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The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Legal Decision-Making

The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Legal Decision-Making

Author: Monica K. Miller; Logan A. Yelderman; Matthew T. Huss; Jason A. Cantone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009108546
Published In: February 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Presenting state-of-the-art research, this Handbook summarises emerging and establishing topics in the area of legal decision-making. Interdisciplinary in its approach, it covers decisions made within the criminal justice system, the trial process, and clinical settings. Chapters, written by accomplished academics and experts in the field, synthesize historical context, identify gaps in existing literature, propose future directions of study, and discuss policy limitations. It also includes 'perspectives from the field' essays written by professionals – a judge, an attorney, a police officer, a trial consultant, and a probation officer – to bridge the gap between academic research and its application to the real world. It is intended as a go-to resource for students and researchers who want to immerse themselves in a body of scientific research to understand its history and shape its future.

Offers an overarching view on decision-making in the legal system
Includes 'perspective from the field' essays to encourage readers to think about how science is relevant to real world legal settings
Provides insight into future directions of legal decision-making research

Part I. Introductions:

1. A modern approach to the psychology of legal decision making

2. 'I Hope the final judgment's fair': alternative jurisprudences, legal decision-making, and justice

3. Diversity and bias in legal decision making: broadening frameworks and addressing overlooked issues

4: Judicial decision-making

Part II. Pre-trial phase decision-making:

5. Victim decision-making

6. Bystanders' crime reporting decisions

7. Pre-Trial publicity's effects on jurors' and judges' decision

8. Police decisions involved in collecting eyewitness identification evidence

9. Decisions related to miranda rights

10. Judges' daubert decisions

11. The psychology of confession decision making during police Interrogation

12. Plea bargaining: understanding the decision-making processes of plea negotiation

13. Forensic science decision-making: expertise lends both skills and vulnerabilities

14. Decision-making by forensic mental health evaluators

15. Interviewing suspects in criminal investigations: decisions and their consequences

16: Prosecutorial decision-making in cases of child sexual abuse: lessons from Australia

17. Decision-Making about restoration of defendants who are incompetent to stand trial

18. Clinical decision-making regarding criminal responsibility

19. Decision-Making regarding child victims and witnesses

Part III. Trial phase decision-making:

20. Social cognition of jury decision-making

21. Beliefs about juror decision-making and the jury process

22. Deciphering directives: juror decision-making challenges with understanding judicial instructions

23. Decisions surrounding the use of expert testimony

24. Legal and extra-legal factors that affect jurors' decisions

25. Decisions regarding insanity

26. Decision making in the shadow of evidence law

27. Decision-making in contested divorce child custody cases

Part IV. Post-conviction phase decisions:

28. Amenability to treatment evaluations: understanding decision points and new information regarding assessment

29. Choosing between life and death: capital jury penalty phase decision-making

30. The communication of risk to legal decision-makers

31. Psychology of parole decision-making

32. Probation decision-making

33. Decision-making in violence risk assessment

Part V. Other legal decision-making:

34. Decision making in immigration court

35. Evaluation decisions by psychologists about causation and damages in personal injury and employment discrimination cases: a pragmatic five-stage model for courts

36. Factors influencing the decision to commit white collar crime: integrating affluenza with established risks

37. Tort law decision-making: psychological and legal perspectives

38. Judicial decision-making in juvenile dependency and juvenile justice cases

39. Legislative decision making

40. Decision-Making in alternative dispute resolution

41. Criminal decision-making

42. Social worker decision-making: a framework for legally literate accountable practice

43. Decision-Making in civil matters: the role of substituted judgment

Part VI. Perspectives from the field:

44. Culturally competent perspectives and a legally literate practice promote quality decisions in social work

45. Making probation decisions in the real world

46. Justice for all: reflections as a clinician at the intersections