From boyhood in the coal-mining village of Coello, Illinois, to winning the Priestly Medal and becoming the president of the American Chemical Society, Professor Emeritus Fred Basolo of Northwestern University traces the intertwined development of his life, career, and the field of inorganic chemistry. With over a hundred photographs and dozens of structures and equations, From Coello to Inorganic Chemistry details the major innovations, travels, family life, and guests hosted while helping to build one of the world's leading inorganic chemistry departments from its humble...
From boyhood in the coal-mining village of Coello, Illinois, to winning the Priestly Medal and becoming the president of the American Chemical Society...
Adjudicative competence remains an important topic of research and practice in psychology and law. In the five sections of Adjudicative Competence: The MacArthur Studies, the authors present not only a summary of the research of the MacArthur studies on competence but also an examination of the underlying theoretical work of Professor Richard Bonnie. It is the first publication to encapsulate the scope and significance of both the studies themselves and Bonnie's contributions. There is no other source available that addresses this range of topics. Given its breadth and...
Adjudicative competence remains an important topic of research and practice in psychology and law. In the five sections of Adjudicative Compet...
As in its first edition, this book offers a conceptual model for understanding the nature of legal competencies. The model is interpreted to assist mental health professionals in designing and performing assessments for legal competencies defined in criminal and civil law, and to guide research that will improve the practice of evaluations for legal competencies. A special feature is the book's evaluative review of specialized forensic assessment instruments for each of several legal competencies. Three-fourths of the 37 instruments reviewed in the second edition are new and thus were not...
As in its first edition, this book offers a conceptual model for understanding the nature of legal competencies. The model is interpreted to assist...
As in its first edition, this book offers a conceptual model for understanding the nature of legal competencies. The model is interpreted to assist mental health professionals in designing and performing assessments for legal competencies defined in criminal and civil law, and to guide research that will improve the practice of evaluations for legal competencies. A special feature is the book's evaluative review of specialized forensic assessment instruments for each of several legal competencies. Three-fourths of the 37 instruments reviewed in the second edition are new and thus were not...
As in its first edition, this book offers a conceptual model for understanding the nature of legal competencies. The model is interpreted to assist...
This is the first volume that directly compares the practices of adversarial and inquisitorial systems of law from a psychological perspective. It aims at understanding why American and European continental systems differ so much, while both systems entertain much support in their communities. The book is written for advanced audiences in psychology and law.
This is the first volume that directly compares the practices of adversarial and inquisitorial systems of law from a psychological perspective. It ...
In recent decades, courts have turned increasingly to mental health professionals to assist them in evaluating the many factors that are relevant to laws concerning the care and protection of children and termination of parental rights. At the same time, the legal system has challenged the role of experts by setting high admissibility standards for scientific integrity and objectivity in forensic consultation and assessment practice. The purpose of this book is to lay the foundation for solid conceptual and methodological approaches for mental health professionals in offering effective...
In recent decades, courts have turned increasingly to mental health professionals to assist them in evaluating the many factors that are relevant t...
Although research on aggressive men and boys has been plentiful, much less attention has been directed toward aggression in girls and women. The increasing number of young women who find themselves living violent lives, both as perpetrators and victims, has led to urgent calls for more information on understanding what causes, what perpetuates and what can be done about this problem. Addressing this need, Girls and Aggression presents a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on risk and protective factors, developmental pathways and intervention principles specific to...
Although research on aggressive men and boys has been plentiful, much less attention has been directed toward aggression in girls and women. The incre...
- Represents the latest advances of the role of psychological factors in inducing potentially unreliable self-incriminating behavior
- Chapters are authored by a diverse group psychologists, criminologists, and legal scholars who have contributed significantly to the collective understanding of the pressures that insidiously operate when the goal of law enforcement is to elicit self-incriminating behavior from suspected criminals
- Reviews and analyzes the extant literature in this area as well as discussing how this knowledge can be used to help bring about needed changes in the...
- Represents the latest advances of the role of psychological factors in inducing potentially unreliable self-incriminating behavior
- Represents the latest advances of the role of psychological factors in inducing potentially unreliable self-incriminating behavior
- Chapters are authored by a diverse group psychologists, criminologists, and legal scholars who have contributed significantly to the collective understanding of the pressures that insidiously operate when the goal of law enforcement is to elicit self-incriminating behavior from suspected criminals
- Reviews and analyzes the extant literature in this area as well as discussing how this knowledge can be used to help bring about needed changes in the...
- Represents the latest advances of the role of psychological factors in inducing potentially unreliable self-incriminating behavior
Describes the findings from 20 studies designed to explore decision making by crime victims in the immediate aftermath of the victimization, as well as the role played by emotions and social influences in this process. An important question, of course, is whether they will report the crime. Annotati
Describes the findings from 20 studies designed to explore decision making by crime victims in the immediate aftermath of the victimization, as well a...
