Psychology and Law in a Changing World: New Trends in Theory, Practice and Research

by Bagnoli,Lara; Bagnoli,Lara

• ISBN13: 9780415271431
• ISBN10: 0415271436
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Criminal psychology, and its relationship to the practice of law, has become a topic of major significance over the last three decades. Psychologists play a key role in modern criminal investigation and are central to crime reduction measures such as offender profiling, delinquency prevention and tackling fear of crime. Contributors from North America, Europe and Australia examine this link, both adding to and drawing upon the pool of recent theory construction and empirical work in the following areas: * causes and prevention of offending * studies of crime and offenders * the victim's perspective * witnesses and testimony * studies of legal processes. These issues are studied from a 'local' perspective that recognises not only the need for cross-national comparative research, but also the generation of a corpus of scientific knowledge more representative of the complexity of criminal and legal investigation today.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Psychology and Law at the End of the Century	p. 1
Causes and Prevention of Offending	p. 17
The Need for a Coordinated Program of Cross-National Comparative Longitudinal Research	p. 19
Early Prevention of Delinquency	p. 35
Empathy and Offender Behavior: The Motivational Context	p. 51
Social Information Processing in Bullies, Victims, and Competent Adolescents	p. 65
Studies of Crime and Offenders	p. 87
Homicide and Attempted Homicide in Genoa over a Thirty Year Period	p. 89
Matricides and Patricides: Comparisons from a U.S. Forensic Sample	p. 95
Offender Profiling and Degree of Violence in a Homicide Sample	p. 105
Greying Prisoners in a Greying Society: Empirical Study of Elderly People in German Prisons	p. 113
Victim Issues	p. 125
Fear of Crime: Age, Gender and Urbanization, Results from West and East Germany	p. 127
Victimization and Lifestyle Among Drug Abusers	p. 151
Victim and Offender Mediation in the Juvenile Justice System	p. 171
Testimony and Witness Issues	p. 183
The Cognitive Interview in Forensic Investigations: A Review	p. 185
'Try Again': The Cognitive Interview or Free Recall?	p. 199
Mental Reinstatement as a Technique to Enhance Children's Recall	p. 209
Studies of Legal Processes	p. 219
Therapeutic Jurisprudence in a Comparative Law Context	p. 221
Restitution and Mediation as Forms of Restorative Justice: A Viable Alternative to Revengeful Justice	p. 239
From Juror to Jury Memory of the Evidence	p. 255
Polygraphy in Poland	p. 263
The Assessment of Fitness to Stand Trial in Australia: A Proposed Assessment Tool	p. 271
Index	p. 281
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