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Author : Martin S. Greenberg,R. Barry Ruback
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0818505087
Author : Margit E. Oswald,Steffen Bieneck,Jorg Hupfeld-Heinemann
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781119161196
In recent years, research interest has increased both in the needs of punishment by the public and in the psychological processes underlying decisions on sentencing. This comprehensive look at the social psychology of punishment focuses on recent advances, and presents new findings based on the authors’ own empirical research. Chapters explore the application of social psychology and social cognitive theories to decision making in the context of punishments by judges and the punitiveness of laymen. The book also highlights the different legal systems in the UK, US and Europe, discussing how attitudes to punishment can change in the context of cultural and social development.
Author : Vladimir J. Konečni,Ebbe B. Ebbesen
Publisher : W.H. Freeman
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 0716713128
Author : Laurence Alison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351881807
Crime is always part of a social process. In many cases that process determines the form the crime takes. In this ground-breaking book, a wide range of crimes are examined in terms of the social psychological processes that influence the participants and their relationships with each other. Crimes as diverse as fraud and hostage taking are examined from a range of social science perspectives, including broad anthropological perspectives on differences in the structure of criminal cultures as well as the detailed consideration of the roles offenders play in groups and teams of criminals. This book opens up a new area of empirical study of relevance to students of crime as well as law enforcement officers. It will also be of value and interest to all those social scientists who wish to understand how their disciplines can contribute more effectively to the investigation of crime.
Author : Frank W. Schneider,Jamie A. Gruman,Larry M. Coutts
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781412976381
This is an introductory textbook that helps students understand how people think about, feel about, relate to, and influence one another.
Author : Martin Greenberg,Martin S. Greenberg,R. Barry Ruback
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990-12-01
Category : Attribution (Social psychology)
ISBN : 0840364016
Author : Hermann Wegener,Friedrich Lösel,Jochen Haisch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783642860171
Readers of this book can gain novel insight into the various theoretical perspectives of psychology and law. It is demonstrated that psychology is not simply an applied discipline in the legal area, but that it contains its own concepts and paradigms for basic research. Legal psychology proves to be an independent, interdisciplinary part of psychology. The contributions represent the experience of different nationalities and judicial systems; emphasis is placed throughout on criminal law. Topics considered include: prediction and explanation of criminal behavior; legal thought, attribution, and sentencing; eyewitness testimony; and correctional treatment with clinical and organizational aspects.
Author : Dan Simon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674070219
The criminal justice process is unavoidably human. Police detectives, witnesses, suspects, and victims shape the course of investigations, while prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors, and judges affect the outcome of adjudication. In this sweeping review of psychological research, Dan Simon shows how flawed investigations can produce erroneous evidence and why well-meaning juries send innocent people to prison and set the guilty free. The investigator’s task is genuinely difficult and prone to bias. This often leads investigators to draw faulty conclusions, assess suspects’ truthfulness incorrectly, and conduct coercive interrogations that can lead to false confessions. Eyewitnesses’ identification of perpetrators and detailed recollections of criminal events rely on cognitive processes that are often mistaken and can easily be skewed by the investigative procedures used. In the courtroom, jurors and judges are ill-equipped to assess the accuracy of testimony, especially in the face of the heavy-handed rhetoric and strong emotions that crimes arouse. Simon offers an array of feasible ways to improve the accuracy of criminal investigations and trials. While the limitations of human cognition will always be an obstacle, these reforms can enhance the criminal justice system’s ability to decide correctly whom to release and whom to punish.
