Synopsis
In this compelling title, two distinguished scholars share their experiences as expert witnesses in cases ranging from eyewitness testimony, person identification and recovered memories, to false confessions, collaborative storytelling and causal attribution, in the context of various interrogation techniques and their ability to deliver reliable results. Each chapter describes in lucid, entertaining prose a representative case in the context of scholarly literature to date, showing how psychological expertise has been (and can be) used in a legal setting. The cases include petty and serious crime, from illegal gambling, infringed trademarks and risqué courtship behaviour, to honour killing and death on the climbing wall. The authors’ findings and recommendations apply to legal systems worldwide. There is no other English-language textbook covering a similarly wide range of offences, and this volume will fill a gap in the existing literature and demonstrate how psychological expertise can be used in a much larger area than is often realised.
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Willem Albert Wagenaar is professor of psychology and former Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, who specialises in witness reliability, and was a court expert in the Jerusalem trial of John Demjanjuk. Willem Albert Wagenaar is professor of psychology and former Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, who specialises in witness reliability, and was a court expert in the Jerusalem trial of John Demjanjuk. Hans Crombag is professor of the psychology of law at the universities of Maastricht and Antwerp. Hans Crombag is professor of the psychology of law at the universities of Maastricht and Antwerp.
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THE POPULAR POLICEMAN AND OTHER CASES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEGAL EVIDENCE
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Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2005
ISBN 10: 9053567704
ISBN 13: 9789053567708
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Hardcover. Octavo, 287 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Red and white spine with red, white, and yellow text. Boards have bumping and slight tearing to spine edges. Textblock clean. Shelved ND-E. 1377755. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1377755