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