McEwan, Jenny,  1956- <br/><br/>
The verdict of the court :  passing judgment in law and psychology / 
 Passing judgment in law and psychology 
Jenny McEwan. 
 - vi, 225 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Responsibility --  Criminal Responsibility --  Finders of Fact --  Laymen and the Law --  The Criminal Process and Personality --  Laymen and Science --  The Impact of Psychology on Law.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8. 
<br/><br/> "Courts are constantly required to know how people think. They may have to decide what a specific person was thinking on a past occasion; how others would have reacted to a particular situation; or whether a witness is telling the truth. Be they judges, jurors or magistrates, the law demands they penetrate human consciousness. This book questions whether the 'arm-chair psychology' operated by fact-finders, and indeed the law itself, in its treatment of the fact-finders, bears any resemblance to the knowledge derived from psychological research. Comparing psychological theory with court verdicts in both civil and criminal contexts, it assesses where the separation between law and science is most acute, and most dangerous."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1901362531 9781901362534 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004274157 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judgments--Psychological aspects<br/>Verdicts--Psychological aspects<br/>Judicial process--Psychological aspects<br/>Forensic psychology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K2300  / .M34 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>347.07019