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Forensic Psychology Book Review - Psychology and Law.
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PSY3460 Forensic Psychology Book Review Student Number: 2035132 Title: Psychology and Law Author: Andreas Kapardis Date of Publication: 04/01/1997 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Number of Pages: 395 ISBN: 0521557380 Paperback price: £20.95 Hardback price: £60.00 The text book 'Psychology and Law' by Kapardis (1997) endeavours to provide a complete and thorough review of recent literature, from a variety of European, Australian and North American sources. It is aimed at both post and undergraduate students and attempts to cover a wide range of subject's bordering the margin between criminal law and psychology. It is only during the last twenty years that the essential relationship between psychology and law has come to the forefront. "Both psychology and the courts are concerned with predicting, explaining and controlling behaviour" (Kapardis, 1997). Therefore it was only a matter of time before these disciplines joined forces to develop, improve and aid the management of society. However the book not only boasts the benefits of psycholegal practices...
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