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Geoffrey Stephenson - The Psychology of Criminal Justice - 9780631145479 - V9780631145479
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The Psychology of Criminal Justice

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Description for The Psychology of Criminal Justice Paperback. Stephenson examines the contribution that psychologists have made to our understanding and evaluation of legal processes, particularly the criminal justice system. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JKVQ; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 442.
The Psychology of Criminal Justice integrates aspects of psychology's contributions to criminology and to socio-legal studies within a single narrative framework. It does this by describing the interpersonal and group dynamics of decision-making at key stages in the processing of accused persons from the time an alleged offence is committed to the moment sentence is passed.

The book bears directly on many current debates concerning the ability of the criminal justice system to deliver reliable verdicts. It recognizes the interdependence of decision makers in the system and addresses questions at an appropriately social-psychological level. The book examines systematically and critically ... Read more

Problems with our adversarial system of justice have led to the establishment of a Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. It is commonplace to seek a scapegoat in the behavior of one or other protagonist in the system - especially the police. It will become clear to readers of this book that breakdowns of the system are a product of persuasive interpersonal and intergroup processes of organization, reaching well beyond the behavior of any one agent.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631145479
SKU
V9780631145479
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Geoffrey Stephenson
Geoffrey M. Stevenson is Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Institute of Social and Applied Psychology at the University of Kent. He has published extensively in the areas of experimental social psychology, organizational psychology and legal and criminological psychology. He was the first editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology and is a founding editor of the ... Read more

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