Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology

Ewing, Charles Patrick

ISBN 10: 019518176X / ISBN 13: 9780195181760

Edité par Oxford University Press, 2006

A propos de cet article

Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

N° de réf. du vendeur 000773038U

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 019518176X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195181760
• Reliure: hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Good

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

Everyday, in courtrooms everywhere, people's lives are touched and shaped by judgments and verdicts influenced by the testimony of psychologists and other mental health experts. This casebook details 20 high-profile court cases that turned, at least in part, on the expertise of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists and involved such psychological issues as insanity, criminal profiling, capital punishment, competence to stand trial, infanticide, domestic violence, false confessions, and psychological autopsies. The defendents in these cases range from household names such as Woodly Allen, Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, and Jeffrey Dahmer to others whose brief brush with infamy has long been forgotten. But regardless of their notoriety or celebrity status, each of these carefully selected cases teaches important lessons about the role that psychology and the other behavioral sciences play in our legal system.

Revue de presse

a thoughtful and intersting review of the sometimes controversial role of expert psychological evidence.