Part Ⅰ.The Reliability of Witness Evidence 1
1: Applying Human Experimental Psychology to Legal Questions about Evidence&Patrick Rabbitt 3
2: Towards a more Realistic Appraisal of the Psychology of Testimony&Brian R.Clifford 19
3: Voice Identification by Man and Machine: A Review of Research&Ray Bull 28
Part Ⅱ.Interrogation and Confession 43
4: Police Interrogation and Confessions&Marquita Inman 45
5: A Decision-Making Model of Confessions&E.Linden Hilgendorf and Barrie Irving 67
6: The Effects of Confession and Retraction on Simulated Furies: A Pilot Study&A.Philip Sealy and Albert McKew 85
Part Ⅲ.The Psychologist as Expert 93
7: Introducing Psychological Evidence in the Courts: Impediments and Opportunities&Brian Clapham 95
8: Expert Opinion based on Evidence from Forensic Hypnosis and Lie-Detection&Lionel R.C.Haward 107
Part Ⅳ.Legal Language and Communication 119
9: Is Legal Fargon a Restrictive Practice?&Patricia Wright 121
Part Ⅴ.Applications of Psychology in Areas of Substantive Law 147
10: The Limits of Law and Psychology in Decisions Concerning the Welfare of Children&Michael King 149
11: Family Violence: Interpretations and Solutions&Michael D.A.Freeman 165
12: The Legal and the Psychological View of Gambling&David Miers 182
13: The Traffic Offence as a Rational Decision: Exposure of a Problem and Suggested Countermeasures&Ivan D.Brown 203
14: Some Suggestions for Sex Law Reform&Donald J.West 223
Index 236