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Forensic and Legal Psychology

Psychological Science Applied to LawFourth Edition| ©2021 Mark Costanzo; Daniel Krauss

Available in print and e-book formats, Mark Costanzo and Daniel Krauss’s text show students how psychological science can be used to reduce crime, improve legal decision making, and promote justice. Fully integrated discussions of real cases and trials, along with other examples of the legal system
Available in print and e-book formats, Mark Costanzo and Daniel Krauss’s text show students how psychological science can be used to reduce crime, improve legal decision making, and promote justice. Fully integrated discussions of real cases and trials, along with other examples of the legal system in action, show how research and theory can deepen our understanding of suspects, criminals, police, victims, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jurors.
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Available in print and e-book formats, Mark Costanzo and Daniel Krauss’s text show students how psychological science can be used to reduce crime, improve legal decision making, and promote justice. Fully integrated discussions of real cases and trials, along with other examples of the legal system in action, show how research and theory can deepen our understanding of suspects, criminals, police, victims, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jurors.

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Hot Topics boxes discuss issues such as the decision to confess (Chapter 3), modern biometrics (chapter 4); Cameras and computers as "eyewitnesses" (Chapter 6), and risk algorithms and bias (chapter 15).

Scientific American Spotlights boxes highlight important new research, including the use and misuse of brain scans in the courtroom (Chapter 1); the cognitive burden of lying (Chapter 3); implicit racial bias and police shootings (Chapter 5); Psychopathy (Chapter 5 ); the use of projective tests in child custody cases (Chapter 13); selecting and training police officers (Chapter 14;); the relationship between mental illness and violence (Chapter 15).

Consider This boxes explore special topics in the study of psychology and the law, such as using Familial DNA to identify Criminal Suspects (Chapter 4).

Legal Spotlight boxes focus on topics related to specific legal issues. Newly featured topics include Changed Science Laws (chapter 4); Legal Issues in Competency for Execution (Chapter 8); and The Constitutionality of prohibiting an insanity defense (chapter 10).

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Forensic identification (DNA, fingerprints, and other types of physical trace evidence), its reliance on human judgment and vulnerability to error based on perceptual and cognitive biases.

Workplace law including coverage of sexual harassment, prejudice and discrimination, work–family conflicts, and perceptions of fairness in the workplace.

Lie detection including how interrogators, lawyers, jurors, and judges attempt to detect the lies of suspects, witnesses, and criminals as well as the use of technology to reveal deception.

Corrections, including coverage sentencing decisions, imprisonment, and alternatives to prison, and research on the effectiveness of punishment and rehabilitation.

Risk assessment including the process and accuracy of predicting future dangerousness in parole in arrest, sentencing, and parole decisions.

The death penalty including exploration of topics such as deterrence, racial disparities, and the possibility of error, and decision process of capital jurors.

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New coverage of interrogations and confessions including requiring probable cause for interrogations,  how juries are instructed to assess confessions and how interrogation affects the decision to confess. (Ch.3)

New research on DNA evidence, confirmation bias in fingerprint identification and using familial DNA matches to identify criminal suspects (Ch. 4)

New Scientific American Spotlight: What “Psychopath” Means (Ch. 5)

New Hot Topic 4.1: Cameras and Computers as “Eyewitnesses”
New major section, The Hidden, Consequential World of Plea Bargaining (Ch. 9)

New Legal Spotlight: Is it Constitutional to Prohibit an Insanity and Instead Allow Mens Rhea Defense? with focus on case of James Kahler—Kahler v. Kansas, 2020 (Ch. 10)

New Hot Topic: Pretrial Detention and the Use of Risk Algorithms: Are they biased? (Ch. 15)

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Forensic and Legal Psychology

Fourth Edition| 2021

Mark Costanzo; Daniel Krauss

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Psychology and Law: A Cautious Alliance
Chapter 2: Lie Detection
Chapter 3: Interrogations and Confessions
Chapter 4: The Psychology of Forensic Identification: DNA, Fingerprints, and Other Types of Physical Trace Evidence
Chapter 5: Criminal Profiling and Psychological Autopsies
Chapter 6: Eyewitness Identification and Testimony
Chapter 7: Child Sexual Abuse: Interviewing Children and Assessing the Recovered Memories of Adults
Chapter 8: Competency to Stand Trial
Chapter 9: Plea Bargaining, Jury Selection, and Trial Procedure
Chapter 10: The Insanity Defense
Chapter 11: Intimate Partner Violence, Battered Woman Syndrome, Rape Trauma Syndrome, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter 12: Juries and Judges as Decision Makers
Chapter 13: Child Custody Disputes
Chapter 14: Workplace Law: Harassment, Discrimination, and Fairness
Chapter 15: Predicting Violent Behavior: The Psychology of Risk Assessment
Chapter 16: Corrections: Sentencing, Imprisonment, and Alternatives
Chapter 17: The Death Penalty
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Mark Costanzo

Mark Costanzo received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is a professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College and a member of the plenary faculty at Claremont Graduate University. He has published research on a variety of law-related topics including police interrogations, false confessions, jury decision-making, sexual harassment, attorney argumentation, alternative dispute resolution, and the death penalty. He has also published research in the areas of nonverbal communication, teaching techniques, and energy conservation. Professor Costanzo is author of the books, Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty and Psychology Applied to Law. He has co-edited four books, including, Expert Psychological Testimony for the Courts and Violence and the Law.
Professor Costanzo has served as a consultant or expert witness for more than 80 criminal cases. In 2008, he was the winner of the Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), and in 2010, he received the Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS).


Daniel Krauss

Daniel Krauss completed a joint degree program in psychology and law at the University of Arizona, receiving his J.D. and then his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and psychology, policy, and law. He is a professor at Claremont McKenna College, and is a plenary faculty member at Claremont Graduate University. Professor Krauss is primarily interested in the interaction of law and clinical psychology, and has published a large number of research articles and book chapters relating to clinical psychological evaluations for the courts, legal and psychological expertise, and jury decision-making. He has co-edited 3 books, and is the co-editor of, the law and public policy: psychology and the social sciences book series by the American Psychological Association (APA) Press.  Professor Krauss is licensed to practice law in Arizona, is a member of the United States Supreme Court bar, and has served as the United States Supreme Court Fellow to the U.S. Sentencing Commission. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of California, and a diplomate in forensic psychology, board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology.  In 2010, he was awarded the Early Career Research Award by the Western Psychological Association.

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