description: This engrossing text examines the legal system through the use of psychological concepts, methods, and research results. It seeks to clarify the basic dilemmas that persist in the legal system and looks at the ethical, moral, legal, and psychological "gray areas" of the law, including coverage of such topics competence to stand trial, pretrial publicity and resulting changes in venue, criminal profiling, civil case law and civil procedures, the rights of children, capital punishment, the psychology of criminal trials, the insanity defense, expert forensic testimony, and analysis of eyewitness identification and lineup procedures. This thoroughly updated edition balances discussion of the legal system with psychological theory, concepts, and research. This edition includes compelling new coverage of many topics, research issues, and recent trials.
language: English
title: Psychology and the Legal System
titlecomplete: Psychology and the Legal System (with InfoTrac)
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing