Overview
- Contributors of this volume offer theoretical explanations and policy implications
- They conduct meta-analysis of the weapon focus effect
- Presents practical recommendations for police and experts testifying in courts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Psychology and Law (APL, volume 1)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
- Interrogation of minority suspects: pathways to true and false confessions.
- A comprehensive evaluation of showups.
- The weapon focus effect for person identifications and descriptions.
- The psychology of criminal jury instructions.
- Structured risk assessment and legal decision making.
- Children’s participation in legal proceedings: stress, coping, and consequences.
- Sex offender policy and prevention.
- The psychology of tort law.
Demonstrating the scope and rigor that will characterize the series, Volume 1 of Advances in Psychology and Law will interest psychology and legal experts as well as practicing psychologists, and will inspire fresh thinking as the two fields continue to interact.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Monica Miller is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno with a split appointment between the Criminal Justice Department and the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program. She is on the editorial board of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. She has authored or edited 6 books and over 100 articles and chapters. Her primary research interests are in jury decision making and factors that relate to community sentiment toward various legal issues.
Brian Bornstein is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Courtesy Professor of Law, and the Director of the Law-Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is past editor of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. He has authored or edited 15 books and more than 150 journal articles and chapters. His primary research interests are jury decision making and eyewitness memory.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Psychology and Law
Book Subtitle: Volume 1
Editors: Monica K. Miller, Brian H. Bornstein
Series Title: Advances in Psychology and Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29406-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29405-6Published: 15 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80565-8Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29406-3Published: 06 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-6099
Series E-ISSN: 2366-6102
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 280
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Law and Psychology, General Psychology