Your Career in Psychology: Psychology and the Law

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Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004 - Psychology - 88 pages
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Careers in Psychology and Law is a supplemental text that deals the work involved, salaries, and training available for various careers in psychology. The book contains profiles of practicing psychologists to give students a clear sense of what each career involves. For example, there is a profile of Karen Franklin on expert testimony, a profile of Scyatta Wallace who is a congressional fellow, as well as Lawrence Wrightsman for forensic psychology.

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Contents

Introduction to Psychology and
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Chapter I
15
Correctional and Police Psychology
29
Copyright

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About the author (2004)

Tara L. Kuther, Ph.D., studied developmental psychology at Fordham University. Dr. Kuther is Professor of Psychology at Western Connecticut State University, where she teaches courses in child, adolescent, and adult psychology. She is a Fellow of the Society for Teaching of Psychology, Division Two of the American Psychological Association, and is active in the Society for Research in Child Development and the Society for Research on Adolescence. Dr. Kuther is the author of over a dozen books in addition to THE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR'S HANDBOOK.

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TitleYour Career in Psychology: Psychology and the Law
AuthorTara L. Kuther
PublisherWadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedSep 2, 2009
ISBN0534617794, 9780534617790
Length88 pages
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Psychology / Social Psychology
  
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