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Criminal Behavior and the Justice System

Psychological Perspectives

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Hermann Wegener

    1. Institute of Psychology, University of Kiel, New University, Kiel, Germany

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  2. Friedrich Lösel

    1. Institute of Psychology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

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  3. Jochen Haisch

    1. Department of General Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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Part of the book series: Research in Criminology (RESEARCH CRIM.)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. When Law and Psychology Meet

    1. When Law and Psychology Meet

      • Hans F. M. Crombag
      Pages 1-13

  3. Prediction and Explanation of Criminal Behavior

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-25
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    2. Long-Term Prediction of Offending and Other Life Outcomes

      • David P. Farrington
      Pages 26-39

    3. Prediction of Criminal Behavior: Recent Developments in Research and Policy in the United States

      • John Monahan
      Pages 40-52

    4. The Prediction of Drunken Driving Offences

      • Egon Stephan
      Pages 53-69

    5. Juvenile Delinquency: Definitions, Character, and Theory

      • John P. J. Dussich
      Pages 70-80

    6. Situational Effects on the Decisions of Adolescent Offenders to Carry Out Delin-quent Acts. Relations to Moral Reasoning,Moral Goals, and Personal Constructs

      • Robert W. Goldsmith, Gunilla Throfast, Pär-Eric Nilsson
      Pages 81-102

    7. Crime Specialisation, Crime Displacement and Rational Choice Theory

      • Derek B. Cornish, Ronald V. Clarke
      Pages 103-117

    8. Questioning Convicted Burglars: A Contribution to Crime Prevention

      • Ingrid M. Deusinger
      Pages 118-126

  4. Legal Thought, Attribution, and Sentencing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-135
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    2. Algebraic Schemes in Legal Thought and in Everyday Morality

      • Wilfried Hommers, Norman H. Anderson
      Pages 136-150

    3. Decision-Making and the Law: A View from the Grid

      • Maya Bar-Hillel
      Pages 151-162

    4. Decision Processes in the Jury Room

      • A. Philip Sealy
      Pages 163-180

    5. Perseverance in Courtroom Decisions

      • Bernd Schünemann, Wolfgang Bandilla
      Pages 181-192

    6. Attractiveness and Respectability of the Offender as Factors in the Evaluation of Criminal Cases

      • Hans Werner Bierhoff, Ernst Buck, Renate Klein
      Pages 193-207

  5. Eyewitness Testimony

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-215
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    2. The Perception of Social Events and Behavior Sequences

      • Waldemar Lilli
      Pages 216-227

    3. Remembering Social Events and Activities

      • Werner Wippich
      Pages 228-241

    4. Distortions in Eyewitness Memory from Postevent Information

      • Elizabeth F. Loftus
      Pages 242-253
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About this book

Readers of this book can gain novel insight into the various theoretical perspectives of psychology and law. It is demonstrated that psychology is not simply an applied discipline in the legal area, but that it contains its own concepts and paradigms for basic research. Legal psychology proves to be an independent, interdisciplinary part of psychology. The contributions represent the experience of different nationalities and judicial systems; emphasis is placed throughout on criminal law. Topics considered include: prediction and explanation of criminal behavior; legal thought, attribution, and sentencing; eyewitness testimony; and correctional treatment with clinical and organizational aspects.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Psychology, University of Kiel, New University, Kiel, Germany

    Hermann Wegener

  • Institute of Psychology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Friedrich Lösel

  • Department of General Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Jochen Haisch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Criminal Behavior and the Justice System

  • Book Subtitle: Psychological Perspectives

  • Editors: Hermann Wegener, Friedrich Lösel, Jochen Haisch

  • Series Title: Research in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86017-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-86019-5Published: 21 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-86017-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7540

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 455

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Psychiatry, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

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