Criminal Justice System
Bruce Dennis . Ed(S): Sales
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paperback. Editor(s): Sales, Bruce Dennis. Series: Perspectives in Law and Psychology. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
Although psychologists have related, scientifically and professionally, to the law for over 50 years now, the two fields have not been systematically integrated. Happily, that situation is changing today. Psychologists and lawyers are becoming increasingly aware that laws are based upon assumptions about human behavior, "assumptions about how people act and how their actions can be controlled" (Special Commission on the Social Sciences of the National Science Board, Knowledge into Action: Improving the Nation's Use of the Social Sciences. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation, 1969, p. 35), and that both fields must be concerned with carefully investigating these assumptions and ... Read more
Although psychologists have related, scientifically and professionally, to the law for over 50 years now, the two fields have not been systematically integrated. Happily, that situation is changing today. Psychologists and lawyers are becoming increasingly aware that laws are based upon assumptions about human behavior, "assumptions about how people act and how their actions can be controlled" (Special Commission on the Social Sciences of the National Science Board, Knowledge into Action: Improving the Nation's Use of the Social Sciences. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation, 1969, p. 35), and that both fields must be concerned with carefully investigating these assumptions and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Law and Psychology
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468425642
SKU
V9781468425642
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99-15
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