Overview
The author team for WRIGHTSMAN'S PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM, Eighth Edition combines complementary expertise, active research, writing careers, and real world experience (as consultants working within the legal system) to produce a comprehensive text that is unparalleled in scholarship and writing style. This authorship, along with a solid research base and comprehensive coverage, make the text popular with instructors and students alike. The book illustrates the importance of psychology's concepts and methods to an understanding of the legal system--and the system's impact on individuals' everyday live--through the use of real cases and questions that engage students in critical thinking and discussion. Available with InfoTrac® Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.
Full Product Details
Author: Edith Greene (University of Colorado) ,
Kirk Heilbrun (Drexel University)
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition: 8th edition
Dimensions:
Width: 20.80cm
, Height: 25.90cm
, Length: 2.50cm
Weight: 1.043kg
ISBN: 9781133956563
ISBN 10: 1133956564
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 01 January 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By: 9781337570879
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Kirk Heilbrun is currently a professor in the Department of Psychology, Drexel University. His current research focuses on juvenile and adult offenders, legal decision-making, and the evaluation and interventions associated with such decision-making. He is the Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence, having previously served as president of both the American Psychology-Law Psychology/APA Division 41, and the American Board of Forensic Psychology. He received the 2004 Distinguished Contributions to Forensic Psychology award and the 2008 Beth Clark Distinguished Service Contribution Award from the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. Edie Greene is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, where she also serves as Director of the Graduate Concentration in Psychology and Law. Her research applies principles of cognitive and social psychology to the legal system and focuses on decision making by judges, juries, attorneys, and witnesses; public perceptions of laws and laws' impact; and legal issues relevant to older adults. She serves as an expert witness on jury decision making and eyewitness reliability. A former president of the American Psychology-Law Society, she received the Society's 2008 Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Psychology and Law.
