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Peer reviewedAmerican Psychologist, 1978
Presented in this report are ten recommendations regarding the ethical dilemmas faced by psychologists working with police, court, correctional, and juvenile justice agencies. Both ethical issues that the criminal justice system creates for psychologists and those that psychologists create for the criminal justice system are addressed. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminal Law, Decision Making, Justice
Direct linkBering, Jesse M.; Shackelford, Todd K. – American Psychologist, 2005
This paper presents comments on Kassin's review, (see record 2005-03019-002) of the psychology of false confessions. The authors note that Kassin's review makes a compelling argument for the need for legal reform in police interrogation practices. Because his work strikes at the heart of the American criminal justice system--its fairness--the…
Descriptors: Information Management, Psychology, Heuristics, Law Enforcement
