The Witness Stand and Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Jr.

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Willis-Esqueda, Cynthia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bornstein, Brian H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Industrial psychology.; Law and Psychology.; Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

This unique volume salutes the work of pioneering forensic psychologist Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Jr., by presenting current theorizing and research findings on issues that define the field of psychology and law. Ongoing topics in witness behaviors, suspect identification, and juror decision making il...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Larry Wrightsman: A Pioneer in Injecting Social- Psychological Knowledge into the Legal System
• Psychological Science on Eyewitness Identification and the U.S. Supreme Court: Reconsiderations in Light of DNA Exonerations and the Science of Eyewitness Identification
• The Credibility of Witnesses
• False Confessions: From Colonial Salem, Through Central Park, and into the 21st Century
• Identifying Juror Bias: Moving from Assessment and Prediction to a New Generation of Jury Selection Research
• Race and its Place in the United States Legal System
• Law and Social Science: How Interdisciplinary Is Interdisciplinary Enough?
• From War Protestors to Corporate Litigants: The Evolution of the Profession of Trial Consulting
• Undergraduate Education in Law and Psychology
• Reflections on Psychology and Law.