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Title

Handbook of psychology in legal contexts / edited by Ray Bull and David Carson.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, c1995.

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Additional Authors

• Bull, Ray.
• Carson, David C. C., 1950-
• Carson, David, 1950-

Description

xvi, 678 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"While law and psychology are both concerned with analysing, understanding and predicting human behaviour, the relationship between these professional disciplines, particularly in court, is still controversial. This book, written by practitioners and academics from the UK, Europe and worldwide, including North America, highlights and emphasises both the extent to which psychologists are already assisting and informing the legal system, and the potential for collaboration between lawyers and psychologists outside the artificially adversarial glare of courtroom proceedings. The editors - one a psychologist specialisng in legal applications of psychology, the other a lawyer with special interests in developing practical approaches to the prevention of legal problems - have ensured that each chapter is relevant to, and easily readable by, both professions. The Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contexts presents an authoritative commentary on key legal procedures and issues together with practical reviews of psychological concepts, research and practice that bear on these topics. It will prove a valuable resource for those working in all fields where the law and behavioural sciences interact"--Unedited summary from book cover.

Subject

• Criminal Psychology
• Evidence, Expert > Great Britain
• Expert Testimony
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Forensic psychology
• Law > Psychological aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / David Carson and Ray Bull -- Psychology in Legal Contexts: Idealism and Realism / David Carson and Ray Bull -- Psychology's Premises, Methods and Values / Brian R. Clifford -- Law's Premises, Methods and Values / David Carson -- Individualism: Its Importance in Law and Psychology / David Carson -- Psychology and Assessment / Gisli H. Gudjonsson -- Children, Assessment and Education / Geoff Lindsay -- Children and Clinical Assessments / Chrissie Verduyn and Helen Carlton Smith -- Adults' Capacity to Make Decisions Affecting the Person: Psychologists' Contribution / Glynis H. Murphy and Isabel C.H. Clare -- Mental Health: Psychology's Contribution to Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment / Clive R. Hollin and Tracey Swaffer -- Learning Disability: Psychology's Contribution to Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment / Karl Nunkoosing -- Evidence: Legal Perspective / John Jackson -- Evidence: Psychological Perspective / Graham M. Davies.

ISBN

0471941824 (cased) :

LCCN

^^^94035582^//r94

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library