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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Psychology and Law"”.
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Psychopathy in South African criminal case law between 1947 and 1999: an exploration of the relationship between psychology and law
… pronouncements on psychopathy between 1947 and 1999 to explore the historical relationship between psychology and the law. In criminal law, where mental illness is alleged, the issue of responsibility arises. During the period of the study, there were important legal developments in the …
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An investigation into the effects of varying custody and access arrangements upon the emotional adjustment of children of divorce
… for examining the effects of varying custody and access arrangements upon the emotional adjustment of children became increasingly apparent. This investigation represents the first reported attempt to compare systematically the adjustment of two groups of children: those awarded to their …
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NEUROBIOLOGY OF HUMAN AGENCY, NEUROPHILOSOPHY, AND NEUROLAW: COULD NEUROSCIENCE BECOME A COERCIVE FORCE IN THE FUTURE?
The dominance of the scientific method and the worldview it produces dominates all kinds of discourse. This dominance is increasing and continues to displace traditional ways of understanding phenomena. Unfortunately, the well-merited success of the scientific method has resulted in a displacement …
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PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS ABOUT SOCIAL STUDIES GOALS AND CONTENT AREAS IN OMAN
… teachers' perceptions about social studies goals and content areas that should constitute the social studies curricula of grades five to 10 in Oman. This national study involved a population of 538 social studies teachers in basic education schools of the second cycle (grades five-10). Of 538 …
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Wrongful Conviction Documentaries: Influences of Crime Media Exposure on Mock Juror Decision-Making
<p>Psychology and law researchers have urged colleagues to collaborate with the makers of popular media, such as documentary filmmakers, in efforts to educate the general public about wrongful convictions (Kassin, 2017; Wells et al., 2000). Recently, programs depicting wrongful convictions, such as …
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The Psychological Allure of Alford: Why Innocents Plead Guilty
… trials, it is largely unknown to both lay people and researchers (Redlich & Özdoğru, 2009). Legal scholars have argued that the Alford plea may present an undue influence on innocent defendants who may not otherwise accept a plea, while other assert that the Alford plea is a beneficial …
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Juvenile Court Judges and their Concerns about Vulnerability, Experienced Uncertainty and the Law: Extralegal Factors, Legal Considerations and Judicial Transfer Decision-making
In American juvenile law, the judicial transfer decision, or waiver of jurisdiction, is a legal maneuver by which young offenders are diverted away from the juvenile justice system and subsequently processed and adjudicated within adult systems of law. Although transfer decisions have a long …
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An Innocent Bystander Walks into a Bar: The Influence of Temporal Proximity and Familiarity on Unconscious Transference
… identifications by proposing best practices that law enforcement still follow today. One understudied cause of mistaken eyewitness identification is unconscious transference (UT). UT is a memory error in which a person encountered in an innocent context becomes confused with a person seen in a …