Memon / Vrij / Bull Psychology and Law

Truthfulness, Accuracy and Credibility
2. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-470-86835-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in The Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law

Psychology and Law shows how psychological research and theory canbe used in a legal context. Written with advanced undergraduatestudents in mind, it focuses upon the pre-trial or investigativephase of the legal process. Obtaining and assessing witnessevidence is a key part of any criminal investigation. Topicsinclude witness accuracy and credibility, covering issues such asassessment of witness credibility, interviewing suspects andwitnesses, eyewitness testimony, false beliefs and memory, the roleof experts and juries.
This second edition has been revised and updated to reflect thelarge amount of new research in the area, making it the essentialguide for all courses with a legal component.
Comment on the first edition:
"This is an excellent appraisal of the psychology of evidence...itprovides thorough, substantial and up-to-date accounts of moderndevelopments." Denniss Howitt, Loughborough University, UK
* Written by well known and respected authors
* Suitable as an introductory, undergraduate text

Autoren/Hrsg.

Memon, Amina A

Vrij, Aldert

Bull, Ray

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Telling and Detecting Lies.
Chapter 3. Facial Appearance and Criminality.
Chapter 4. Interviewing Suspects.
Chapter 5. Interviewing Witnesses.
Chapter 6. Psychological Factors in Eyewitness Testimony.
Chapter 7. False Memories.
Chapter 8. Jury Decision Making.
Chapter 9. The Role of Expert Witnesses.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Amina Memon is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at theUniversity of Aberdeen. She has a first-class degree in psychology(1982) and a Ph.D. in psychology (1985). Her main areas ofexpertise are social and cognitive psychology. Dr. Memon haspublished widely on topics such as the investigative interviewingof child witnesses, police interviews, face recognition, eyewitnessidentification, the performance of elderly witnesses, falsememories and jury decision making. Between 1991 and 1997. Dr. Memonconducted extensive psychological research on procedures forinterviewing child witnesses for the purpose of obtaining completeand accurate witness reports.
Professor Aldert Vrij is Professor of AppliedSocial Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. His main area ofexpertise is deception, mainly the nonverbal and verbalcharacteristics of deception, and he has published widely on theseissues. For conducting this research, he has received grants fromthe ESRC, the Leverhulme Trust, the Dutch Organisation ofScientific Research (the Dutch equivalent of the ESRC) and theDutch Ministry of Justice. He gives workshops on deception topolice officers in several countries on a regular basis.
Professor Ray Bull is Professor of Forensic Psychology atthe University of Portsmouth. His main areas of expertise arepolice interviewing and the relationship between physicalappearance and criminality, topics on which he has publishedextensively. He is regularly invited to present seminars andlectures to police audiences in many countries. His most recentexternally funded research project was from the Innovative ResearchChallenge Fund of the Home Office for work on improvingchildren's face recognition performance.