书目名称 | Judicial Decision Making | 副标题 | Is Psychology Releva | 编辑 | Lawrence S. Wrightsman | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Perspectives in Law & Psychology | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | In the mid-1970s, as a social psychologist dedicated to the application of knowl edge, I welcomed our field‘s emerging interest in the legal system. I have al ways been fascinated by jury trials-something about the idea that two con ceptions of the truth were in irrevocable conflict and jurors could choose only one of them. More important, the criminal justice system is a major social force that has been ignored by social psychologists for most of the twentieth century. As I systematically began to explore the applications of social psycho logical concepts to the law 20 years ago, I experienced the delight of discovery similar to that of a child under a Christmas tree. It has been satisfying to be among the cohort of researchers who have studied the legal system, especially trial juries, from a psychological perspective. I believe we have learned much that would be useful if the system were to be revised. Hlf the system were to be revised" . . . there‘s the rub. As I have stated, my original motivation was the application of knowledge. Like other social scien tists, I believed-perhaps arrogantly-that the results of our research efforts could be used to make trial juries operat | 出版日期 | Book 1999 | 关键词 | Supreme Court; cognition; psychology | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4807-2 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4613-7178-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4615-4807-2Series ISSN 0160-4422 | issn_series | 0160-4422 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999 |
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