Canter, David (Ed.)

Psychology and law edited by David Canter, Rita Žukauskienė. - England : Ashgate, 2008. - 262p. - (Psychology, crime, and law series) .

Table of contents:
Chapter 1. In the kingdom of the blind
Chapter 2. Contemporary challenges in investigative psychology : revisiting the canter offender profiling equations
Chapter 3. Lie detectors and the law : the use of the polygraph in Europe
Chapter 4. Eyewitness research : theory and practice
Chapter 5. Identification in court
Chapter 6. Profiling evidence in the courts
Chapter 7. Implications of heterogeneity among individuals with antisocial behaviour
Chapter 8. From crime to tort : criminal acts, civil liability, and the behavioral science
Chapter 9. The consequences of prison life : notes on the new psychology of prison effects
Chapter 10. Psychopathy as an important forensic construct : past, present, and future
Chapter 11. Key considerations and problems in assessing risk for violence
Chapter 12. Computer-assisted violence risk assessment among people with mental disorder
Chapter 13. Does the law use even a small portion of what legal psychology has to offer?
Chapter 14. 'They're an illusion to me now' : forensic ethics, sanism and pretextuality

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