Koehler

      Pages 167-184

   4. Normative and Empirical Issues About the Role of Expert Witnesses

      • Michael J. Saks

      Pages 185-203

5. Criminal Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. The “Guilty Mind:” Mens Rea

      • Stephen J. Morse

      Pages 207-229

   3. The Adjudication of Criminal Responsibility: A Review of Theory and Research

      • Stephen L. Golding

      Pages 230-250

   4. Law and Statistics in Conflict: Reflections on McCleskey v. Kemp

      • David C. Baldus, George Woodworth, Charles A. Pulaski Jr.

      Pages 251-271

6. Juvenile and Family Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. Children as Legal Actors

      • Gary B. Melton

      Pages 275-291

Shari Seidman Diamond Scholars interested in psychology and law are fond of c1aiming origins for psycholegal research that date back four score and three years ago to Hugo von Munsterberg's On the Witness Stand, published in 1908. These early roots can mislead the casual observer about the history of psychology and law. Vigorous and sustained research in the field is a recent phenomenon. It is only 15 years since the first review of psy­ chology and law appeared in the Annual Review of Psychology (Tapp, 1976). The following year saw the first issue of Law and Human Behavior, the official publication of the American Psychology-Law Society and now the journal of the American Psychological Associ­ ation's Division of Psychology and Law. Few psychology departments offered even a single course in psychology and law before 1973, while by 1982 1/4 of psychology graduate programs had at least one course, and a number had begun to offer forensic minors and/or joint J. D. / Ph. D. programs (Freeman & Roesch, see Chapter 28). Yet this short period of less than 20 years has seen a dramatic level of activity. Its strengths and weaknesses, excitements and disappointments, are aII captured in the collection of chapters published in this first Handbook of Psychology and Law. In describing what we have learned ab out psychology and law, the works included here also reveal the questions we have yet to answer and thus offer a blueprint for activities in the next 20 years.

• civil law
• constitutional law
• family law
• jurisprudence
• law
• laws
• psychology
• statistics

• Philadelphia, USA

  Dorothy K. Kagehiro

• Department of Legal Studies, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

  William S. Laufer

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