Psychology and Law

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- International Perspectives on Psychology and Law: An Introduction / Lösel, Friedrich / Bender, Doris / Bliesener, Thomas -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I General Perspectives -- Psychology and Law: Overtures, Crescendos, and Reprises / Lösel, Friedrich -- Psychological Contributions to Criminology: Perspectives of a Law Scientist / Kaiser, Günther -- Psychological Contributions to the Explanation, Prevention and Treatment of Offending / Farrington, David P. -- Part II Explanation of Offending and Assessment of Offenders -- Applying Chaos Theory to Delinquent Behavior in Psychosocial Stress Situations / Fabian, Thomas / Stadler, Michael -- Resilience in Juveniles With High Risk of Delinquency / Bliesener, Thomas / Lösel, Friedrich -- Violation of Rules as a Reaction to Declining Living Standards Among Workers and Intellectuals / Wosinska, Wilhelmina -- What Constitutes Reckless Driving? A Psychological Study of Motor Vehicle Following Distances / Wagstaf, Graham F. -- Between Doing Harm and Breaking the Law: A Social-Psychological Perspective / Pietras, Maria -- Drug Use Prevalence Among Offenders / Brochu, Serge / Desjardins, Lyne / Douyon, Alexandra / Forget, Charles -- Using Psychological Tests in the Forensic Assessment of Offenders / Littmann, Eckhard -- Profiles of Incarcerated Offenders Convicted of Rape and Indecent Assault: An Exploratory Study / Ching-Chuen, Lu Chan -- Part III Treatment and Prevention of Offending -- The Effect of Treatment on Juvenile Delinquents: Results from Meta-Analysis / Lipsey, Mark W. -- Intervention in Persistent Criminality in Children / Lane, David A. -- Some Things Do Work: Psychological Interventions With Offenders and the Effectiveness Debate / McGuire, James / Priestley, Philip -- Therapy Versus Penalty: An Evaluation Study / Egg, Rudolf -- The Treatment of Mentally Disordered Offenders in Canada / Hodgins, Sheilagh -- General Prevention: Criminological and Psychological Problems / Dölling, Dieter -- Part IV Psychological Research on the Police -- Psychologists and the Police / Yuille, John C. -- Predictors of Suspect and Interviewer Behaviour During Police Questioning / Moston, Stephen J. / Stephenson, Geoffrey M. -- Perceived Credibility of the Communicator: Studies of Perceptual Bias in Police Officers Conducting Rape Interviews / Winkel, Frans W. / Koppelaar, Leendert -- Police Officers' Beliefs About Cues Associated With Deception in Rape Cases / Greuel, Luise -- Police-Citizen Interaction and Nonverbal Communication: The Impact of Culturally Determined Smiling and Gestures / Vrij, Aldert / Winkel, Frans W. -- The Effect of the Right to Silence on the Prosecution and Conviction of Criminal Suspects / Stephenson, Geoffrey M. / Moston, Stephen J. -- Part V Research on Witness Testimony -- Influencing Public Policy on Eyewitnessing: Problems and Possibilities / Davies, Graham -- Comparison of One-Person and Many-Person Lineups: A Warning Against Unsafe Practices / Wagenaar, Willem A. / Veefkind, Nancy -- The Influence of Eyewitness Observation and Photographic Presentation on the Identification of Persons in Lineups / Stadler, Michael / Schindler, Hans / Fabian, Thomas -- The Generation of Misinformation / Hoffman, Hunter G. / Lofftus, Elizabeth F. / Greenmun, Christine N. / Dashiell, Richard L. -- Effects of Detailed Imagery on Simulated Witness Recall / Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L. / Hill, Kathleen / Hitchcock, Rosalind -- Racial and Gender Issues in Facial Recognition / Jalbert, Norine L. / Getting, Jeanette -- Eyewitness Memory and Time of Day / Diges, Margarita / Rubio, Maria E. / Rodriguez, Maria C. -- "Phenomenal Causality" in Eyewitness Report / Dahmen-Zimmer, Katharina / Kraus, Martina -- Deception Detection and Reality Monitoring: A New Answer to an Old Question? / Alonso-Quecuty, María L. -- Part VI Children as Witnesses and Victims in the Justice System -- The Truth in Content Analyses of a Child's Testimony / Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L. -- The Credibility of Children as Witnesses and the Social Denial of the Incestuous Abuse of Children / Baartman, Herman E.M. -- Injustice to Children and Families in Child Abuse Cases / Howitt, Dennis -- Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: Psychological Implications of Legal Procedures / Steller, Max -- Child Witnesses in British Courts / Flin, Rhona H. -- Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: The Juridical Situation in Germany / Volbert, Renate -- Children's Evidence in Child Abuse Proceedings under the Israeli Legal System: The Law of Evidence Revision / Morag, Tamar -- Official Ideals and Current Practice in Work With Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases in Norway / Havik, Toril -- Juridical Situation of Child Witnesses in Canada / O'Neill, Marie J. -- Some Areas of Interface Between Psychology and the Guardian Ad Litem Programs in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Settings / McPherson, Sandra B. -- Part VII Juridical Procedures and Decision-Making -- Methodological Issues in Research on Legal Decision-Making, With Special Reference to Experimental Simulations / Konecni, Vladimir J. / Ebbesen, Ebbe ¿. -- Justification and Goals of Punishment and the Attribution of Responsibility in Judges / Oswald, Margit ¿. -- Verdicts of Psychosocially Biased Juries / Arce, Ramón / Sobral, Jorge / Fariña, Francisca -- Psychometric Evaluation of Two Scales Assessing Fitness to Stand Trial / Bagby, R. Michael / Nicholson, Robert -- Beyond the Ultimate Issue / Carson, David -- Part VIII Forensic Psychology in Civil Law -- The Child in the European Legal System / Kühne, Adelheid -- Diagnostic Judgment on Parental Custody as a Decision-Making Process / Kluck, Marie-Luise -- Fire-Setting: Age Trends and Psychometrical Diagnosis of Competency Criteria for Liability / Hommers, Wilfried -- The Legislation of Organ Donation / Hessing, Dick J. / Elffers, Henk / Charro, Frank ¿. de -- Jung's Psychology Adopted in Law / Usteri, Martin / Baur, Georges -- Part IX History and Development of Legal Psychology in Different Countries -- Highlights of the History of Forensic Psychology in Germany / Undeutsch, Udo -- On the Development of Psychologically Oriented Legal Thinking in German Speaking Countries / Jakob, Raimund -- Psychology and Law in Spain / Garrido, Vicente / Redondo, Santiago -- Law and Psychology in Italy / Traverso, Giovanni B. / Manna, Paola -- Psychology and Law in Poland / Stanik, Jan M. -- Subject Index