Loose-leaf Version for Forensic and Legal Psychology - Psychological Science Applied to the Law

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. "Costanzo and Krauss show students how psychological science can be used to enhance the gathering of evidence, improve legal decision making, reduce crime, and promote justice. The authors integrate fascinating accounts of real trials, important cases, and other examples of the legal system in action to illustrate how research and theory can deepen our understanding of suspects, criminals, police officers, victims, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jurors. This wide-ranging and consistently accessible text persuasively demonstrates the relevance of key research findings in social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology to virtually every aspect of the legal system"--Back cover With Forensic and Legal Psychology you'll learn how pscyhological science can be used to strengthen the gathering of evidence, enhance legal decision making, curtail crime, and promote justice using examples of real trials and cases. Mark Costanzo and Daniel Krauss's textbook shows students how psychological science can be used to reduce crime, improve legal decision making, and promote justice.