The Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology

Ray Bull is Immediate Past President of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL). In 2010 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, an honour restricted to 40 living psychologists. In 2008 he received the EAPL Award for Life-time Contribution to Psychology and Law. He regularly acts as an expert witness and conducts workshops/training on investigative interviewing around the world. Iris Blandón-Gitlin is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton, USA. Her research focuses on examining social-cognitive factors that influence people’s memories, the detecting of deception, and the elicitation of information from sources in forensic contexts. Dr Blandón-Gitlin also consults in criminal cases and frequently conducts training for professionals in the legal community.

List of Contributors

Introduction

Ray Bull and Iris Blandon-Gitlin






The Right to Remain Silent: Realities and Illusions
Saul M. Kassin, Kyle C. Scherr and Fabiana Alceste




Roar or ‘PEACE’: Is it a ‘Tall Story’?
Ray Bull




True and False Memories in Forensic Contexts
Iris Blandon-Gitlin and Elise Fenn




Investigating and Prosecuting Rape: Victim and Criminal Justice Professionals’ Perspectives
Emma Sleath




The Probative Value of Emotional Affect in Homicide Investigations
Emily V. Shaw, Jennifer Gongola, Jennifer Teitcher and Nicholas Scurich




Investigative Decision Making
Karl Ask and Ivar Fahsing




Cognitive Fluency in the Courtroom
Eryn Newman, Madeline Jalbert, and Neal Feigenson




Interviewing and Interrogating Minority Suspects: Psychological Science Can Help Improve the Process and Outcomes
Elise Fenn, Catherine Grosz and Iris Blandon-Gitlin




Interpreters in Investigative Contexts
Jacqueline Evans, Sarah Shaffer and Dave Walsh




Impact of Alcohol and other Drugs on Eyewitness Memory
Heather D. Flowe, Melissa F. Colloff, Lilian Kloft, Theodore Jores and Laura M. Stevens




Lay Participation in Legal Decision Making
Margaret Bull Kovera and Lora M. Levett




Police Interviewing of Sexual Assault Victims: Current Organisational Responses and Recommendations for Improvement
Nina J. Westera, Martine B. Powell, Rebecca Milne and Jane Goodman-Delahunty




Reviewing the use of Crime Linkage Evidence within a Legal Context
Kari Davies, Jessica Woodhams, Matthew Tonkin




The Verifiability Approach: Advances, Challenges, and Future Prospects
Galit Nahari and Aldert Vrij




Emotion – Internal and External Consequences for Legal Authorities
Annika Melinder, Chiara Mirandola, and Livia Gilstrap




Stalking: How Perceptions differ from Reality and why these Differences matter by Adrian J. Scott



Establishing cooperation and eliciting information: Semi-cooperative sources’ affective resistance and cognitive strategies
Simon Oleszkiewicz and Pär Anders Granhag




Evidence of Identification from Eyewitnesses
Colin Tredoux and Jacques Py




From the Ivory Tower to the Interrogation Room: Training and Field Evaluation Research on Suspect Interviewing
Melissa B. Russano, Christopher E. Kelly, and Christian A. Meissner




Introducing Psychology to the Justice System in Taiwan

Yee-San Teoh and Leon C. H. Huang

Index