Suggestibility in legal contexts [[electronic resource]] : psychological research and forensic implications / / edited by Anne M. Ridley, Fiona Gabbert and David J. La Rooy

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.15; 614/.15
• Soggetto topico: Law - Psychological aspects; Forensic psychology; Evidence, Expert; Recollection (Psychology); Criminal investigation - Psychological aspects; Judicial process - Psychological aspects
• Altri autori: RidleyAnne M GabbertFiona La RooyDavid J
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: Psychological Research: and Forensic Implications; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Suggestibility: A History and Introduction; Key Points; What is Suggestibility?; Is Suggestibility One Construct or More?; The History of Suggestibility Research; Hypnosis and Suggestibility; Early Work on Eyewitness Testimony; Suggestibility in Legal Contexts; Cognitive Factors Associated with Suggestibility: Memory and Attention; Suggestibility and Social Factors; About this Book; Conclusions; References ; 2 The Misinformation Effect: Past Research and Recent AdvancesKey Points; Contradictory Misinformation and Interference Accounts of Misinformation Phenomena; False Recollections of Suggested Details and Constructivist Accounts of Misinformation Effects; Recent Extensions of the Misinformation Paradigm: Forced Fabrication and False Recollection of Knowingly Fabricated Details; Forced Fabrication of Entire Fictitious Events and the Explanatory Role Hypothesis; Conclusions; Forensic Implications; References; 3 Interrogative Suggestibility and Compliance; Key Points ; Definition and Early Development of Interrogative SuggestibilityThe Gudjonsson and Clark Model of Interrogative Suggestibility (1986); Modified Versions of the GSS; Compliance; Individual differences and the GSS and GCS; Lack of Confidence in Memory and Suggestibility; Suggestibility, Compliance and Disputed/False Confessions; Malingering on the GSS and GCS; Conclusions and Forensic Implications; References; 4 Suggestibility and Memory Conformity; Introduction; Key Points; The Impact of Memory Conformity in Real Life; Different Methodological Approaches to Investigating Memory Conformity ; Theoretical Accounts of Why Memory Conformity OccursThe Future of Memory Conformity Research; Conclusions; Forensic Implications of the Memory Conformity Effect; References; 5 Suggestibility and Individual Differences: Psychosocial and Memory Measures; Key Points; Suggestibility and Psychosocial Variables; Anxiety; Self-esteem; Life Adversity; Conclusions: Suggestibility and Psychosocial Variables; Suggestibility and Memory Factors; Memory; Memory Distrust; Conclusions for Suggestibility and Memory Factors; Overall Conclusions; Forensic Implications of Individual Differences in Suggestibility ; AcknowledgementsReferences; 6 Recovered Memories and Suggestibility for Entire Events; Key Points; Different Types of 'Recovered Memory' Experience; False Beliefs Versus False Memories; False Beliefs and Memories in the Wild; False Beliefs and Memories in the Laboratory; How Long do Laboratory-Generated False Beliefs and Memories Last?; The Consequences of False Beliefs and Memories; The Persistence of False Beliefs and False Memories; Where Next?; Conclusions and Forensic Implications; References ; 7 Suggestibility and Individual Differences in Typically Developing and Intellectually Disabled Children*
• Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive survey of the theory, research and forensic implications related to suggestibility in legal contexts that includes the latest research. Provides a useful digest for academics and a trusted text for students of forensic and applied psychologyA vital resource for legal practitioners who need to familiarize themselves with the subjectIncludes practical suggestions for minimizing witness suggestibility in interviewsFeatures topics that focus on suggestibility at each stage - from witnessing a crime through to trial
• Titolo autorizzato: Suggestibility in legal contexts
• ISBN: 1-118-43290-8; 1-299-15768-8; 1-118-43281-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141509203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley series in psychology of crime, policing, and law.