The psychology and law of criminal justice processes
Subtitle: cases and materials
By: Roger J. R. Levesque
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.; Brand: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 723
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Psychological aspects; Criminal psychology; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Criminal justice processes : competing ideologies, recurring principles, and considering the role of psychological science; title: Identifying suspects; title: Searching suspects; title: Seizing suspects; title: Interrogating suspects; title: Bargaining with defendants; title: Judging juries; title: Evaluating experts; title: Determining the defendants' mental state and capacity; title: Sentencing defendants and predicting criminal tendencies; title: Treating and controlling offenders; title: Terminating the life of criminals.