Encyclopedia of psychology & law

The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law addresses the interface of psychology and law and draws from the related discipline of criminal justice. This title represents an outstanding collection of entries describing a wide array of contemporary and historical psychology and law topics. This comprehensive resource is perfect to fill the substantial gap in the holdings of academic, professional, and personal libraries on this topic.

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"The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law addresses the interface of psychology and law and draws from the related discipline of criminal justice. This title represents an outstanding collection of entries describing a wide array of contemporary and historical psychology and law topics. This comprehensive resource is perfect to fill the substantial gap in the holdings of academic, professional, and personal libraries on this topic."@en
"Addresses research and practice in the interface of psychology and law. Surveys the traditional subdisciplines of psychology: cognitive (e.g., eyewitness testimony), developmental (e.g., children's testimony), social (e.g., jury behavior), clinical (e.g., assessment of competence), biological (e.g., the polygraph), and industrial-organizational psychology (e.g., sexual harassment in the workplace)."@en
"This two-volume encyclopedia addresses the intersection of psychology (including cognitive, developmental, clinical, biological, and industrial-organizational branches) and law as a field of scholarship, practice, and education in the United States. Some 300 entries from Ackerman-Schoendorf Parent Evaluation of Custody Test to wrongful conviction are included and both contemporary and historical issues are addressed. Thematically, the encyclopedia covers criminal competencies, criminal responsibility, the death penalty, divorce and child custody, education and professional development, eyewitness memory, forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases, juvenile offenders, mental health law, psychological and forensic assessment instruments, psychology of criminal behavior, psychology of policing and investigations, sentencing and incarceration, symptoms and disorders relevant to forensic assessment, trial processes, victim reactions to crime, and violence risk assessment. Each entry includes "see also" citations and a guide to further readings."