| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Contributors | |
| The Perceived Credibility of Rape Victims During a Police Interview: An Experiment among Victim Assistance Workers | p. 3 |
| The Perceived Truthfulness of Children's and Adults' Testimony: The Oath versus the Competency Test | p. 13 |
| The Relation between Consistency and Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony | p. 21 |
| The "Authenticity Error" in Real Lineup Procedures. Effects of Suspect-Status and Corresponding Psychological Dissimilarities between Target Person and Distractors: An Experiment Study | p. 29 |
| Misinformation Methodologies: Explaining the Effects of Errant Information | p. 39 |
| Previous Knowledge and Delay in the Recall of Filmed Events | p. 46 |
| Effects of Preparation on Internal and External Memories | p. 56 |
| Experimentally Induced Persons Mix-ups Through Media Exposure and Ways to Avoid Them | p. 64 |
| Detecting Fact from Fallacy in Child and Adult Witness Accounts | p. 74 |
| Is There Truth in the Eye of the Beholder? Causal Illusions in Children and Adults | p. 81 |
| From Denial to Admission in Police Questioning of Suspects | p. 91 |
| Good Practice for Video Recorded Interviews with Child Witnesses for Use in Criminal Proceedings | p. 100 |
| Information Enhancement and Credibility Assessment of Child Statements: The Impact of the Cognitive Interview Technique on Criteria-Based Content Analysis | p. 118 |
| Enhancing Children's Eyewitness Testimony with the Cognitive Interview | p. 127 |
| An Empirical Test of the Mnemonic Components of the Cognitive Interview | p. 135 |
| The Cognitive Interview - Does it Work? | p. 146 |
| The Development of Children's Understanding of Legal Principles | p. 157 |
| Psychological Evaluation of Changes in Testimony Given by Sexually Abused Juveniles | p. 160 |
| Expert Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse Criminal Cases in Canada and the United States | p. 170 |
| Children's Disclosure of Secrets: Implications for Interviewing | p. 181 |
| Three Dogmas Applied to Child Victims of Sexual Abuse: The Danish Perspective | p. 188 |
| Sexual Knowledge and Behavior of Children up to 12 Years - What is Age-Appropriate? | p. 198 |
| Sex, Lies and Video Tape | p. 216 |
| Detection of False Statements in First and Third Graders: The Development of a Nonverbal Detection Instrument | p. 221 |
| The Analysis of Family Dynamics in Child Custody Cases | p. 231 |
| The Factors Neutralizing Development Disorders in Children from Broken Families | p. 240 |
| Bullying or Peer Abuse in School: Intervention and Prevention | p. 248 |
| Anchored Narratives: A Theory of Judicial Reasoning and its Consequences | p. 267 |
| Psychosocial Investigation in Death Penalty Mitigation: Procedures, Pitfalls and Impact | p. 286 |
| Attitude and Behavior of Male and Female Judges Concerning the Punishment of Offenders | p. 296 |
| Predicting Court Sentences: A Perilous Exercise | p. 305 |
| Communication Channels and Gender Differences in Decoding and Integration of Cues in Legal Decision-Making | p. 314 |
| Juror Decision-Making and the Trial Process | p. 327 |
| From Juror to Jury Decision Making: A Non-Model Approach | p. 337 |
| The Influence of the Size and Decision Rule in Jury Decision-Making | p. 344 |
| The Jury in the United Kingdom: Juries and the Jury Research in Context | p. 349 |
| Coping with Burgalry: The Effects of Police Service on Victims' Emotional Readjustment | p. 363 |
| Reactions to Criminal Victimization: A Field Study of the Cognitive Effects on Victims and Members of Their Social Network | p. 374 |
| The Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault in Canada | p. 384 |
| Social Beliefs about Recidivism in Crime | p. 394 |
| Law and Psychology in the Perception of Crime Seriousness: Towards a Joint Approach | p. 401 |
| Deviance or Resilience? A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in Residential Care | p. 409 |
| Psychosocial Influences on the Development of Antisocial Personality | p. 424 |
| A Critical Look at the Conceptual Models Explaining Drug Use and Crime | p. 445 |
| Absence from School: Research and Practical Management | p. 459 |
| The Prevention of Delinquency in Spain | p. 463 |
| The Social Competence of Young Offenders: A Return to Basics | p. 469 |
| A Model for the Treatment of Young Offenders in Spain: Searching for Effectiveness | p. 478 |
| Short and Long Term Outcomes for a Cognitive-Behavioral Anger Management Program | p. 485 |
| Psychological Disturbance in the Scottish Prison System: A Preliminary Account | p. 495 |
| Correctional Programmes in Europe: A Pilot Study for a Meta-Evaluation | p. 510 |
| Mental Health Intervention in Pretrial Jails | p. 520 |
| Offender Categories in the Hungarian Prison System | p. 532 |
| What Recent Meta-Evaluations Tell us About the Effectiveness of Correctional Treatment | p. 537 |
| Psychological Services to the Finnish Prison Administration | p. 557 |
| Prison Service Psychology - England and Wales | p. 560 |
| The Organization of the Psychiatry and Psychology Services in Italian Prisons | p. 563 |
| Therapy within Prison: Opportunities and Problems | p. 568 |
| The Psychiatric and Psychological Services Within the Norwegian Prison Health Service | p. 573 |
| Psychological Testing and Police Recruit Selection: Difficulties and Dilemmas | p. 579 |
| Psychological Issues in the Draft Polish Code of Criminal Procedure | p. 585 |
| Judicial Psychology in Spain: Actuation and Limits of Intervention | p. 591 |
| Legal Psychology in Spain: Reflections on its Short History | p. 598 |
| Subject Index | p. 603 |
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