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Advances in Psychology and Law

Volume 2

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  • Chapters fully integrate both legal and psychological research and perspectives
  • Comprehensive reviews of a broad range of topics of interest to the law-psychology community
  • Each chapter contains recommendations for future research, which will help frame work for years to come
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Psychology and Law (APL, volume 2)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

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About this book

As with its esteemed predecessor, this timely volume offers ways of applying psychological knowledge to address pressing concerns in legal procedures and potentially to reduce criminal offending. In such areas as interrogations, expert testimony, evidence admissibility, and the “death qualification” process in capital trials, contributors offer scientific bases for trends in suspect, witness, and juror behavior and identify those practices liable to impinge on just outcomes. Recommendations span a wide range of research, practice, and policy areas, from better approaches to assessment to innovative strategies for reducing recidivism. The interdisciplinary perspectives of these chapters shed salient light on both the reach of the issues and possibilities for intervening to improve the functioning of the justice system.

Among the topics covered:                                                                                                                                 

·         The validity of pleading guilty.

·         The impact of emotions on juror judgments and decision making.

·         The content, purpose, and effects of expert testimony on interrogation practices and suspect confessions.

·         A synthetic perspective on the own-race bias in eyewitness identification.

·         Risk-reducing interventions for justice-involved individuals.

·         Criminal justice and psychological perspectives on deterring gangs.

As a means to spur research and discussion, and to inspire further collaboration between the fields, Volume 2 of Advances in Psychology and Law will interest and intrigue researchers and practitioners in law-psychology as well as practicing attorneys, trial consultants, and clinical psychologists.    





Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

    Brian H. Bornstein

  • Criminal Justice Department, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

    Monica K. Miller

About the editors

Brian Bornstein is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Law-Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is editor of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. He has edited 14 books (including two close to completion), roughly half of which have been with Springer.

Monica Miller is a Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno with a split appointment between the Criminal Justice Department and the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program. She is on the editorial board of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. She has edited 4 books, including “Handbook of Community Sentiment” (Springer, 2015).

The co-editors have a longstanding and productive working relationship. Together, Brian and Monica are currently co-editors of the New York University book series “Psychology and Crime” and co-edited a volume on “Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System” (Oxford University Press, 2013), as wellas “Advances in Psychology and Law, Vol. 1” (Springer, in press). They have also co-authored one book and over a dozen journal articles together.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Psychology and Law

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2

  • Editors: Brian H. Bornstein, Monica K. Miller

  • Series Title: Advances in Psychology and Law

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43083-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43082-9Published: 21 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43083-6Published: 12 October 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2366-6099

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-6102

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 346

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Law and Psychology

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