Psychology, Law, and Criminal Justice

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Sixty-three proceedings papers from researchers in Europe, North America, and Australasia, assess the psychological implications of legal systems and prisons. The presentations review factors involving eyewitness testimony credibility and misinformation, techniques in suspect and victim interviewing Preface Introduction Contributors Part I: Eyewitness Testimony The Perceived Credibility of Rape Victims During a Police Interview: An Experiment among Victim Assistance Workers The Perceived Truthfulness of Children's and Adults' Testimony: The Oath versus the Competency Test The Relation between Consistency and Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony The "Authenticity Error" in Real Lineup Procedures. Effects of Suspect-Status and Corresponding Psychological Dissimilarities between Target Person and Distractors: An Experimental Study Misinformation Methodologies: Explaining the Effects of Errant Information Previous Knowledge and Delay in the Recall of Filmed Events Effects of Preparation on Internal and External Memories Experimentally Induced Person Mix-ups Through Media Exposure and Ways to Avoid Them Detecting Fact from Fallacy in Child and Adult Witness Accounts Is There Truth in the Eye of the Beholder? Causal Illusions in Children and Adults Part II: Interviewing From Denial to Admission in Police Questioning of Suspects Good Practice for Video Recorded Interviews with Child Witnesses for Use in Criminal Proceedings Information Enhancement and Credibility Assessment of Child Statements: The Impact of the Cognitive Interview Technique on Criteria-Based Content Analysis Enhancing Children's Eyewitness Testimony with the Cognitive Interview An Empirical Test of the Mnemonic Components of the Cognitive Interview The Cognitive Interview - Does it Work? Part III: Children in the Legal System The Development of Children's Understanding of Legal Principles Psychological Evaluation of Changes in Testimony Given by Sexually Abused Juveniles Expert Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse Criminal Cases in Canada and the United States Children's Disclosure of Secrets: Implications for Interviewing Three Dogmas Applied to Child Victims of Sexual Abuse: The Danish Perspective Sexual Knowledge and Behavior of Children up to 12 Years— What is Age-Appropriate? Sex, Lies and Video Tape Detection of False Statements in First and Third Graders: The Development of a Nonverbal Detection Instrument The Analysis of Family Dynamics in Child Custody Cases The Factors Neutralizing Development Disorders in Children from Broken Families Bullying or Peer Abuse in School: Intervention and Prevention Part IV: Legal Decision Making Anchored Narratives: A Theory of Judicial Reasoning and its Consequences Psychosocial Investigation in Death Penalty Mitigation: Procedures, Pitfalls and Impact Attitude and Behavior of Male and Female Judges Concerning the Punishment of Offenders Predicting Court Sentences: A Perilous Exercise Communication Channels and Gender Differences in Decoding and Integration of Cues in Legal Decision-Making Juror Decision-Making and the Trial Process From Juror to Jury Decision Making: A Non-Model Approach The Influence of the Size and Decision Rule in Jury Decision-Making The Jury in the United Kingdom: Juries and Jury Research in Context Part V: Perceptions and Reactions to Criminality Coping with Burglary : The Effects of a Police Service on Victims' Emotional Readjustment Reactions to Criminal Victimization: A Field Study of the Cognitive Effects on Victims and Members of Their Social Network The Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault in Canada Social Beliefs about Recidivism in Crime Law and Psychology in the Perception of Crime Seriousness: Towards a Joint Approach Part VI: Correlates of Offending Deviance or Resilience? A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in Residential Care Psychosocial Influences on the Development of Antisocial Personality A Critical Look at the Conceptual Models Explaining Drug Use and Crime Part VII: Prevention and Treatment of Offending Absence from School: Research and Practical Management The Prevention of Delinquency in Spain The Social Competence of Young Offenders: A Return to Basics A Model for the Treatment of Young Offenders in Spain: Searching for Effectiveness Short and Long Term Outcomes for a Cognitive-Behavioral Anger Management Program Psychological Disturbance in the Scottish Prison System: A Preliminary Account Correctional Programmes in Europe: A Pilot Study for a Meta-Evaluation Mental Health Interventions in Pretrial Jails Offender Categories in the Hungarian Prison System What Recent Meta-Evaluations Tell us About the Effectiveness of Correctional Treatment Part VIII: Prison Psychology Psychological Services to the Finnish Prison Administration Prison Service Psychology - England and Wales The Organization of the Psychiatry and Psychology Services in Italian Prisons Therapy within Prison: Opportunities and Problems The Psychiatric and Psychological Services Within the Norwegian Prison Health Service Part IX: European Perspectives on Law and Psychology Psychological Testing and Police Recruit Selection: Difficulties and Dilemmas Psychological Issues in the Draft Polish Code of Criminal Procedure Judicial Psychology in Spain: Actuation and Limits of Intervention Legal Psychology in Spain: Reflections on its Short History Subject Index