Author : Geoffrey Stephenson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992-04-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0631145478
The Psychology of Criminal Justice integrates aspects of psychology's contributions to criminology and to socio-legal studies within a single narrative framework. It does this by describing the interpersonal and group dynamics of decision-making at key stages in the processing of accused persons from the time an alleged offence is committed to the moment sentence is passed. The book bears directly on many current debates concerning the ability of the criminal justice system to deliver reliable verdicts. It recognizes the interdependence of decision makers in the system and addresses questions at an appropriately social-psychological level. The book examines systematically and critically the dynamics of criminal decision-making, the response of victims, the assumptions, attitudes and behavior of police officers, the conduct of court proceedings, the performance of witnesses, the strengths and weaknesses of juries, and the sentencing of magistrates and judges. Discussions of law and morality, the attribution of blame in court and in everyday life, and the achievement of justice in interpersonal and organizational contexts, provide a definitive account of the social psychology of law in the context of criminal justice. Problems with our adversarial system of justice have led to the establishment of a Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. It is commonplace to seek a scapegoat in the behavior of one or other protagonist in the system - especially the police. It will become clear to readers of this book that breakdowns of the system are a product of persuasive interpersonal and intergroup processes of organization, reaching well beyond the behavior of any one agent.
Author : Raymond R. Corrado,Rebecca Dempster,Ronald Roesch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134697410
This book provides a useful overview of the latest research into the interaction between psychology and the courts. Leading scholars and practitioners review recent research and practice in a number of principal areas: * adolescents in the legal system * the role of juries * competency to stand trial * conditional release * eyewitness evidence and testimony * the role of the victims.
Author : Lawrence Edwin Abt,Irving R. Stuart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015050711095
Author : Neil Brewer,Kipling D. Williams
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462532346
From the initial investigation of a crime to the sentencing of an offender, many everyday practices within the criminal justice system involve complex psychological processes. This volume analyzes the processes involved in such tasks as interviewing witnesses, detecting deception, and eliciting eyewitness reports and identification from adults and children. Factors that influence decision making by jurors and judges are examined as well. Throughout, findings from experimental research are translated into clear recommendations for improving the quality of evidence and the fairness of investigative and legal proceedings. The book also addresses salient methodological questions and identifies key directions for future investigation.
Author : Bruce Sales
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781468425628
Although psychologists have related, scientifically and professionally, to the law for over 50 years now, the two fields have not been systematically integrated. Happily, that situation is changing today. Psychologists and lawyers are becoming increasingly aware that laws are based upon assumptions about human behavior, "assumptions about how people act and how their actions can be controlled" (Special Commission on the Social Sciences of the National Science Board, Knowledge into Action: Improving the Nation's Use of the Social Sciences. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation, 1969, p. 35), and that both fields must be concerned with carefully investigating these assumptions and communicating the findings to the legal community, in particular, and to society, in general. This joining of efforts will ensure that our legal system is not only more effective but also more just. Perspectives in Law and Psychology is a regular series of volumes dedicated to this goal. The work presented in this first volume was supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Studies of Crime and De.1inquency, through their grant (MH 13814) to the Law-Psychology Graduate Training Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Funds from that grant were used to invite six of the contributors to this volume to participate in the first Law-Psychology Research Conference (Michael Goldstein, John Monahan, Norval Morris, R.
Author : Alfred Cohn,Roy Udolf
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015008795588
The Cohn and Udolf manuscript deals with the criminal justice system and its psychology.
Author : Kelly G. Shaver
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317512042
Originally published in 1987 this third edition won praise from students and instructors alike for its challenging "no nonsense" approach to the field. Thoroughly updated to reflect current research of the time, the text retains the qualities that had become its hallmarks: a cognitive approach to the process of socialization, and an emphasis on the ideas that give the discipline continuity. It offers clear, conceptually integrated discussions of all of the major topics in social psychology from the time. Shaver's focus on the concepts of social psychology provides a framework for students to develop their own applications. The principles of social behavior are presented in the text in the same way they develop in the individual moving from internal processes (social perception, self-recognition) to external issues (the environment, the law) that influence behavior. Shaver weaves contemporary issues into his treatment of basic theories, using examples from everyday situations. His supple writing engages students in the complexity of social behavior, and is one reason this title remained one of the most highly regarded texts in the field at the time.