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Psychology in Legal Contexts

Applications and Limitations

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies (OSLS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. The Reliability of Witness Evidence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Interrogation and Confession

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
    2. Police Interrogation and Confessions

      • Marquita Inman
      Pages 45-66
    3. A Decision-Making Model of Confessions

      • E. Linden Hilgendorf, Barrie Irving
      Pages 67-84
  4. The Psychologist as Expert

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
  5. Legal Language and Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Is Legal Jargon a Restrictive Practice?

      • Patricia Wright
      Pages 121-145
  6. Applications of Psychology in Areas of Substantive Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Family Violence: Interpretations and Solutions

      • Michael D. A. Freeman
      Pages 165-181
    3. Some suggestions for Sex Law Reform

      • Donald J. West
      Pages 223-235

Editors and Affiliations

  • SSRC Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK

    Sally M. A. Lloyd-Bostock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychology in Legal Contexts

  • Book Subtitle: Applications and Limitations

  • Editors: Sally M. A. Lloyd-Bostock

  • Series Title: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04917-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-04919-6Published: 01 January 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-04917-2Published: 18 June 1981

  • Series ISSN: 2946-8566

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-8574

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 246

  • Topics: Law and Psychology, Forensic Psychology

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