Advances in Psychology and Law: International Contributions

Santiago Redondo, Vicente Garrido, Jorge Pérez, Rosemary Barberet

Walter de Gruyter, Jun 3, 2011 - Psychology - 565 pages

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Contents

• Current Status and Future Perspectives: 3
• Psychology and Law in Latin America State of the Art: 26
• Past Present and Future: 34
• Policies Practices and Public Opinion: 43
• Psychological Aspects of the Family Law Reform and the Influences in Legislation after the German Unification: 53
• Victimology: 63
• Three Studies on Neutralization Redefinition and Desensitization: 65
• A Prospective Study on the Direct and Buffering Effects of Personality Traits: 77
• Victimological Aspects of Computer Crimes: 88
• On the Darkness of Dark Figures: 95
• The Victims Experience and Fear of Crime A Contribution to the Victimization Perspective: 107
• Witnesses and Expert Testimony: 127
• Lying about Something Heard: 129
• Effects on the Amount of Details in Childrens Statements: 136
• Changes in Subtle HandFinger Movements During Attempted Deception: 147
• The Effects of Distraction on Police Officer Shooting Behavior: 155
• An Experimental Study of Nonevidentiary Bias: 163
• Psychological Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Issues on the Basis of Case Related Field Experiments: 174
• Some Aspects of the Role of the Expert in Criminal Cases: 180
• Juries and Tribunals: 187
• Models in Jury DecisionMaking: 189
• Formal Pattern in Jury Decision Making: 192
• Inquisitorial Jury Selection through Scientific Support: 206
• Hypothesis of the Theory of Anchoring by Tversky and Kahneman: 215
• An Enquiry into Judicial Decisions: 227
• Is the Judges Role to be Reformulated? A SocioPsychological Approach to Office and Practice: 236
• Child Development and Delinquency: 245
• Delinquency Prevention in the First Few Years of Life: 247
• A Comparison of National and Subnational Samples: 262
• Adoption and Murder: 274
• A Descriptive Preliminary Study of the Long Term Effects of Divorce on the Psychological Adjustment Process of Children: 281
• Custodians Gender and Disorders in the Psychical Development of Children: 289
• Psychological Factors Related to Crime: 299
• A Study of a Sample of Psychiatric OutPatients: 301
• An Important Link between Substance Use and Crime?: 312
• A Study of Institutionalized Women Offenders: 322
• An Empirical Approach to Offender Profiling: 333
• Between Tradition and Utopia: 346
• Drug Addiction Interventions: 363
• Drug Addiction Among Inmates: 365
• Addiction and Criminal Background in Rehabilitation Centers for Drug and Alcohol Abuser Clientele: 374
• Drug Addiction Intervention Programmes Using Agonists and Antagonists Opiates in Catalonian Prisons: 383
• Three Years in the Specialised Attention Department DAE of Quatre Camins Penitentiary Centre: 389
• Correctional Treatment and Prison Initiatives: 397
• Psychological Implications: 399
• Organizational Assessment of a Prison: 408
• Suicide Attempts: 419
• Towards a Specific Construct for the Motivation to Enter Psychotherapy for Prison Inmates: 431
• The Treatment of Aggressive Prisoners A Closed Regime Programme: 442
• Six Years of Evaluation: 452
• Correctional Evaluation: 463
• Methodological Advances in the Assessment of Correctional Programs: 465
• Relative Merits of Institutions and Community Prevention Initiatives: 478
• Methodological Issues in the MetaEvaluation of Correctional Treatment: 486
• A MetaAnalytical Review: 499
• Epilogue: 524
• Subject Index: 541

Bibliographic information

• Title: Advances in Psychology and Law: International Contributions; Publications of the European Association of Psychology and Law
• Editors: Santiago Redondo, Vicente Garrido, Jorge Pérez, Rosemary Barberet
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2011
• ISBN: 3110801167, 9783110801163
• Length: 565 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / Child; Psychology / Developmental / General; Psychology / General