Unfair : the new science of criminal injustice /

A crusading legal scholar exposes the powerful psychological forces that undermine our criminal justice system, and affect us all. Our nation is founded on the notion that the law is impartial, that legal cases are won or lost on the basis of evidence, careful reasoning and nuanced argument. But the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Benforado, Adam
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Criminal justice, Administration of > Psychological aspects. Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Psychological aspects. Criminal psychology. PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology. LAW > Criminal Law > General. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.

Table of Contents:

Investigation. The labels we live by : the victim ; Dangerous confessions : the detective ; The criminal mind : the suspect
Adjudication. Breaking the rules : the lawyer ; In the eye of the beholder : the jury ; The corruption of memory : the eyewitness ; How to tell a lie : the expert ; Umpires of activists : the judge
Punishment. An eye for an eye : the public ; Throwing away the key : the prisoner
Reform. What we must overcome : the challenge ; What we can do : the future.