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Psychology in Legal Contexts

Applications and Limitations

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Sally M. A. Lloyd-Bostock

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

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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
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  3. Interrogation and Confession

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    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 Effects of Confession and Retraction on Simulated Juries: A Pilot Study

      • A. Philip Sealy, Albert McKew
      Pages 85-92

  4. The Psychologist as Expert

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Introducing Psychological Evidence in the Courts: Impediments and Opportunities

      • Brian Clapham
      Pages 95-106

    3. Expert Opinion based on Evidence from Forensic Hypnosis and Lie-detection

      • Lionel R. C. Haward
      Pages 107-118

  5. Legal Language and Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    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
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    2. The Limits of Law and Psychology in Decisions Concerning the Welfare of Children

      • Michael King
      Pages 149-164

    3. Family Violence: Interpretations and Solutions

      • Michael D. A. Freeman
      Pages 165-181

    4. The Legal and the Psychological View of Gambling

      • David Miers
      Pages 182-202

    5. The Traffic Offence as a Rational Decision: Exposure of a Problem and Suggested Countermeasures

      • Ivan D. Brown
      Pages 203-222

    6. Some suggestions for Sex Law Reform

      • Donald J. West
      Pages 223-235
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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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