Ridley / Gabbert / La Rooy Suggestibility in Legal Contexts

Psychological Research and Forensic Implications
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-43282-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

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

A comprehensive survey of the theory, research and forensic implications related to suggestibility in legal contexts that includes the latest research.
* Provides a useful digest for academics and a trusted text for students of forensic and applied psychology
* A vital resource for legal practitioners who need to familiarize themselves with the subject
* Includes practical suggestions for minimizing witness suggestibility in interviews
* Features topics that focus on suggestibility at each stage - from witnessing a crime through to trial

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ridley, Anne M.

Gabbert, Fiona

La Rooy, David J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors ix
Series Preface xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
1 Suggestibility: A History and Introduction 1
Anne M. Ridley
2 The Misinformation Effect: Past Research and Recent Advances 21
Quin M. Chrobak and Maria S. Zaragoza
3 Interrogative Suggestibility and Compliance 45
Gisli H. Gudjonsson
4 Suggestibility and Memory Conformity 63
Fiona Gabbert and Lorraine Hope
5 Suggestibility and Individual Differences: Psychosocial and Memory Measures 85
Anne M. Ridley and Gisli H. Gudjonsson
6 Recovered Memories and Suggestibility for Entire Events 107
James Ost
7 Suggestibility and Individual Differences in Typically Developing and Intellectually Disabled Children 129
Kamala London, Lucy A. Henry, Travis Conradt and Ryan Corser
8 Suggestibility in Vulnerable Groups: Witnesses with Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Older People 149
Katie L. Maras and Rachel Wilcock
9 Acute Suggestibility in Police Interrogation: Self-regulation Failure as a Primary Mechanism of Vulnerability 171
Deborah Davis and Richard A. Leo
10 Suggestibility and Witness Interviewing using the Cognitive Interview and NICHD Protocol 197
David J. La Rooy, Deirdre Brown and Michael E. Lamb
11 Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: What Do We Know? 217
Anne M. Ridley, Fiona Gabbert and David J. La Rooy
Index 229

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Ridley is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at LondonSouth Bank University, UK, with particular interest in individualdifferences in witness suggestibility as well as strategies forsupporting vulnerable witnesses in the legal system. In 2008 shewas awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher EducationAcademy.
Fiona Gabbert is a Reader in Psychology at the Universityof Abertay Dundee, UK. She is an expert in the area of socialinfluences on memory, and has published widely on this topic,including a chapter on 'memory conformity' in thecurrent book. Another of Fiona's interests is developingmethods to obtain reliable evidence from eyewitnesses. She receivedan Academic Excellence Award for 'Outstanding Achievements inthe Area of Investigative Interviewing' in 2011.
David La Rooy is a Reader in Psychology at the Universityof Abertay Dundee, UK. He is also a Scottish Institute for PolicingResearch Lecturer and his research focuses on issues surroundingthe forensic interviewing of children. He teaches evidence-basedinvestigative-interviewing and oversees the university'sdegree course in Forensic Psychobiology.