Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty

A professor of social psychology explores the history of execution in America, weighing its social costs, discussing its potential benefits and problems, and building a new model for understanding the politics behind the death penalty.

Politics & Social Sciences

Costanzo, Mark

Social Sciences

St Martins Pr

Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty by Mark Costanzo offers an examination of the death penalty in America with an uncompromising look at how the system works. Weighing the social costs and benefits to American society and debunking the easy myths, Costanzo builds an important new model for understanding the politics behind the practice of capital punishment. The text offers a thought-provoking, historically grounded study supported by decades of research on the death penalty in America.

Sociology

Worth Publishers

PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO LAW is a friendly, engaging introduction to the exciting field of psychology and law. Drawing on research in social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology, the author shows how psychology can be used to enhance the gathering of evidence, improve legal decision-making, and promote justice. Although the emphasis is on psychological research, the book makes extensive use of actual cases and real trials to draw students into the material and to illustrate the relevance of research findings. Concise but comprehensive, this brief introduction to the field gives professors the flexibility to assign additional books or articles. PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO LAW is a lively alternative to traditional textbooks.

Psychology Applied to Law

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Wadsworth Publishing

Violence and the Law (Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology)

The nature of violence, the factors that contribute to violence, and the consequences of violence on victims and communities are investigated in this volume, which focuses on how the United States legal system has dealt with violent crime. The contributors describe the incidence and prevalence of particular forms of violence and cover a broad range of topics including: child abuse; gun control; violence towards homosexuals; rape survivors; police brutality; battered women; gang violence; and the death penalty.

Self-Help

Oskamp, Stuart

Relationships

Sage Publications, Inc.

Mental Health

With Forensic and Legal Psychology you'll learn how pscyhological science can be used to strengthen the gathering of evidence, enhance legal decision making, curtail crime, and promote justice using examples of real trials and cases.

Forensic and Legal Psychology: Psychological Science Applied to Law

Krauss, Daniel

Available in print and e-book formats, Mark Costanzo and Daniel Krauss's text show students how psychological science can be used to reduce crime, improve legal decision making, and promote justice. Fully integrated discussions of real cases and trials, along with other examples of the legal system in action, show how research and theory can deepen our understanding of suspects, criminals, police, victims, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jurors.

Loose-leaf Version for Forensic and Legal Psychology: Psychological Science Applied to Law

Using research in clinical, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, Forensic and Legal Psychology shows how psychological science can enhance the gathering and presentation of evidence, improve legal decision-making, prevent crime, rehabilitate criminals, and promote justice. Although the emphasis is on psychological research, the textbook makes extensive use of actual cases and real trials to engage students and to illustrate the relevance of research findings. Written in a clear, student-friendly style, Forensic and Legal Psychology is designed for both the psychology and law AND forensic psychology class. Visit the preview site for more information: www.worthpublishers.com/costanzokrausspreview

Forensic and Legal Psychology

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Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty

Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty

Psychology Applied to Law

Violence and the Law (Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology)

Violence and the Law (Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology)

Forensic and Legal Psychology: Psychological Science Applied to Law

Forensic and Legal Psychology: Psychological Science Applied to Law

Loose-leaf Version for Forensic and Legal Psychology: Psychological Science Applied to Law

Forensic and Legal Psychology: Psychological Science Applied to Law

Forensic and Legal Psychology