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Psychology and Law

The State of the Discipline

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Ronald Roesch

    1. Department of Psychology and the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

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  2. Stephen D. Hart

    1. Department of Psychology and the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

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  3. James R. P. Ogloff

    1. Department of Psychology and the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

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Part of the book series: Perspectives in Law & Psychology (PILP, volume 10)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Psychology and Law

    1. Psychology and Law

      • James R. P. Ogloff, David Finkelman
      Pages 1-20

  3. Human Behavior in the Trial Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Juries

      • Michael T. Nietzel, Denis M. McCarthy, Monica J. Kern
      Pages 23-52

    3. Witnesses to Crime

      • Gary L. Wells, Edward F. Wright, Amy L. Bradfield
      Pages 53-87

    4. Preventing Mistaken Convictions in Eyewitness Identification Trials

      • Steven D. Penrod, Brian Cutler
      Pages 89-118

  4. Forensic Assessment and Treatment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Forensic Assessment

      • Robert A. Nicholson
      Pages 121-173

    3. Predicting Violence in Mentally and Personality Disordered Individuals

      • Kevin S. Douglas, Christopher D. Webster
      Pages 175-239

    4. Forensic Treatment

      • Kirk Heilbrun, Patricia Griffin
      Pages 241-274

  5. Issues in Civil Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. Civil Law

      • Jane Goodman-Delahunty
      Pages 277-337

    3. Best Interests of the Child

      • Marsha B. Liss, Marcia J. McKinley-Pace
      Pages 339-372

  6. Ethics and Professional Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 373-373
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    2. Preparing for Two Cultures

      • Donald N. Bersoff
      Pages 375-401

    3. Ethical and Legal Contours of Forensic Psychology

      • James R. P. Ogloff
      Pages 403-422

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 423-459
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About this book

As law is instituted by society to serve society, there can be no question that psychology plays an important and inevitable role in the legal process, clarifying or complicating legal issues. In this enlightening text, Roesch, Hart, Ogloff, and the contributors review all the key areas of the use of psychological expertise in civil, criminal, and family law. An impressive selection of academic scholars and legal professionals discusses the contributions that psychology brings to the legal arena.
Topics examined in this insightful text include:
  • juries and the current empirical literature
  • witnesses and the validity of reports
  • preventing mistaken convictions in eyewitness identification trials
  • forensic assessment and treatment
  • predicting violence in mentally and personality disordered individuals
  • employment and discrimination
  • new `best interests' standards for children in courts
  • education and training in psychology and law, and
  • ethical and legal contours of forensic psychology.

The volume also features a noteworthy appendix on specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists.
Psychology and Law collects a range of expert testimony in its thorough examination of the legal process, affording readers a unique survey of contemporary knowledge.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology and the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

    Ronald Roesch, Stephen D. Hart, James R. P. Ogloff

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