Psychology and Law by Ronald Roesch, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

As law is instituted by society to serve society, there can be no question that psychology plays an important and inevitable role in the legal process, clarifying or complicating legal issues. In this enlightening text, Roesch, Hart, Ogloff, and the contributors review all the key areas of the use of psychological expertise in civil, criminal, and family law. An impressive selection of academic scholars and legal professionals discusses the contributions that psychology brings to the legal arena. Topics examined in this insightful text include:juries and the current empirical literaturewitnesses and the validity of reportspreventing mistaken convictions in eyewitness identification trialsforensic assessment and treatmentpredicting violence in mentally and personality disordered individualsemployment and discriminationnew `best interests' standards for children in courtseducation and training in psychology and law, andethical and legal contours of forensic psychology. The volume also features a noteworthyappendixon specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists. Psychology and Lawcollects a range of expert testimony in its thorough examination of the legal process, affording readers a unique survey of contemporary knowledge. | Psychology and Law by Ronald Roesch, Paperback | Indigo Chapters