Psychology and Law The State of the Discipline
As law is instituted by society to serve society, there can be no question that psychology plays an important and inevitable role in the legal process, clarifying or complicating legal issues. In this enlightening text, Roesch, Hart, Ogloff, and the contr
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Perspectives in
Law & Psychology Sponsored by the American Psychology-Law Society I Division 41 of the American Psychological Association Series Editor: RONALD ROESCH, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Editorial Board: MARY DURHAM, JANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY, THOMAS GRISSO, STEPHEN D. HART, MARSHA LISS, EDWARD P. MULVEY, JAMES R. P. OGLOFF, NORMAN G. POYTHRESS, JR., DON READ, AND REGINA SCHULLER Volume 1
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Edited by Bruce Dennis Sales
Volume 2
THE TRIAL PROCESS Edited by Bruce Dennis Sales
Volume 3
JUVENILES' WAIVER OF RIGHTS Legal and Psychological Competence Thomas Grisso
Volume 4
MENTAL HEALTH LAW Major Issues David B. Wexler
Volume 5
HANDBOOK OF SCALES FOR RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY Stanley L. Brodsky and H. O'Neal Smitherman
Volume 6
MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS Perspectives from Law and Social Science Edited by John Monahan and Henry J. Steadman
Volume 7
EVALUATING COMPETENCIES Forensic Assessments and Instruments Thomas Grisso
Volume 8
INSANITY ON TRIAL Norman J. Finkel
Volume 9
AFTER THE CRIME Victim Decision Making Martin S. Greenberg and R. Barry Ruback
Volume 10
PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW The State of the Discipline Edited by Ronald Roesch, Stephen D. Hart, and James R. P. Ogloff
Psychology and La-w The State of the Discipline Edited by
Ronald Roesch Stephen D. Hart and
James R. P. Ogloff Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Psychology and law the state of the discipllne I edited by Ronald Roesch, Stephen D, Hart and James R,P, Ogloff, p, cm, ~~ (Perspectives ln law & psychology ; v, 101 Includes bibl iographical references and lndex.
ISBN 978-0-306-45950-4 978-1-4615-4891-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-4891-1 1, Law~~Psychologlcal aspects, 2, Psychology, Forensic, 1, Roesch, Ronald, 1947~ II, Hart, Stephen D, rStephen David), 1962~ III. Ogloff, James R, P. IV. Series, Perspectives in law and psychology ; v, 10. K346,P79 1998 340' . 19~~dc21 98~45167
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ISBN 978-0-306-45950-4 © 1999 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers in 1999 Softcover reprint of the hardcover lst edition 1999
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Contributors DONALD N. BERSOFF • School of Law, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085; Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 AMY L. BRADFIELD Ames, Iowa 50011
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Department of Psychology, Iowa State University,
BRIAN L. CUTLER • College of Arts and Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199 JANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY • Administrative Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
