Psychology, Law, and Criminal Justice

Graham Davies, Sally Lloyd-Bostock, Mary McMurran, Clare Wilson, Graham Davies, Sally Lloyd-Bostock, Mary McMurran, Clare Wilson

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9783110879483
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Table of contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Contributors
• Part I: Eyewitness Testimony
• The Perceived Credibility of Rape Victims During a Police Interview: An Experiment among Victim Assistance Workers
• The Perceived Truthfulness of Children's and Adults' Testimony: The Oath versus the Competency Test
• The Relation between Consistency and Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony
• The "Authenticity Error" in Real Lineup Procedures. Effects of Suspect-Status and Corresponding Psychological Dissimilarities between Target Person and Distractors: An Experimental Study
• Misinformation Methodologies: Explaining the Effects of Errant Information
• Previous Knowledge and Delay in the Recall of Filmed Events
• Effects of Preparation on Internal and External Memories
• Experimentally Induced Person Mix-ups Through Media Exposure and Ways to Avoid Them
• Detecting Fact from Fallacy in Child and Adult Witness Accounts
• Is There Truth in the Eye of the Beholder? Causal Illusions in Children and Adults
• Part II: Interviewing
• From Denial to Admission in Police Questioning of Suspects
• Good Practice for Video Recorded Interviews with Child Witnesses for Use in Criminal Proceedings
• Information Enhancement and Credibility Assessment of Child Statements: The Impact of the Cognitive Interview Technique on Criteria-Based Content Analysis
• Enhancing Children's Eyewitness Testimony with the Cognitive Interview
• An Empirical Test of the Mnemonic Components of the Cognitive Interview
• The Cognitive Interview - Does it Work?
• Part III: Children in the Legal System
• The Development of Children's Understanding of Legal Principles
• Psychological Evaluation of Changes in Testimony Given by Sexually Abused Juveniles
• Expert Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse Criminal Cases in Canada and the United States
• Children's Disclosure of Secrets: Implications for Interviewing
• Three Dogmas Applied to Child Victims of Sexual Abuse: The Danish Perspective
• Sexual Knowledge and Behavior of Children up to 12 Years— What is Age-Appropriate?
• Sex, Lies and Video Tape
• Detection of False Statements in First and Third Graders: The Development of a Nonverbal Detection Instrument
• The Analysis of Family Dynamics in Child Custody Cases
• The Factors Neutralizing Development Disorders in Children from Broken Families
• Bullying or Peer Abuse in School: Intervention and Prevention
• Part IV: Legal Decision Making
• Anchored Narratives: A Theory of Judicial Reasoning and its Consequences
• Psychosocial Investigation in Death Penalty Mitigation: Procedures, Pitfalls and Impact
• Attitude and Behavior of Male and Female Judges Concerning the Punishment of Offenders
• Predicting Court Sentences: A Perilous Exercise
• Communication Channels and Gender Differences in Decoding and Integration of Cues in Legal Decision-Making
• Juror Decision-Making and the Trial Process
• From Juror to Jury Decision Making: A Non-Model Approach
• The Influence of the Size and Decision Rule in Jury Decision-Making
• The Jury in the United Kingdom: Juries and Jury Research in Context
• Part V: Perceptions and Reactions to Criminality
• Coping with Burglary : The Effects of a Police Service on Victims' Emotional Readjustment
• Reactions to Criminal Victimization: A Field Study of the Cognitive Effects on Victims and Members of Their Social Network
• The Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault in Canada
• Social Beliefs about Recidivism in Crime
• Law and Psychology in the Perception of Crime Seriousness: Towards a Joint Approach
• Part VI: Correlates of Offending
• Deviance or Resilience? A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in Residential Care
• Psychosocial Influences on the Development of Antisocial Personality
• A Critical Look at the Conceptual Models Explaining Drug Use and Crime
• Part VII: Prevention and Treatment of Offending
• Absence from School: Research and Practical Management
• The Prevention of Delinquency in Spain
• The Social Competence of Young Offenders: A Return to Basics
• A Model for the Treatment of Young Offenders in Spain: Searching for Effectiveness
• Short and Long Term Outcomes for a Cognitive-Behavioral Anger Management Program
• Psychological Disturbance in the Scottish Prison System: A Preliminary Account
• Correctional Programmes in Europe: A Pilot Study for a Meta-Evaluation
• Mental Health Interventions in Pretrial Jails
• Offender Categories in the Hungarian Prison System
• What Recent Meta-Evaluations Tell us About the Effectiveness of Correctional Treatment
• Part VIII: Prison Psychology
• Psychological Services to the Finnish Prison Administration
• Prison Service Psychology - England and Wales
• The Organization of the Psychiatry and Psychology Services in Italian Prisons
• Therapy within Prison: Opportunities and Problems
• The Psychiatric and Psychological Services Within the Norwegian Prison Health Service
• Part IX: European Perspectives on Law and Psychology
• Psychological Testing and Police Recruit Selection: Difficulties and Dilemmas
• Psychological Issues in the Draft Polish Code of Criminal Procedure
• Judicial Psychology in Spain: Actuation and Limits of Intervention
• Legal Psychology in Spain: Reflections on its Short History
• Subject Index