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This book provides a broad overview of the history and practice of forensic psychology, illustrating the principles of how psychological knowledge can inform judges and juries in the U.S. legal system with reference to several high publicity cases. The second edition... Read Full Overview

of witnesses and on confessions, and the prevention of crime. In 1900, Alfred Binet, the French psychologist who developed the first standard- ized intelligence test, the Stanford-Binet, testified in court about the use of psychological tests with delinquents and criminals. These... Read Full Overview

of witnesses and on confessions, and the prevention of crime. In 1900, Alfred Binet, the French psychologist who developed the first standard- ized intelligence test, the Stanford-Binet, testified in court about the use of psychological tests with delinquents and criminals. These... Read Full Overview