Title: The verdict of the court
Description: Courts are constantly required to know how people think. They may have to decide what a specific person was thinking on a past occasion; how others would have reacted to a particular situation; or whether a witness is telling the truth. Be they judges,jurors or magistrates, the law demands they penetrate human consciousness. This book questions whether the `arm-chair psychology' operated by fact-finders, and indeed the law itself, in its treatment of the fact-finders, bears any resemblance to the knowledge derived from psychological research. Comparing psychological theory with court verdicts in both civil and criminal contexts, it assesses where the separation between law and science is most acute, and most dangerous
Subjects: Forensic psychology, Judgments, Judicial process, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Judgments, Psychological aspects of Judicial process, Psychological aspects of Verdicts, Verdicts, Droit pénal, Processus judiciaire, Procédure pénale, Psychologie légale, Rechtspraak, Strafprocesrecht, Gerechtelijke psychologie, Aspects psychologiques, Psychologische aspecten, Jugements, Droit civil, Aspect psychologique, Comportement, Law, psychology, Law