The Psychology of Evidence and Trial Procedure

by Saul M. Kassin and Lawrence S. Wrightsman

Kassin and Wrightsmans book concentrates on the single most important determinant of verdicts -- the evidence and court procedure. It is divided into four parts: (1) an overview and historical perspective; (2) seven substantive topics like eyewitness accounts, confessions, and character evidence; (3) an examination of the major stages of trial procedure; and (4) a provocative discussion of the role that psychology does, and should, play in the judicial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803923791
• ISBN13: 9780803923799
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.