The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony was published in1992 and has been reprinted on several occasions. It was extensively reviewed in the legal, psychological, psychiatric, and brought the issue of false confessions from a scientific perspective to the attention medical literature. Its publication of the legal, psychological and psychiatric professions. It provided a muchneeded comprehensive and authoritative text for practitioners, researchers and academics. The book had a major impact in Britain and abroad, which can be seen from numerous legal judgments.
This is the definitive reference and text for both mental health and legal professionals. The authors offer a uniquely comprehensive discussion of the legal and clinical contexts of forensic assessment, along with best-practice guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in a wide range of criminal and civil proceedings. Presented are findings, instruments, and procedures related to criminal and civil competencies, civil commitment, sentencing, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and more.
Forensic psychology has mushroomed into a diverse and increasingly complex field that is equal parts law and psychology. Psychologists act as expert witnesses in legal cases - sometimes without knowing much about the laws involved, and legal professionals rely on the assessment of psychologists sometimes without knowing much about how such assessments are made.
The purpose of this handbook is to provide professionals with current, practical, and empirically based information to guide their work in forensic settings, or to better their understanding of the issues and debates in forensic psychology.
This book takes into account the history, aims and functions and enhanced importance of the subject in a rapidly shrinking world. It is the most comprehensive and accessible book of its kind, not only charting the historical origins of civil law and common law traditions, but also offering a flavour of other types of legal systems, such as EC law and systems in non-Western legal jurisdictions.
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