Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2 TELLING AND DETECTING LIES

Some Characteristics of Deception

Nonverbal Behaviour and Deception

Verbal Behaviour and Deception: Criteria-Based Content Analysis

Physiological Reactions and Deception: The Polygraph

Detecting Lies

Difficulties and Pitfalls for Lie Detectors

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 3 FACIAL APPEARANCE AND CRIMINALITY

Matching Faces to Crimes

Attractiveness

Facial Appearance and Deceit

Police Officers

Children

Facial Surgery for Criminals

Frequency of Facial Abnormality

Weak Methodologies

Does Facial Appearance have an Effect in the Courtroom?

Attributions of Responsibility

Group Decision Making

Meta-analysis

Real-Life Court Proceedings

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 4 INTERVIEWING SUSPECTS

How to Get the Suspect to Talk

How to Let the Suspect Talk

How Many Suspects Confess and Why?

Quality of the Interview

False Confessions

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 5 INTERVIEWING WITNESSES

The Effects of Long Delays

Facial Identification

Individual Differences

Suggestibility

Suggestion from Stereotypes

Interviewing Vulnerable Witnesses

Contributions from Cognitive Psychology

Contributions from Social Psychology

Interviewer Manner

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 6 PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS INEYEWITNESS TESTIMONY

Estimator Variables and System Variables in Eyewitness Identification

Estimator Variables

System Variables

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 7 FALSE MEMORIES

Repression, Amnesia and Memory for Early Childhood Experiences

Adults' Memories for Traumatic and Non-traumatic Events

Implanting False Memories

Mechanisms Responsible for the Creation of False Memories and Beliefs

Verifying the Accuracy of Recovered Memories in the Courtroom

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 8 JURY DECISION MAKING

The Jury System in Different Countries

Empirical Research on Juries: Methodology

Juror Characteristics

How the Social Perceptions of Jurors May Influence Decisions

Social Identity and Juror Decisions

Prior Character Evidence

Publicity Before and During the Trial

The Story Model

Evidence

Aiding Juries

Judge/Lawyer Characteristics

Jury Deliberation

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 9 THE ROLE OF EXPERT WITNESSES

Admissibility of Expert Testimony

Expert Testimony: Its Impact on Jury Decision Making

Examples of Research on the Impact of Expert Testimony

Ethical Issues

The Hired Gun Effect

Objectivity in Child Abuse Trials

Summary and Conclusion

REFERENCES

INDEX