Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction / Boros, János / Münnich, Ινán / Szegedi, Márton -- Contributors -- Part 1 Children as Witnesses -- Videotechnology and the Child Witness / Davies, Graham -- Explaining Conversation Rules as a Method to Reduce Suggestibility of the Child Witness / Vrij, Aldert / Mulder, Marianne R. / Cherryman, Julie -- Interviewing Children: The Importance of Omission Errors / Hutcheson, Graeme / Baxter, James S. / Telfer, Karen S. / Warden, David -- The Defence Mechanisms and the Deformations of the Testimony Given by Sexually Abused Juveniles / Jaskiewicz-Obydzinska, Teresa -- Part 2 Cognitive Interview and Police Reaction -- Further Perspectives in Cognitive Interviewing: New Directions / Noon, Elizabeth / Boon, Julian -- The Effects of the Cognitive Interview on Recall, Recognition and the Confidence/Accuracy Relationship / Gwyer, Patrick / Clifford, Brian R. / Dritschel, Barbara -- Cognitive Interview: When Any Context Reinstatement Instruction is Successful / Campos, Laura / Alonso-Quecuty, Marisa -- Cognitive Interview: Confronting True and False Statements / Hernandez-Fernaud, Estefania / Alonso-Quecuty, Marisa -- Perceptions of the Credibility and Evidential Value of Victim and Suspect Statements in Interviews / Baldry, Anna Costanza / Winkel, Frans Willem -- Police Officers' Inadequate Impression Formation in Confrontations with Offenders as a Result of Physical Effort / Vrij, Aldert -- Police Folklore and Attributions of Guilt: Can Psychology Challenge Long Held Assumptions? / Ainsworth, Peter Β. -- Part 3 Judicial Decision-Making -- State of Ohio v. X: Science and Strategy in the Criminal Court / McPherson, Sandra B. / Milano, Jay -- Impact on Verdict of Gender Homogeneous Juries in a Case of Rape / Arce, Ramón / Fariña, Francisco / Novo, Mercedes / Real, Santiago -- Judicial Decision Making: Information Processing and Judgements Given by Blind Subjects / Fuente, Emilia I. De la / García, Juan / Belmonte, José A. -- Polygraphs in Criminal Justice Systems: The Effect of Different Legal Cultures on the Use of Scientific Evidence / Kampen, Petra van -- The Jury Decision Rule: An Empirical Study of Four Methods / Arce, Ramón / Fariña, Francisco / Vila, Carlos / Novo, Mercedes -- Juror's Decision in Capital Cases / Konečni, Vladimir -- Parents Fighting for Custody of Children / Czerederecka, Alicja -- Part 4 Characteristics and Therapy of Offenders -- Boys' Behavioral Patterns in Kindergarten Predict Male Delinquency, Withdrawal, and School Adjustment / Tremblay, Richard E. / Haapasalo, Jaana -- Assessing Loss of Self-Control in Violent Offences Committed by Juveniles / McGuire, James -- Social Competence and Sociomoral Reasoning in Young Offenders / Palmer, Emma J. -- Feminist Group Therapy for Women Who Self-Harm / Liebling, Helen / Chipchase, Hazel -- Heterogeneity of Murders as the Fundamental Problem in the Psychological Profiling of a Perpetrator / Gierowski, Józef K. / Jaskiewicz-Obydzinska, Teresa / Szaszkiewicz, Maciej -- Necrophilia: Love at Last Sight / Jaffé, Philip D. -- Are Causal Theories of Paedophilia Possible? A Reconsideration of Sexual Abuse Cycles / Howitt, Dennis -- Expert Psychological Opinion for the Court in Cases of Homicide under Emotional Strain in Poland / Stanik, Jan M. -- The Problem of Depression's Diagnostic in Forensic and Civil Law in Women / Korolova, Evgenia V. -- Part 5 Prison and Offender Research -- Effects of Prison Factors on Recidivism / Boros, János -- Prison Between Values and Efficiency / Petrovec, Dragan -- Symbolic Patterns in Prisoners' Thinking: Imported Values and Indigenous Roles? / Huszár, László -- Allowing Male Convicted Prisoners to Wear Their Own Clothes: The Psychological Effects / Marshall, Peter -- A Harm Reduction Approach to the Depenalization of Drug Crime via Community Based Outpatient Treatment / McKenna, Brian / Smith, Michael -- Interplay of Religion, Medicine and Prison: A Preliminary Historical Study / Girgensons, Roberts -- International Benchmarking / McDougall, Cynthia / Powls, John -- Training of Prison Officers for Leading Problem-Oriented Groups of Inmates / Wydra, Bernhard -- Riots in the Romanian Penitentiaries after the Revolution of December 1989 / Florian, Georghe -- Correctional Treatment in Portugal / Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa -- Part 6 Crime and the Public -- Terrorist Mentality / Maghan, Jess -- Fear of Crime and Victimization / Kury, Helmut -- The Social and Personal Influence of Positive Beliefs on Coping with Direct and Indirect Victimization / Denkers, Adriaan / Winkel, Frans Willem -- Psychological Aspects of the Process of Victimization / Popolo, Juan Horacio Del / Spezia, Stella M. -- Victim-Offender Mediation in the Italian Juvenile Justice System: A First Attempt of Definition / Baldry, Anna Costanza / Leo, Gaetano De / Scardaccione, Gilda -- The Impact of Professional Roles on Subjective Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency / Averbeck, Mechthild / Lösel, Friedrich -- Turning Heroes into Villains: The Role of Unconscious Transference in Media Crime Reporting / Ainsworth, Peter B. -- Part 7 History and Perspectives of Law and Psychology -- Comparing Legal Cultures: Difficulties in the Cross-Cultural Applicability of Psychological Research Results / Nijboer, Johannes F. -- Recent Changes of the Hungarian Legal System and Their Psychological Impact / Bócz, Endre -- The Effects of the Guarantee System of Human Rights and Legality on the Delinquents / Vókó, György -- Legal Psychology in Europe: Results of a Survey / Kury, Helmut -- Difficulties Experienced in Conducting Research in Forensic Psychology / Wilson, Janet Clare / Noon, Elizabeth -- The Development of Hungarian Forensic Psychology / Szegedi, Márton -- Subject Indexweiterlesen