Greene, Edie,

Wrightsman's psychology and the legal system / Psychology and the legal system Edie Greene and Kirk Heilbrun - Ninth edition - xvii, 459 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Psychology and the law: choices and roles -- The legal system: issues, structure, and players -- Psychology of crime -- Psychology of police -- Eyewitnesses to crimes and accidents -- Psychology of victims of crime and violence -- Evaluating criminal suspects -- Traditional prosecutions: arrest, bail, plea bargain and settlement, and trial -- Alternatives to traditional prosecution -- Forensic assessment inn juvenile and criminal cases -- Forensic assessment in civil cases -- Preparing for trials -- Jurors and juries -- Punishment and sentencing -- Juvenile and adult corrections

9781337570879

2017963506


Justice, Administration of--Psychological aspects.--United States
Practice of law--Psychological aspects.--United States
Forensic psychology.

KF8700 / .W75 2019

347.730019 / G830w