Title: Psychology and law : truthfulness, accuracy and credibility /
Authors: Memon, Amina.; Vrij, Aldert.; Bull, Ray.
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Criminal investigation Psychological aspects; Interviewing in law enforcement.; Lie detectors and detection.; Witnesses.
Abstract: "Aimed primarily at students and researchers in psychology, criminology and law, this book will also appeal to professionals in law and police work."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Telling and detecting lies -- Some characteristics of deception -- Nonverbal behaviour and deception -- Verbal behaviour and deception : criteria-based content analysis -- Physiological reactions and deception : the polygraph -- Detecting lies -- Difficulties and pitfalls for lie detectors -- Summary and conclusion -- 3. Facial appearance and criminality -- Matching faces to crimes -- Attractiveness -- Facial appearance and deceit -- Police officers -- Children -- Facial surgery for criminals -- Frequency of facial abnormality -- Weak methodologies -- Does facial appearance have an effect in the courtroom? -- Attributions of responsibility -- Group decision making -- Meta-analysis -- Real-life court proceedings -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Interviewing suspects -- How to get the suspect to talk -- How to let the suspect talk -- How many suspects confess and why? -- Quality of the interview -- False confessions -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. Interviewing witnesses -- The effects of long delays -- Facial identification -- Individual differences -- Suggestibility -- Suggestion from stereotypes -- Interviewing vulnerable witnesses -- Contributions from cognitive psychology -- Contributions from social psychology -- Interviewer manner -- Summary and conclusion.