Advances in Psychology and Law
Volume 4
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Beschreibung
This newest volume in the Advances in Psychology and Law series offers a review of topics critical for forensic practitioners. It covers a variety of topics that have been shown to be of prime interest to those in the field, especially those that impact new research and public policy. Common themes include criminal suspects (interrogations, alibis, plea bargaining) gender, and minors in the legal system.
Highlights include:
• New psychometric framework for measuring coercion• Proposed reforms for post-identification feedback• Latest research on LGBTQ victims• Racial disparities in school discipline• Examination of teen dating violence
This book continues the tradition of providing thorough review of existing and emerging topics of interest to researchers and academics in legal psychology, criminal justice, and sociology, as well as attorneys, trial consultants and policy makers.
The present volume consists of up-to-date review articles on topics relevant to psychology and law, and will be of current interest to the field. Notably, the majority of these topics are currently attracting a great deal of research and public policy attention in the U.S. and elsewhere, as evidenced by programs at the American Psychology-Law Society and related conferences. Topics for the present volume include: attitudes toward the police (Cole et al.), alibis (Charman et al.), hate crimes based on gender and sexual orientation (Plumm & Leighton), the role of gender at trial (Livingston et al.), neuroimages in court (Glen), intimate partner violence (Mauer & Reppucci), post-identification feedback (Douglass & Smalarz) and individual differences in eyewitness identification (Snowden & Bornstein), veterans’ wellbeing (Berthelot & Prager), and plea bargaining (Levett).
Comprehensive reviews of a broad range of topics of interest to the law-psychology community Contributors are highly productive and well-known researchers Each chapter contains recommendations for future research, which will help frame work for years to come
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Brian H. Bornstein
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