| Emotions and Culpability: How the Law Is at Odds with Psychology, Jurors, and Itself Contributor(s): Finkel, Norman J. (Author), Parrott, W. Gerrod (Author) |
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ISBN: 1591474167 ISBN-13: 9781591474166 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2006 Annotation: The authors argue persuasively that U.S. law is out of touch with the way that jurors? ?commonsense justice? works and the way they judge culpability. This disconnect has resulted in some inconsistent verdicts across different types of cases and thus has serious implications for whether the law will be respected and obeyed. Problems arise because criminal law has no unified theory of emotion and culpability, and legal scholars often seem to misunderstand or ignore what psychologists know about emotion. The authors skillfully show that the law's culpability theories are (and must be) psychological at heart, and they propose ways in which psychology can help inform and support the law. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Forensic Psychology - Psychology | Emotions - Law | Criminal Law - General |
| Dewey: 347.737 |
| LCCN: 2005037627 |
| Series: Law and Public Policy: Psychology and the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 7.28" W x 10.3" (1.78 lbs) 312 pages |