Psychology in and out of Court (eBook)

A Critical Examination of Legal Psychology

M. King (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
128 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
9781483285900 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is a critical study of the work of legal psychologists, particularly in the United States, and the assumptions upon which the work is based. It rejects an experimentalist model of legal psychology and claims that the use of such a model is not scientific and therefore superior to other ways of analysing the legal system. It proposes ultimately an approach based upon the interpretive nature of human social experience and its effects upon behavior.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Psychology in and Out of Court: A Critical Examination of Legal Psychology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Acknowledgements 6
CHAPTER 1. Making Ends Meet 10
"Law" and "Psychology" 11
CHAPTER 2. Legal Psychologists at Work 21
Example 1. Adversary v. Inquisitorial 21
Example 2. The effect of Postevent Information on Witness Recall 23
Example 3. Judges' decisions in bail applications 24
Example 4. The effects of the kind of questions asked and the atmosphere of the interrogation upon the testimony of witnesses 25
Example 5. The case of the subnormal cyclist 27
Example 6. Observing Police Interrogations 27
Example 7. Selecting Jurors, The Harisburg Seven 28
The Claims of Legal Psychologists 29
CHAPTER 3. Science and the Legal System 34
What Do They Mean by Scientific? 34
The Use of the Experimental Method 37
The Problems of Experimentation in Legal Psychology 40
Summary 52
CHAPTER 4. Theoretical Dilemmas 53
Psychological Theories 53
Explicit Theories 55
The Decision-Making Approach 63
CHAPTER 5. The Fictions of Legal Behaviour 74
Fictions in Law and Psychology 84
CHAPTER 6. The Challenge of Research 91
Applied Psychology and Legal Processes 91
Jury Research 94
Cicourel's Critique of Social Research Methods 100
Applicable Social Psychology 103
CHAPTER 7. The Future of Law and Psychology 110
Notes 119
Bibliography 121
Index 126

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.1.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• ISBN-13: 9781483285900 / 9781483285900