THE PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS: FORENSIC SCIENCE REFORM

THE PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS: FORENSIC SCIENCE REFORM

Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS
Año de edición:
Materia
Medicina Legal - Medicina Forense
ISBN:
978-0-12-802655-7
Páginas:
402
N. de edición:
1
Idioma:
Inglés
Disponibilidad:
Disponible en 10 días

Descuento:

-5%

Antes:

113,36 €

Despues:

107,69 €

• Increases the courts’ knowledge about areas of psychology that have been debunked, have advanced, or have been refined by the scientific community
• Covers issues in psychological forensics, namely: Profiling, Psychological Defenses, Mitigation, Eyewitness Testimony/Identification, Child Testimony, Repressed Memories, False Confessions and Moral Panic
• Trains prosecuting attorneys about the present state of the forensic psychology, to avoid relying only on legal precedent and will not present flawed science to the court
• Provides defense attorneys the knowledge necessary to competently defend where forensic psychology plays a part in a prosecution
• Arms innocence projects and appellate attorneys with the latest information to challenge convictions
• Uses case studies to simplify issues in forensic psychology for the legal professional

Author
• Wendy J Koen, Habeas Attorney, San Diego, CA, USA.
• C. Michael Bowers, D.D.S., J.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Deputy Medical Examiner, Ventura, CA, USA