Few things should go together better than psychology and law - and few things are getting together less successfully. Edited by four psychologists and a lawyer, and drawing on contributions from Europe, the USA and Australia, Applying Psychology to Criminal Justice argues that psychology should be applied more widely within the criminal justice system. Contributors develop the case for successfully applying psychology to justice by providing a rich range of applicable examples for development now and in the future. Readers are encouraged to challenge the limited ambition and imagination of psychology and law by examining how insights in areas such as offender cognition and decision-making under pressure might inform future investigation and analysis.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9780470015155
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87854080
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Applying Psychology to Criminal Justice
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Criminology
Type
Textbook
Author
David Carson, Karen Shalev, Rebecca D. Milne, Andrea Shawyer, Francis Pakes
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
250 mm
Item Weight
710 g
Item Width
174 mm
Additional Product Features
Editor
Francis Pakes, Andrea Shawyer, David Carson, Rebecca D. Milne, Karen Shalev