| Description |
xxiii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Opening Address / Mary McAleese, President of Ireland -- Jingoism, Dogmatism and Other Evils in Law and Psychology : Lessons Learned in the Twentieth Century / James R.P. Ogloff -- Toward an Expanded Definition of Adolescent Competence in Legal Situations / Jennifer L. Woolard, Carrie S. Fried and N. Dickon Reppucci -- Girls in Jail : Punishment or Protection? / Raymond R. Corrado, Candice Odgers and Irwin M. Cohen -- Are Juveniles Getting a Fair Trial? / Diane Warling, Michelle Peterson-Badali and Jonathan Freedman -- Race and the Civil Jury : How Does a Juror's Race Shape the Jury Experience? / Michael E. Antonio and Valerie P. Hans -- Juror Competence and Processing Style in Making Sense of Complex Trial Information / Elizabeth A. Charman, Terry M. Honess and Michael Levi -- Effects of Criminal Motivation, Ability and Opportunity on Mock Jurors' Verdicts / Paul Skolnick and Jerry I. Shaw -- Complex Medical Litigation and Hindsight Bias : Strategies to Reduce Factfinders' Retrospective Attributions of Fault / Merrie Jo Stallard, Joseph M. Price and Francis C. Dane -- A Comparison of American and Canadian Conceptualizations of Competence to Stand Trial / Patricia A. Zapf and Ronald Roesch -- The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool : Fitness to Plead : Evaluation of a Research Instrument for Assessing Fitness to Plead / Akintunde Akinkunmi, Louise Cumbley, Gayla Goodman and Robert Blizard -- Public Opinion, Sentencing and Parole : International Trends / Julian v. Roberts and Michael Hough -- The Syndrome Evidence Phenomenon : Time to Move On? / Ian Freckelton -- Conditional Release Attitudes : Laypersons' Perceptions of the Purposes, Effectiveness and Acceptability of Early Release by Offense Type / Joti Samra and Ronald Roesch -- Judges' Decision Making from Within / Ramon Arce, Francisca Farina, Mercedes Novo and Dolores Seijo -- Children's Recall of the Unfortunate Fakir : A Further Test of the Enhanced Cognitive Interview / Par Anders Granhag and Emma Spjut -- Courtroom Pressures Can Alter Eyewitness Confidence / John S. Shaw III, Keith A. Woythaler and Tanya K. Kerr -- Creating Confusion : Unconscious Transference in Media Crime Reporting / Peter B. Ainsworth -- The Discrimination of Deceptive, Mistaken and Truthful Witness Testimony / Stephen Porter, John C. Yuille and Angela R. Birt -- Previous Exposure to the Sender's Behaviour and Accuracy at Judging Credibility / Eugenio Garrido and Jaume Masip -- The Influence of Personal Characteristics, Stakes and Lie Complexity on the Accuracy and Confidence to Detect Deceit / Aldert Vrij, Fiona Harden, Jo Terry, Katherine Edward and Ray Bull -- The Role of Social Influence in Crime Victim's Decision to Notify the Police / Martin S. Greenberg and Scott R. Beach -- Structured Trauma Writing (STW) as a Victim-Supportive Intervention : Examining the Efficacy of Emotional Ventilation and Downward Writing / Frans W. Winkel and Eric Blaauw |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Law -- Psychological aspects.
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Witnesses -- Psychology.
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Forensic psychology.
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of.
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Jurors.
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Witnesses.
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Trial practice.
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Criminal psychology.
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| Author |
Roesch, Ronald, 1947-
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Corrado, Raymond R.
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Dempster, Rebecca Jane, 1971-
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| ISBN |
0415268923 : |
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