Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students

The work surveys psychological principles applied to criminal procedure, explaining perception, memory, attention, suggestion, error, and testimony while examining how witnesses, accused persons, experts, and adjudicators perceive, recall, and infer. It presents methods for observing and evaluating statements, identifies factors that alter perception such as age, sex, temperament, and cultural background, and explores sources of illusion, deception, and unreliable testimony. It also treats the psychology of offenders insofar as it bears on evidence, interrogation techniques, and the use of expert opinion, combining theoretical discussion with practical guidance for collecting, validating, and interpreting forensic material.