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Psychology, Law and Legal Processes

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. David P. Farrington

    1. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK

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  2. Keith Hawkins

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

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  3. Sally M. 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 (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Contributions of Psychology to Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Psychological Research on Behaviour in Legal Contexts

      • David P. Farrington, Keith Hawkins
      Pages 3-34

    3. The Infant and the Dream: Psychology and the Law

      • David Bentley
      Pages 35-43

    4. The Psychologist as Expert Witness

      • Lionel R. C. Haward
      Pages 44-53

    5. The Contribution of Psychology to Legal Processes: an Analysis of Jury Studies

      • A. Philip Sealy
      Pages 54-68

    6. Legal Socialisation — A Critique of a New Approach

      • Robert Irvine
      Pages 69-89

  3. Psychological Perspectives on Compensation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Common Sense Morality and Accident Compensation

      • Sally M. Lloyd-Bostock
      Pages 93-110

    3. Responses to Victimisation: Compensation for Acts of Criminal Violence

      • David Miers
      Pages 111-122

  4. Studies of Legal Decision-Making

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Changes in Magistrates’ Attitudes During the First Year on the Bench

      • Rod A. Bond, Nigel F. Lemon
      Pages 125-142

    3. A Randomly Controlled Trial of Two Court Procedures in Truancy

      • Ian Berg, Roy Hullin, Ralph McGuire
      Pages 143-151

    4. The Construction of a Mitigation

      • Joanna Shapland
      Pages 152-164

  5. Establishing Facts for the Purposes of Evidence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Eyewitness Testimony: The Bridging of a Credibility Gap

      • Brian Clifford
      Pages 167-183

    3. The Influence of Stereotypes on Person Identification

      • Ray Bull
      Pages 184-194

    4. Identification Evidence: Experimental Investigations of Factors Affecting the Reliability of Juvenile and Adult Witnesses

      • Helen R. Dent, Geoffrey M. Stephenson
      Pages 195-206

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 207-222
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK

    David P. Farrington

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

    Keith Hawkins, Sally M. Lloyd-Bostock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychology, Law and Legal Processes

  • Editors: David P. Farrington, Keith Hawkins, Sally M. Lloyd-Bostock

  • Series Title: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04248-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

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

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-04248-7Published: 17 June 1979

  • Series ISSN: 2946-8566

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-8574

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 222

  • Topics: Law and Psychology

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