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BL
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705618
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b527807
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| Main Entry
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Greene, Edie.
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| Title & Author
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Wrightman's psychology and the legal system /\ Edie Greene, Kirk Heilbrun, William H. Fortune.
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| Edition Statement
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6th ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Belmont, CA :: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning,, c2007.
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xxii, 586 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0534521061
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| Notes
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LEN 2240
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Rev. ed. of: Psychology and the legal system Lawrence S. Wrightsman. 5th ed. 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-503) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Psychology and the law : impossible choices -- The legal system and its players -- Psychology of crime -- Psychology of police -- Crime investigation: Witnesses -- Identification and evaluiation of criminal suspects -- Between arrest and trial -- Forensic assessment in criminal cases: competence and insanity -- Forensic assessment in civil cases -- The trial process -- Jury trials I: jury representativeness and selection -- Jury trials II: concerns and reforms -- Psychology of victims -- Children, adolescents, and the law -- Punishment, sentencing, and corrections.
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Criminal Law-- United States.
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Forensic Psychiatry-- legislation jurisprudence-- United States.
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Forensic Psychiatry-- methods-- United States.
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Forensic psychology.
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Justice, Administration of-- United States-- Psychological aspects.
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Practice of law-- United States-- Psychological aspects.
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Psychology-- methods-- United States.
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Social Responsibility-- United States.
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