Rev. ed. of: Psychology and the legal system Lawrence S. Wrightsman. 5th ed. 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-503) and indexes.
Psychology and the law : impossible choices -- The legal system and its players -- Psychology of crime -- Psychology of police -- Crime investigation: Witnesses -- Identification and evaluiation of criminal suspects -- Between arrest and trial -- Forensic assessment in criminal cases: competence and insanity -- Forensic assessment in civil cases -- The trial process -- Jury trials I: jury representativeness and selection -- Jury trials II: concerns and reforms -- Psychology of victims -- Children, adolescents, and the law -- Punishment, sentencing, and corrections.
Criminal Law-- United States.
Forensic Psychiatry-- legislation & jurisprudence-- United States.
Forensic Psychiatry-- methods-- United States.
Forensic psychology.
Justice, Administration of-- United States-- Psychological aspects.
Practice of law-- United States-- Psychological aspects.