Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 347 EAN: 9781854317315 ISBN: 1854317318 Label: Blackstone Press Manufacturer: Blackstone Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 382 Publication Date: November 07, 2002 Publisher: Blackstone Press Sales Rank: 2197076 Studio: Blackstone Press
Editorial Review:
Product DescriptionThe consideration of witness testimony had traditionally been a task left to fact-finders with scant guidance from legal professionals. As a result, various practices have developed during the investigative and trial process which can obscure or even eradicate critical material. Miscarriages of justice will continue to occur, so long as those working within the justice system continue to accept witnesses and their testimony at face value. This book aims to make practitioners, as well as the fact-finders and those who guide them, aware of a wide range of perspectives on witness testimony. Each contributor identifies bad practice and puts forward ideas for improvement or removal of previously acceptable investigative and forensic methods.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Excellent overview of psychology and law
One of the best overviews I've seen of witness psychology, memory, and perception as it interacts with police investigation and courtroom dynamics. UK oriented, but much of interest to US practitioners.
The text is a bit dry, and the citations a bit more sparse than I'd ideally like (often a page of endnotes and recommended reading), thus 4 out of 5 stars.
