Psychology and law

by Andreas Kapardis

"Now in its fourth edition, Psychology and Law is a comprehensive guide to the complex interactions between psychology and criminal law. Andreas Kapardis explores contemporary psycholegal issues both in and out of the courtroom, from eyewitness testimony, investigative interviewing, jury decision-making, and sentencing as a human process, to restorative justice, terrorism, police prejudice and offender profiling. This edition features new contributions from two leading scholars in the field. David Farrington of the University of Cambridge, a pioneer of legal psychology in the United...