Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making: Psychological Perspectives 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Wiener, Richard L. (Editor), Bornstein, Brian H. (Editor), Schopp, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0387462171 ISBN-13: 9780387462172 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Our basic assumption about the law is that it is designed to operate fairly and openly. But with human beings as the ultimate decision makers, how do we prevent discrimination within the legal arena, and how does the law decide whether others have behaved in a discriminatory manner? Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making examines four controversial areas involving people??'s perceptions of others???racial profiling, affirmative action, workplace harassment, and hate speech/hate crime???from the perspectives of psychology, decision theory, and the law.
This book's contributing experts raise these critical questions:
In answering them, the book:
Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making invites the legal and psychology communities to work together in solving some of our most pressing social problems. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Applied Psychology - Law - Social Science | Criminology |
Dewey: 340.115 |
LCCN: 2006938537 |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.39" W x 9.25" (1.16 lbs) 284 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book invites the legal and psychology communities to work together in solving some of our most pressing social problems. It examines four controversial areas involving people's perceptions of others. The book is therefore a guide to understanding the valuable contribution of social scientific research in policy formulation in the law, and it addresses the role of psychology in substantive law and legal decision making. |