Psychological Science and the Law (eBook)

Neil Brewer, PhD, is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Flinders University, South Australia. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. His research addresses eyewitness identification and recall, juror judgments, and, recently, interactions between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and the justice system. Dr. Brewer has served as the editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied and as an editorial board member for all the major psychology–law journals.   Amy Bradfield Douglass, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Bates College. She teaches statistics and upper-level courses on psychology and law and psychology of religion. Her research focuses on how eyewitnesses make decisions, how eyewitness errors can be prevented, how social interactions with lineup administrators affect retrospective witness judgments, and how people perceive and evaluate eyewitnesses. Dr. Douglass is an editorial board member and former associate editor of Law and Human Behavior.

Introduction: Psychology and the Criminal Justice System, Amy Bradfield Douglass & Neil Brewer 1. Criminal Profiling, Laura Fallon & Brent Snook 2. Cognitive Bias in Legal Decision Making, Steve Charman, Amy Bradfield Douglass, & Alexis Mook 3. Interrogations and Confessions, Stephanie Madon, Curt More, & Ryan Ditchfield 4. Deception Detection, Christopher A. Gunderson & Leanne ten Brinke 5. Eyewitness Memory, Sean M. Lane & Kate A. Houston 6. Interviewing Witnesses and Victims, Lorraine Hope & Fiona Gabbert 7. Child Witnesses, Thomas D. Lyon, Kelly McWilliams, & Shanna Williams 8. False Memory, Maria S. Zaragoza, Ira Hyman, & Quin M. Chrobak 9. Eyewitness Identification, James D. Sauer, Matthew A. Palmer, & Neil Brewer 10. Identifying People from Images, David White & Richard Kemp 11. Plea Bargaining, Miko M. Wilford, Annabelle Shestak, & Gary L. Wells 12. Competence to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility, Lauren E. Kois, Preeti Chauhan, & Janet I. Warren 13. Expert Testimony, Stephanie Marion, Jeffrey Kaplan, & Brian Cutler 14. Jury Decision Making, Liana C. Peter-Hagene, Jessica M. Salerno, & Hannah Phalen 15. Aggression, Violence, and Psychopathy, Devon L. L. Polaschek 16. Judicial Decision Making, Gregory Mitchell 17. Translating Psychological Science into Policy and Practice, Nancy K. Steblay Index