The verdict of the court
Passing Judgment in Law and Psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6547446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Mcewan |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 225 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The verdict of the court (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Hart Pub (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781472559470 |
| OpenAlex | W638936065 |
| Open Library | OL3321371M |
| ISBN | 9781901362534, 9781472559470 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Courts are constantly required to know how people think. They may have to decide what a specific person was thinking on a past occasion; how others would have reacted to a particular situation; or whether a witness is telling the truth. Be they judges,jurors or magistrates, the law demands they penetrate human consciousness. This book questions whether the `arm-chair psychology' operated by fact-finders, and indeed the law itself, in its treatment of the fact-finders, bears any resemblance to the knowledge derived from psychological research. Comparing psychological theory with court verdicts in both civil and criminal contexts, it assesses where the separation between law and science is most acute, and most dangerous
Consciousness · Criminal law · Forensic psychology · Judicial process · Legal psychology · Political science · Psychological aspects · Psychological research · Verdict · Verdicts · Witness · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Aspects psychologiques · Comportement · Droit civil · Droit pénal · Gerechtelijke psychologie · Judgments · Jugements · Procédure pénale · Processus judiciaire · Psychological aspects of Judgments · Psychological aspects of Judicial process · Psychological aspects of Verdicts · Psychologie légale · Psychologische aspecten · Rechtspraak · Strafprocesrecht
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |