Description
This book is a critical study of the work of legal psychologists, particularly in the United States, and the assumptions upon which the work is based. It rejects an experimentalist model of legal psychology and claims that the use of such a model is not scientific and therefore superior to other ways of analysing the legal system. It proposes ultimately an approach based upon the interpretive nature of human social experience and its effects upon behavior.
Chapter
CHAPTER 1. Making Ends Meet
CHAPTER 1. Making Ends Meet
CHAPTER 2. Legal Psychologists at Work
CHAPTER 2. Legal Psychologists at Work
Example 1. Adversary v. Inquisitorial
Example 1. Adversary v. Inquisitorial
Example 2. The effect of Postevent Information on Witness Recall
Example 2. The effect of Postevent Information on Witness Recall
Example 3. Judges' decisions in bail applications
Example 3. Judges' decisions in bail applications
Example 4. The effects of the kind of questions asked and the atmosphere of the interrogation upon the testimony of witnesses
Example 4. The effects of the kind of questions asked and the atmosphere of the interrogation upon the testimony of witnesses
Example 5. The case of the subnormal cyclist
Example 5. The case of the subnormal cyclist
Example 6. Observing Police Interrogations
Example 6. Observing Police Interrogations
Example 7. Selecting Jurors, The Harisburg Seven
Example 7. Selecting Jurors, The Harisburg Seven
The Claims of Legal Psychologists
The Claims of Legal Psychologists
CHAPTER 3. Science and the Legal System
CHAPTER 3. Science and the Legal System
What Do They Mean by Scientific?
What Do They Mean by Scientific?
The Use of the Experimental Method
The Use of the Experimental Method
The Problems of Experimentation in Legal Psychology
The Problems of Experimentation in Legal Psychology
CHAPTER 4. Theoretical Dilemmas
CHAPTER 4. Theoretical Dilemmas
The Decision-Making Approach
The Decision-Making Approach
CHAPTER 5. The Fictions of Legal Behaviour
CHAPTER 5. The Fictions of Legal Behaviour
Fictions in Law and Psychology
Fictions in Law and Psychology
CHAPTER 6. The Challenge of Research
CHAPTER 6. The Challenge of Research
Applied Psychology and Legal Processes
Applied Psychology and Legal Processes
Cicourel's Critique of Social Research Methods
Cicourel's Critique of Social Research Methods
Applicable Social Psychology
Applicable Social Psychology
CHAPTER 7. The Future of Law and Psychology
CHAPTER 7. The Future of Law and Psychology
Psychology in and out of Court
：A Critical Examination of Legal Psychology
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