Psychology and Law: An Empirical Perspective by Neil Brewer,Kipling D. Williams

By Neil Brewer,Kipling D. Williams

From the preliminary research of a criminal offense to the sentencing of an criminal, many daily practices in the felony justice process contain complicated mental techniques. This quantity analyzes the methods fascinated with such projects as interviewing witnesses, detecting deception, and eliciting eyewitness studies and id from adults and kids. elements that effect choice making by way of jurors and judges are tested to boot. all through, findings from experimental learn are translated into transparent ideas for making improvements to the standard of facts and the equity of investigative and felony court cases. The ebook additionally addresses salient methodological questions and identifies key instructions for destiny investigation.

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