The Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (343 pages)
- Routledge International Handbooks Series .
- Routledge International Handbooks Series .
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Tittle -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The right to remain silent: Realities and illusions -- Empirical assessment: How protective is Miranda? -- What next? Proposed reforms -- References -- Chapter 2 Roar or "PEACE": Is it a "tall story?" -- Introduction -- A small working group of detectives and psychologists -- What does the "PEACE" method of investigative interviewing involve? -- Experienced interviewers' opinions in the 1990s -- Dominant or humane (To roar or be peaceful)? -- Suspects' views -- Rapport and empathy -- Gradual revelation of information -- Vulnerable suspects -- International recommendations and adoptions of the "PEACE" method -- Interviews with suspected terrorists -- Other benefits of the investigative interviewing approach - procedural justice -- A note on methodology -- References -- Chapter 3 True and false memories in forensic contexts -- Introduction -- Witness memory: Constructed and reconstructed -- Misinformation effects and false memories -- Factors in memory distortion and false memories -- Cognitive processes in memory errors and false memories -- Summary and conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Investigating and prosecuting rape: Victims' and criminal justice professionals' perspectives -- Reporting, recording, and investigating rape -- The court experience -- Summary -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5 The probative value of emotional affect in homicide investigations -- Assessing the probative value of "strange" emotional reactions -- Reactions to homicide: The ingredients of the likelihood ratio -- Discussion and implications for homicide investigations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Investigative decision making -- The nature of criminal investigation -- Hypothesis testing and narrative construction. Investigative bias -- Improving investigative decision making -- Toward a conceptual model of investigative decision making -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Cognitive fluency in the courtroom -- Acknowledgment -- Cognitive fluency -- Fluency and forensic assessments of truth and source -- Broader implications for the legal system -- Summary -- Countering the effects of cognitive fluency -- Conclusion and future directions -- References -- Chapter 8 Interviewing and interrogating minority suspects: Psychological science can help improve the process and outcomes -- Behavioral differences between minority and non-minority suspects -- Minority status and interviewing -- Summary and concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 9 Interpreters in investigative interviewing contexts -- The challenging task of interpreting -- Use of interpreters in law enforcement contexts -- Use of interpreters in human intelligence gathering (HUMINT) contexts -- Empirical research on interpreter influence in investigative interviews -- Implications for training -- Next steps and conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 Impact of alcohol and other drugs on eyewitness memory -- Effects of acute alcohol intoxication on statements about criminal events -- Repeated interviews with alcohol-intoxicated witnesses -- Does acute alcohol intoxication increase suggestibility? -- Acute alcohol intoxication and eyewitness identification accuracy -- Theories of alcohol intoxication and witness memory -- Alcohol and the confidence-accuracy relationship -- Other drugs and eyewitness memory -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 11 Lay participation in legal decision making -- Lay participation around the globe -- Models of juror and jury decision making -- Juror and jury competence -- Conclusions and future directions -- References. Chapter 12 Police interviewing of sexual assault victims: Current organizational responses and recommendations for improvement -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- An evidence-based interview framework -- Opportunity for skill development -- Quality assurance for interviewer and organizational performance -- A reliable method of recording verbal evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Reviewing the use of crime linkage evidence within a legal context -- Introduction -- Crime linkage: A summary and where the research currently stands -- The Daubert criteria -- Woodhams, Bull, et al.'s (2007) review: Crime linkage and the Daubert criteria in 2007 -- Crime linkage and the Daubert criteria post-2007: How well does crime linkage fare now? -- Her Majesty's Advocate (HMA) v. Thomas Ross Young (2013) -- Setting out a research agenda -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 The Verifiability Approach: Advances, challenges, and future prospects -- Acknowledgment -- The Verifiability Approach in the police investigation setting -- Challenges in applying the VA to other real-world settings: Border security as a test case -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 Emotion: Internal and external consequences for legal authorities -- Introduction -- What is an emotion and what function does it have in terms of memory? -- Do emotions evoke potential problems for decision-making? -- References -- Chapter 16 Stalking: How perceptions differ from reality and why these differences matter -- Introduction -- Defining and legislating against stalking -- How perceptions differ from reality -- Why these differences matter -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 17 Establishing cooperation and eliciting information: Semi-cooperative sources' affective resistance and cognitive strategies -- Information elicitation -- Perspective-taking and semi-cooperative behavior. Evidence-based interview techniques -- Training practitioners to elicit information -- References -- Chapter 18 Evidence of identification from eyewitnesses -- Introduction to eyewitness identification: The problem -- What is special about eyewitnesses, and why do we rely on them at all? -- The place of empirical research in policy and practice with eyewitnesses -- Work on some selected eyewitness identification topics -- Pointers to additional study topics -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 From the ivory tower to the interrogation room: Training and field evaluation research on suspect interviewing -- Evaluating current practice -- Assessing the effectiveness of training in evidence-based interrogation methods -- Validating new methods in the field -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 20 Introducing psychology to the justice system in Taiwan -- The development of the field of psychology and law -- The National Conferences on Judicial Reform in Taiwan -- Agenda for future research -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
The Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology brings together some of the world's leading experts in forensic sciences in a single comprehensive and authoritative volume.