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Psychology and Law

International Perspectives

Ed. by Lösel, Friedrich / Bender, Doris / Bliesener, Thomas

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Frontmatter

Pages I-IV

Acknowledgments

Pages V-VI

International Perspectives on Psychology and Law: An Introduction

Lösel, Friedrich / Bender, Doris / Bliesener, Thomas

Pages VII-XVIII

Contents

Pages XIX-XXIV

Contributors

Pages XXV-XXVIII

Part I General Perspectives

Psychology and Law: Overtures, Crescendos, and Reprises

Lösel, Friedrich

Pages 3-21

Psychological Contributions to Criminology: Perspectives of a Law Scientist

Kaiser, Günther

Pages 22-34

Psychological Contributions to the Explanation, Prevention and Treatment of Offending

Farrington, David P.

Pages 35-52

Part II Explanation of Offending and Assessment of Offenders

Applying Chaos Theory to Delinquent Behavior in Psychosocial Stress Situations

Fabian, Thomas / Stadler, Michael

Pages 55-61

Resilience in Juveniles With High Risk of Delinquency

Bliesener, Thomas / Lösel, Friedrich

Pages 62-75

Violation of Rules as a Reaction to Declining Living Standards Among Workers and Intellectuals

Wosinska, Wilhelmina

Pages 76-85

What Constitutes Reckless Driving? A Psychological Study of Motor Vehicle Following Distances

Wagstaf, Graham F.

Pages 86-94

Between Doing Harm and Breaking the Law: A Social-Psychological Perspective

Pietras, Maria

Pages 95-104

Drug Use Prevalence Among Offenders

Brochu, Serge / Desjardins, Lyne / Douyon, Alexandra / Forget, Charles

Pages 105-110

Using Psychological Tests in the Forensic Assessment of Offenders

Littmann, Eckhard

Pages 111-120

Profiles of Incarcerated Offenders Convicted of Rape and Indecent Assault: An Exploratory Study

Ching-Chuen, Lu Chan

Pages 121-128

Part III Treatment and Prevention of Offending

The Effect of Treatment on Juvenile Delinquents: Results from Meta-Analysis

Lipsey, Mark W.

Pages 131-143

Intervention in Persistent Criminality in Children

Lane, David A.

Pages 144-162

Some Things Do Work: Psychological Interventions With Offenders and the Effectiveness Debate

McGuire, James / Priestley, Philip

Pages 163-174

Therapy Versus Penalty: An Evaluation Study

Egg, Rudolf

Pages 175-181

The Treatment of Mentally Disordered Offenders in Canada

Hodgins, Sheilagh

Pages 182-192

General Prevention: Criminological and Psychological Problems

Dölling, Dieter

Pages 193-202

Part IV Psychological Research on the Police

Psychologists and the Police

Yuille, John C.

Pages 205-211

Predictors of Suspect and Interviewer Behaviour During Police Questioning

Moston, Stephen J. / Stephenson, Geoffrey M.

Pages 212-218

Perceived Credibility of the Communicator: Studies of Perceptual Bias in Police Officers Conducting Rape Interviews

Winkel, Frans W. / Koppelaar, Leendert

Pages 219-233

Police Officers' Beliefs About Cues Associated With Deception in Rape Cases

Greuel, Luise

Pages 234-239

Police-Citizen Interaction and Nonverbal Communication: The Impact of Culturally Determined Smiling and Gestures

Vrij, Aldert / Winkel, Frans W.

Pages 240-252

The Effect of the Right to Silence on the Prosecution and Conviction of Criminal Suspects

Stephenson, Geoffrey M. / Moston, Stephen J.

Pages 253-262

Part V Research on Witness Testimony

Influencing Public Policy on Eyewitnessing: Problems and Possibilities

Davies, Graham

Pages 265-274

Comparison of One-Person and Many-Person Lineups: A Warning Against Unsafe Practices

Wagenaar, Willem A. / Veefkind, Nancy

Pages 275-285

The Influence of Eyewitness Observation and Photographic Presentation on the Identification of Persons in Lineups

Stadler, Michael / Schindler, Hans / Fabian, Thomas

Pages 286-291

The Generation of Misinformation

Hoffman, Hunter G. / Lofftus, Elizabeth F. / Greenmun, Christine N. / Dashiell, Richard L.

