Andreas Kapardis (University of Cyprus)

Psychology and Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive guide to the complex interactions between psychology and criminal law. Andreas Kapardis explores contemporary psycho-legal issues both in and out of the courtroom, from eyewitness testimony, investigative interviewing, jury decision making, and sentencing as a human process, to restorative justice, terrorism, police prejudice and offender profiling.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 910g
• ISBN-13: 9781107650848
• ISBN-10: 1107650844
• Artikelnr.: 40456073

Autorenporträt

Andreas Kapardis is Professor of Legal Psychology and Acting Chairman of the Department of Law, University of Cyprus.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Psycholegal research: an introduction David Farrington
2. Eyewitnesses: key issues and event characteristics
3. Eyewitnesses: the perpetrator and interviewing
4. Children as witnesses
5. The jury
6. Sentencing as human process, victims and restorative justice
7. Psychologists as expert witnesses Ian Freckelton
8. Detecting deception
9. Witness recognition procedures
10. Psychology and the police.