The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Legal Decision-Making
The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Legal Decision-Making
Monica K. Miller, University of Nevada, Reno
Logan A. Yelderman, Prairie View A & M University, Texas
Matthew T. Huss, Creighton University, Omaha
Jason A. Cantone, George Mason University, Virginia
Logan A. Yelderman, Prairie View A & M University, Texas
Matthew T. Huss, Creighton University, Omaha
Jason A. Cantone, George Mason University, Virginia
February 2024
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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
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Table of Contents
- 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
- 47. Police officer decisions in interrogations and investigations
- 48. Restoration: the sequel to incompetency to stand trial
- 49. To tell or not to tell
- is that the question?: victim decision-making
- 50. Diversity in legal decision-making
- Conclusion:
- 51. Conclusions from the field of legal decision-making.
