The Criminal Justice System
Although psychologists have related, scientifically and professionally, to the law for over 50 years now, the two fields have not been systematically integrated. Happily, that situation is changing today. Psychologists and lawyers are becoming increasingly aware that laws are based upon assumptions...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1977, 1977
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1977 |
| Series: | Perspectives in Law & Psychology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 A Behavioral Scientist Looks at Obscenity
- 2 Improving Comprehension for Jury Instructions
- 3 Dangerousness: Some Definitional, Conceptual, and Public Policy Issues
- 4 Criminal Commitment Contingency Structures
- 5 Professional Accountability in the Treatment and Release of Dangerous Persons
- 6 Who Should Go to Prison
- 7 Prison Environments and Psychological Survival
- 8 Judgments about Crime and the Criminal: A Model and a Method for Investigating Parole Decisions
- 9 Social Accountability: Preface to an Integrated Theory of Criminal and Mental Health Sanctions
- Biographical Sketches of the Contributors