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The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessionsby Gisli H. Gudjonsson
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 185.00This volume, a sequel to The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony which is widely acclaimed by both scientists and practitioners, brings the field completely up-to-date and focuses in particular on aspects of vulnerability, confabulation and false confessions. The is an unrivalled integration of scientific knowledge of the psychological processes and research relating to interrogation, with the practical investigative and legal issues that bear upon obtaining, and using in court, evidence from interrogations of suspects. * Accessible style which will appeal to academics, students and practitioners * Authoritative integration of theory, research, practical implications and vivid case illustration * Coverage of topical... more...
Psychology and Lawby Amina A Memon; Aldert Vrij; Ray Bull
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 199.95Psychology and Law shows how psychological research and theory can be used in a legal context. Written with advanced undergraduate students in mind, it focuses upon the pre-trial or investigative phase of the legal process. Obtaining and assessing witness evidence is a key part of any criminal investigation. Topics include witness accuracy and credibility, covering issues such as assessment of witness credibility, interviewing suspects and witnesses, eyewitness testimony, false beliefs and memory, the role of experts and juries. This second edition has been revised and updated to reflect the large amount of new research in the area, making it the essential guide for all courses with a legal component. Comment on the first edition: "This... more...
Forensic Speaker Identificationby Phil Rose
CRC Press 2002; US$ 139.95A lucid and practical guide to the underpinning knowledge necessary in Forensic Speaker Identification, this book brings much needed clarity to an increasingly important technique. more...
Feminist Perspectives On Evidenceby Mary Childs; Louise Ellison
Routledge-Cavendish 2000; US$ 69.95This text offers a collection of essays examining various aspects of the law of evidence. Each chapter provides a feminist critique of some aspect of evidence scholarship and evidence law. Much has been written about evidence and about feminist legal theory: this text explores their intersection. more...
Building On The Decade Of Disclosure In Criminal Procedureby John Epp
Routledge-Cavendish 2001; US$ 165.00This volume describes, analyses and criticises the law and practice pertaining to the disclosure of "used" and "unused" information in criminal proceedings in England. It makes suggestions for reform and makes comparison with the situation in Canada and other Commonwealth jurisdictions. more...
Sourcebook On Evidenceby Christopher Allen
Routledge-Cavendish 1996; US$ 92.00This work focuses on those subjects which need to be most thoroughly covered for examination purposes, and is designed to enable critical, as well as practical, problems to be addressed. Examples of judicial reasoning over a wide range of situations are given. more...
Analysis of Evidenceby William Twining; Terence Anderson; David Schum; Christopher McCrudden
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 53.00A rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence in litigation. Most chapters have been rewritten; the treatment of fact investigation, probabilities and narrative has been extended; and new examples and exercises have been added. more...
Forensic Evidenceby Terrence F. Kiely
CRC Press 2005; US$ 109.95This text by Kiely (DePaul U. College of Law's Center for Law and Science) examines US judicial responses to the use of forensic science in the criminal justice system, focusing on those cases questioning the legal acceptability forensic science methodologies under standards arising out of the cases of Frye v. United States and Daubert v. Merrell D more...
Rethinking Evidenceby William Twining; Christopher McCrudden
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 60.00These essays develop a readable, coherent historical and theoretical perspective about problems of proof, evidence, and inferential reasoning in law. They are woven together to present a sustained argument for a broad inter-disciplinary approach to evidence in litigation, in which the rules of evidence play a subordinate, though significant, role. more...
Truth, Error, and Criminal Lawby Larry Laudan; Gerald Postema; Jules Coleman; Antony Duff; David Lyons; Neil MacCormick; Stephen R. Munzer; Philip Pettit; Joseph Raz; Jeremy Waldron
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 24.00Beginning with the premise that the principal function of a criminal trial is to find out the truth, Laudan examines the rules of evidence and procedure that would be appropriate if the discovery of the truth were, as higher courts routinely claim, the overriding aim of the criminal justice system. more...









