Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom by Borgida, Eugene

Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405145749)

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Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom by Borgida, Eugene

Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom

$70.75
Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom by Borgida, Eugene

Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom

$70.75
Format: Paperback
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Beyond Common Sense addresses the many important and controversial issues that arise from the use of psychological and social science in the courtroom. Each chapter identifies areas of scientific agreement and disagreement, and discusses how psychological science advances our understanding of human behavior beyond common sense.
  • Features original chapters written by some of the leading experts in the field of psychology and law including Elizabeth Loftus, Saul Kassin, Faye Crosby, Alice Eagly, Gary Wells, Louise Fitzgerald, Craig Anderson, and Phoebe Ellsworth
  • The 14 issues addressed include eyewitness identification, gender stereotypes, repressed memories, Affirmative Action and the death penalty
  • Commentaries written by leading social science and law scholars discuss key legal and scientific themes that emerge from the science chapters and illustrate how psychological science is or can be used in the courts


Author: Eugene Borgida
ISBN-10: 1405145749
ISBN-13: 9781405145749
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2007
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.03w x 0.96d
By Eugene Borgida
By Eugene Borgida
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Eugene Borgida is Professor of Psychology and Law at the University of Minnesota and Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology. He is also co-author of the forthcoming book, The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship (with John L. Sullivan and Christopher Federico).

Susan T. Fiske is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Her publications include Social Cognition From Brains to Culture (with Shelley Taylor, 2008) and Social Beings: A Core Motives Approach to Social Psychology (2004).

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