Pages 292-301

Effects of Detailed Imagery on Simulated Witness Recall

Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L. / Hill, Kathleen / Hitchcock, Rosalind

Pages 302-308

Racial and Gender Issues in Facial Recognition

Jalbert, Norine L. / Getting, Jeanette

Pages 309-316

Eyewitness Memory and Time of Day

Diges, Margarita / Rubio, Maria E. / Rodriguez, Maria C.

Pages 317-320

"Phenomenal Causality" in Eyewitness Report

Dahmen-Zimmer, Katharina / Kraus, Martina

Pages 321-327

Deception Detection and Reality Monitoring: A New Answer to an Old Question?

Alonso-Quecuty, María L.

Pages 328-332

Part VI Children as Witnesses and Victims in the Justice System

The Truth in Content Analyses of a Child's Testimony

Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L.

Pages 335-344

The Credibility of Children as Witnesses and the Social Denial of the Incestuous Abuse of Children

Baartman, Herman E.M.

Pages 345-351

Injustice to Children and Families in Child Abuse Cases

Howitt, Dennis

Pages 352-359

Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: Psychological Implications of Legal Procedures

Steller, Max

Pages 360-364

Child Witnesses in British Courts

Flin, Rhona H.

Pages 365-373

Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: The Juridical Situation in Germany

Volbert, Renate

Pages 374-384

Children's Evidence in Child Abuse Proceedings under the Israeli Legal System: The Law of Evidence Revision

Morag, Tamar

Pages 385-392

Official Ideals and Current Practice in Work With Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases in Norway

Havik, Toril

Pages 393-398

Juridical Situation of Child Witnesses in Canada

O'Neill, Marie J.

Pages 399-403

Some Areas of Interface Between Psychology and the Guardian Ad Litem Programs in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Settings

McPherson, Sandra B.

Pages 404-410

Part VII Juridical Procedures and Decision-Making

Methodological Issues in Research on Legal Decision-Making, With Special Reference to Experimental Simulations

Konečni, Vladimir J. / Ebbesen, Ebbe Β.

Pages 413-423

Justification and Goals of Punishment and the Attribution of Responsibility in Judges

Oswald, Margit Ε.

Pages 424-434

Verdicts of Psychosocially Biased Juries

Arce, Ramón / Sobral, Jorge / Fariña, Francisca

Pages 435-439

Psychometric Evaluation of Two Scales Assessing Fitness to Stand Trial

Bagby, R. Michael / Nicholson, Robert

Pages 440-446

Beyond the Ultimate Issue

Carson, David

Pages 447-464

Part VIII Forensic Psychology in Civil Law

The Child in the European Legal System

Kühne, Adelheid

Pages 467-472

Diagnostic Judgment on Parental Custody as a Decision-Making Process

Kluck, Marie-Luise

Pages 473-476

Fire-Setting: Age Trends and Psychometrical Diagnosis of Competency Criteria for Liability

Hommers, Wilfried

Pages 477-490

The Legislation of Organ Donation

Hessing, Dick J. / Elffers, Henk / Charro, Frank Τ. de

Pages 491-499

Jung's Psychology Adopted in Law

Usteri, Martin / Baur, Georges

Pages 500-506

Part IX History and Development of Legal Psychology in Different Countries

Highlights of the History of Forensic Psychology in Germany

Undeutsch, Udo

Pages 509-518

On the Development of Psychologically Oriented Legal Thinking in German Speaking Countries

Jakob, Raimund

Pages 519-525

Psychology and Law in Spain

Garrido, Vicente / Redondo, Santiago

Pages 526-534

Law and Psychology in Italy

Traverso, Giovanni B. / Manna, Paola

Pages 535-545

Psychology and Law in Poland

Stanik, Jan M.

Pages 546-554

Subject Index

Pages 555-560

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