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| Titre : | Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law |
| Auteurs : | Brian Cutler |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : SAGE Publications, 2007 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-4129-5189-0 |
| Index. décimale : | 340.1 (philosophie et th├®ories du droit) |
| Résumé : |
The **Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law** addresses the interface of psychology and law and draws from the related discipline of criminal justice. These two volumes represent an outstanding collection of entries describing a wide array of contemporary and historical psychology and law topics. With more than 400 entries, this comprehensive resource is perfect to fill the substantial gap in the holdings of academic, professional, and personal libraries on this topic. **Key Themes** * Criminal Competencies * Criminal Responsibility * Death Penalty * Education and Professional Development * Forensic Assessment in Civil and Criminal Cases * Juvenile Offenders * Mental Health Law * Police and Investigative Psychology * Psychological and Forensic Assessment Instruments * Psychology of Criminal Behavior * Sentencing and Incarceration * Symptoms and Disorders Relevant to Forensic Assessment * Trial Processes * Violence Risk Assessment The **Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law** allows individual students, scientists, and practitioners to keep abreast of the growing knowledge base outside their individual areas of expertise, making it a must-have resource for any academic library. ### From Booklist Some of the thorniest issues facing a society arise at the intersection of law and psychology. IndividualsÔÇÖ responsibility for their actions, parental rights, imposition of the death penalty┬áon┬ápersons with mental illnesses┬áor┬ádevelopmental disabilities, and end-of-life decisions are just a few of the topics that draw on both disciplines. Scholarship, practice, and education in the interdisciplinary field of psychology and law have grown in recent years, but the development of supporting reference works has lagged behind. This alphabetically arranged encyclopedia goes a long way toward filling the void, with more than 300 entries related to criminal competencies, criminal responsibility, mental-health law, psychology of criminal behavior, psychology of policing and investigations, victim reactions to crime, and more.┬áCriminal-justice topics represent a large proportion of the entries.┬áThe editorÔÇÖs own research areaÔÇöeyewitness identificationÔÇöis more than adequately covered, with 52 entries ranging from Clothing bias in identification procedures to Stress and eyewitness memory. The introduction┬áencourages readers to use the ÔÇ£ReaderÔÇÖs Guide,ÔÇØ which lists entries by theme. Although useful, the guide is sometimes duplicativeÔÇöall but one of the entries listed in ÔÇ£Psychological and Forensic Assessment InstrumentsÔÇØ┬áare also included in ÔÇ£Forensic Assessment in Civil and Criminal Cases.ÔÇØ The themes do help the reader see familiar topics from different perspectives. For example, the entry on the Americans with Disabilities Act is assigned to the ÔÇ£Forensic Assessment in Civil and Criminal CasesÔÇØ theme, since it examines the use of psychological evaluations in litigation related to disability. Entries vary in length from 1,000 to 3,000 words and include thorough see also references and suggestions for further reading. The latter generally list┬á5 or 6 sources, although some have only 1 and others may have 12 or 13. Sources include articles from law reviews and psychology journals, books, case citations, the DSM-IV, and reviews of assessment instruments. A comprehensive index completes the work, providing critical access points for persons, statutes, and court cases. Highly recommended for college, law-school, and large public libraries as well as practitioners. --Jan Lewis ### Review This set is edited by Cutler (psychology, Univ. of North Carolina), who already has to his credit other scholarly works on the growing field of psychology and the law, including Mistaken Identification: The Eyewitness, Psychology and the Law. The legal topics addressed here span the major subdivisions of psychology-i.e., cognitive, developmental, clinical, biological, and industrial/organizational. The 400 entries are authored by a score of international contributors, range in length from one to five pages, and are arranged alphabetically by topic. In the introduction, readers are encouraged to use the Reader's Guide, which arranges entries thematically-indeed, many entries appear in multiple categories of the guide, and aspects of any given topic can range across the two volumes. For example, the "Death Penalty" entry does not include the same information found in the "Racial Bias and the Death Penalty" entry. The text offers the occasional unnecessary observation, such as the first sentence in the "Sex Offender Community Notification (Megan's Laws)" entry: "Sexual assault is a serious problem of great concern." Well, yes, absolutely, but we don't need this encyclopedia to tell us that. BOTTOM LINE There is no other reference work on psychology and the law, so libraries supporting curricula in this area may consider purchasing. But because this field of study is still in its infancy, and it remains to be seen whether it will grow into something major, this set is otherwise an optional purchase for most libraries. ÔÇöKatherine Mossman, Everett P.L., WA (Katherine Mossman *Library Journal* 2008-06-15) |
