Advances in Psychology and Law

Frontmatter -- Part I: Law and Psychology in Different Countries -- Law and Psychology in Europe: Current Status and Future Perspectives / Kury, Helmut -- Psychology and Law in Latin America: State of the Art / Popolo, Juan Horacio Del -- Criminological and Legal Psychology in Portugal: Past, Present and Future / Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa -- Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Policies, Practices and Public Opinion / Hessing, Dick J. / Pieterman, Roel / Blad, John R. -- Psychological Aspects of the Family Law Reform and the Influences in Legislation after the German Unification / Kühne, Adelheid -- Part II: Victimology -- Criminal Behavior and the Pre-Victimization Process: Three Studies on Neutralization, Redefinition, and Desensitization / Winkel, Frans Willem -- Criminal Victimization and Weil-Being: A Prospective Study on the Direct and Buffering Effects of Personality Traits / Denkers, Adriaan / Winkel, Frans Willem -- Victimological Aspects of Computer Crimes / Alessia, Trenti -- Victimization in Close Relationships: On the Darkness of "Dark Figures" / Wetzels, Peter / Bilsky, Wolfgang -- The Victim's Experience and Fear of Crime. A Contribution to the Victimization Perspective / Kury, Helmut -- Part III: Witnesses and Expert Testimony -- Child Witnesses: Lying About Something Heard / Alonso-Quecuty, Marisa / Hernández-Fernaud, Estefania / Campos, Laura -- Instructions and Suggestions: Effects on the Amount of Details in Children's Statements / Volbert, Renate / Pieters, Volker -- Changes in Subtle Hand/Finger Movements During Attempted Deception / Vrij, Aldert -- The Effects of Distraction on Police Officer Shooting Behavior / Vrij, Aldert / Steen, Jaap van der / Koppelaar, Leendert -- Paralinguistic and Nonverbal Triggers of Biased Credibility Assessments of Rape Victims in Dutch Police Officers: An Experimental Study of "Nonevidentiary" Bias / Baldry, Anna Costanza / Winkel, Frans Willem / Enthoven, Deirdre Suzette -- Psychological Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Issues on the Basis of Case Related Field Experiments / Fabian, Thomas / Stadler, Michael -- Some Aspects of the Role of the Expert in Criminal Cases / Nijboer, J.F. -- Part IV: Juries and Tribunals -- Models in Jury Decision-Making / Paúl, Pilar de -- Formal Pattern in Jury Decision Making / Fuente, E. Inmaculada De la / Ortega, Ana / Martín, Ignacio / Trujillo, Humberto -- Inquisitorial Jury Selection through Scientific Support / Arce, Ramón / Fariña, Francisca / Vila, Carlos / Real, Santiago -- Influence of the Prosecutor's Plea on the Judge's Sentencing in Sexual Crimes: Hypothesis of the Theory of Anchoring by Tversky and Kahneman / Martín, Eugenio Garrido / Alonso, Carmen Herrero -- An Enquiry into Judicial Decisions / Fernández, Jorge Sobral -- Is the Judge's Role to be Reformulated? A Socio-Psychological Approach to Office and Practice / Jakob, Raimund -- Part V: Child Development and Delinquency -- Delinquency Prevention in the First Few Years of Life / Farrington, David P. -- Self-Reported Delinquency in Spain and Castilla-La Mancha: A Comparison of National and Subnational Samples / Montañés-Rodriguez, Juan / Rechea-Alberola, Cristina / Barberet, Rosemary -- Adoption and Murder / Jaffé, Philip D. -- A Descriptive Preliminary Study of the Long Term Effects of Divorce on the Psychological Adjustment Process of Children / Jarne, Adolfo / Requena, Elena / Moya, Josep / Timón, Mónica -- Custodian's Gender and Disorders in the Psychical Development of Children / Czerederecka, Alicja / Jaskiewicz-Obydziñska, Teresa -- Part VI: Psychological Factors Related to Crime -- Mental Illness and Criminality: A Study of a Sample of Psychiatric Out-Patients / Luberto, Salvatore / Zavatti, Patrizia / Gualandri, Giorgio -- Outcome Expectancies: An Important Link between Substance Use and Crime? / McMurran, Mary -- Socio-Cognitive Skills and Female Crime: A Study of Institutionalized Women Offenders / Martín-Rodríguez, Ana M. / Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Ana M. -- An Empirical Approach to Offender Profiling / Jackson, J.L. / Herbrink, J.C.M. / Koppen, P. van -- The Criminal Psychologist: Between Tradition and Utopia / Genovés, Vicente Garrido -- Part VII: Drug Addiction Interventions -- Drug Addiction Among Inmates / Brochu, Serge / Guyon, Louise -- Addiction and Criminal Background in Rehabilitation Centers for Drug and Alcohol Abuser Clientele / Guyon, Louise / Brochu, Serge -- Drug Addiction Intervention Programmes Using Agonists and Antagonists Opiates in Catalonian Prisons / Marco, Andrés -- A Therapeutic Community for Incarcerated Drug Offenders: Three Years in the Specialised Attention Department (DAE) of Quatre Camins Penitentiary Centre / Sanchis, José R. / Ibern, Immaculada / Soto, Montserrat / Montero, Paula -- Part VIII: Correctional Treatment and Prison Initiatives -- Children Imprisoned With Their Mothers: Psychological Implications / Jaffé, Philip D, / Pons, Francisco / Wicky, Hélène Rey -- Organizational Assessment of a Prison / Clemente, Miguel -- Prison and Feelings: Suicide Attempts / Behar, Júlia / Cordomi, Anna / Bajet, Jordi -- Therapy Motivation in Prisons: Towards a Specific Construct for the Motivation to Enter Psychotherapy for Prison Inmates / Dahle, Klaus-Peter -- The Treatment of Aggressive Prisoners. A Closed Regime Programme / Queralt, Joan P. / Caballero, Judith / Casals, Alicia / Navarro, Joan C. / Serra, Silvia -- Organization Program of the Barcelona Women's Prison: Six Years of Evaluation / Montero, José M. / Martinez, Jesús / Esteban, Miguel Angel / Alonso, Ana / Soler, Carles -- Part IX: Correctional Evaluation -- Methodological Advances in the Assessment of Correctional Programs / Anguera, M. Teresa -- Young Offenders and Alcohol: Relative Merits of Institutions and Community Prevention Initiatives / Hollin, Clive R. -- Methodological Issues in the Meta-Evaluation of Correctional Treatment / Sánchez-Meca, Julio -- What Works in Correctional Rehabilitation in Europe: A Meta-Analytical Review / Redondo, Santiago / Garrido, Vicente / Sánchez-Meca, Julio -- Epilogue -- Psychology, Law and Europe: Current Developments and Problems / Lösel, Friedrich -- Subject Index