Judicial Decision Making: Is Psychology Relevant?

by Lawrence S. Wrightsman

Book Overview

In the mid-1970s, as a social psychologist dedicated to the application of knowl- edge, I welcomed our field's emerging interest in the legal system. I have al- ways been fascinated by jury trials-something about the idea that two con- ceptions of the truth were in irrevocable conflict and jurors could choose only one of them. More important, the criminal justice system is a major social force that has been ignored by social psychologists for most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306461544
• ISBN13: 9780306461545
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 8.6"