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Forensic and legal psychology : psychological science applied to law / by Mark Costanzo and Daniel Krauss

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Worth Publishers, 2021Edition: 4th edDescription: 463 pISBN:
  • 9781319244880
  • 9781319445058
  • 1319244882
  • 1319445055
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.7366 COS-F
Summary: "Costanzo and Krauss show students how psychological science can be used to enhance the gathering of evidence, improve legal decision making, reduce crime, and promote justice. The authors integrate fascinating accounts of real trials, important cases, and other examples of the legal system in action to illustrate how research and theory can deepen our understanding of suspects, criminals, police officers, victims, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jurors. This wide-ranging and consistently accessible text persuasively demonstrates the relevance of key research findings in social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology to virtually every aspect of the legal system"--Back cover
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"Costanzo and Krauss show students how psychological science can be used to enhance the gathering of evidence, improve legal decision making, reduce crime, and promote justice. The authors integrate fascinating accounts of real trials, important cases, and other examples of the legal system in action to illustrate how research and theory can deepen our understanding of suspects, criminals, police officers, victims, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jurors. This wide-ranging and consistently accessible text persuasively demonstrates the relevance of key research findings in social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology to virtually every aspect of the legal system"--Back cover

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