This multi-disciplinary research methods text conveys the underlying logic that is common to all research design and analysis, as well as the practical aspects of conducting research. It emphasizes the importance of using multiple methods for the strongest causal inferences. Revised chapters include those on the theory of measurement, research design, the logic of sampling, observational and archival research, field research and participant observation, and evaluation and applied research.

Research Methods in Social Relations

Politics & Social Sciences

Lawrence S. Wrightsman

Claire Selltiz

Stuart W. Cook

Social Sciences

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Written by two of the leading scholars in the field, Forensic Psychology, Second Canadian Edition, introduces students and the public at large to the practice of forensic psychology by showing how psychologists aid the legal system by serving as expert witnesses, criminal profilers, and trial consultants for jury selection and child custody hearings. It presents the roles and responsibilities of forensic psychologists, addresses both the opportunities and temptations inherent in those roles, and explores the ethical issues facing practicing forensic psychologists. The authors provide students with an accurate and candid picture of the field in Canada and internationally today. Along with an increased amount of Canadian criminal case material and new Canadian Researcher Profile boxes, the second Canadian edition has been extensively revised to expand on recent changes in the Canadian judicial system, and to include a much broader coverage of eyewitness testimony, investigative/police psychology, and the psychology, risk assessment, and treatment of sexual offenders and psychopaths.

Forensic Psychology

Stephen Porter

Self-Help

Nelson Education

A textbook designed for the PSY3360 course at Troy University

Solomon M. Fulero

Thompson/Wadsworth

Social Psychology is thriving. As a relative youngster on the psychological block, social psychology has some difficult developmental periods. By attempting to formulate a perspective on human social behavior that would, in the early view of Gordon Allport, consider the influence of other people on thoughts and feelings as well as on behavior, social psychology set itself an ambitions and challenging agenda. Many investigators have been drawn to this agenda over the years, hoping to provide a better understanding of the human being as a social animal. As the field of Social Psychology has developed and strengthened, so has this text. There is much new material in the present edition that reflects this growth. - Theories and Explanations - Methods of studying Social Behavior - Social Knowledge - Communication - Attitudes And Behavior - Attitude Change - Social Influence &amp; Personal Control - Affiliation, Attraction &amp; Love - Social Psychology of Sexual Behavior - Aggression &amp; Violence - Prosocial Behavior - Group &amp; Individual Differences - Behavior In Groups - Intergroup Relations - Interpersonal Behavior &amp; the Physical Environment - Social Psychology &amp; Society

Social psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kay Deaux

Psychology & Counseling

Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.

This is the third edition of this text, focusing on the tensions in the field, challenging students to think beyond the concrete facts to the ethical, moral, legal and psychological grey areas of law. The text is organized around four dilemmas that face the legal system: the rights of individuals versus the common good; equality versus discretion; to discover the truth or to resolve conflicts; science versus the law as a source of decisions. Examples from actua1 cases illustrate concepts.

Psychology and the Legal System

Rules & Procedures

Wadsworth

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

The American Jury on Trial: Psychological Perspectives

Saul M. Kassin

Hemisphere Publishing

Cengage Limited

The American Jury On Trial: Psychological Perspectives

Taylor&Francis

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