Thomas Bliesener war Akademischer Oberrat an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, jetzt Professor für Psycholoigie und Vorstand am Institut für Psychologie der Universität zu Kiel.Friedrich Lösel ist Professor für Psychologie und Vorstand am Institut für Psychologie und am Sozialwisssenschaftlichen Forschungszentrum der Universtität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Dieser Band enthält 60 Aufsätze international bekannter Wissenschaftler aus Europa, Nordamerika und Australien aus den Sitzungen der 1992er Konferenz der "European Association of Psychology and Law" über Beziehungen von Psychologie, Recht und Kriminaljustiz.

Summary of contents:
Preface / Introduction / Contributors
Part I: Eyewitness Testimony
Part II: Interviewing
Part III: Children in the Legal System
Part IV. Legal Decision Making
Part V: Perceptions and Reactions to Criminality
Part VI: Correlates of Offending
Part VII: Prevention and Treatment of Offending
Part VIII: Prison Psychology
Part IX: European Perspectives on Law and Psychology
Subject Index

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- International Perspectives on Psychology and Law: An Introduction / Lösel, Friedrich / Bender, Doris / Bliesener, Thomas -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I General Perspectives -- Psychology and Law: Overtures, Crescendos, and Reprises / Lösel, Friedrich -- Psychological Contributions to Criminology: Perspectives of a Law Scientist / Kaiser, Günther -- Psychological Contributions to the Explanation, Prevention and Treatment of Offending / Farrington, David P. -- Part II Explanation of Offending and Assessment of Offenders -- Applying Chaos Theory to Delinquent Behavior in Psychosocial Stress Situations / Fabian, Thomas / Stadler, Michael -- Resilience in Juveniles With High Risk of Delinquency / Bliesener, Thomas / Lösel, Friedrich -- Violation of Rules as a Reaction to Declining Living Standards Among Workers and Intellectuals / Wosinska, Wilhelmina -- What Constitutes Reckless Driving? A Psychological Study of Motor Vehicle Following Distances / Wagstaf, Graham F. -- Between Doing Harm and Breaking the Law: A Social-Psychological Perspective / Pietras, Maria -- Drug Use Prevalence Among Offenders / Brochu, Serge / Desjardins, Lyne / Douyon, Alexandra / Forget, Charles -- Using Psychological Tests in the Forensic Assessment of Offenders / Littmann, Eckhard -- Profiles of Incarcerated Offenders Convicted of Rape and Indecent Assault: An Exploratory Study / Ching-Chuen, Lu Chan -- Part III Treatment and Prevention of Offending -- The Effect of Treatment on Juvenile Delinquents: Results from Meta-Analysis / Lipsey, Mark W. -- Intervention in Persistent Criminality in Children / Lane, David A. -- Some Things Do Work: Psychological Interventions With Offenders and the Effectiveness Debate / McGuire, James / Priestley, Philip -- Therapy Versus Penalty: An Evaluation Study / Egg, Rudolf -- The Treatment of Mentally Disordered Offenders in Canada / Hodgins, Sheilagh -- General Prevention: Criminological and Psychological Problems / Dölling, Dieter -- Part IV Psychological Research on the Police -- Psychologists and the Police / Yuille, John C. -- Predictors of Suspect and Interviewer Behaviour During Police Questioning / Moston, Stephen J. / Stephenson, Geoffrey M. -- Perceived Credibility of the Communicator: Studies of Perceptual Bias in Police Officers Conducting Rape Interviews / Winkel, Frans W. / Koppelaar, Leendert -- Police Officers' Beliefs About Cues Associated With Deception in Rape Cases / Greuel, Luise -- Police-Citizen Interaction and Nonverbal Communication: The Impact of Culturally Determined Smiling and Gestures / Vrij, Aldert / Winkel, Frans W. -- The Effect of the Right to Silence on the Prosecution and Conviction of Criminal Suspects / Stephenson, Geoffrey M. / Moston, Stephen J. -- Part V Research on Witness Testimony -- Influencing Public Policy on Eyewitnessing: Problems and Possibilities / Davies, Graham -- Comparison of One-Person and Many-Person Lineups: A Warning Against Unsafe Practices / Wagenaar, Willem A. / Veefkind, Nancy -- The Influence of Eyewitness Observation and Photographic Presentation on the Identification of Persons in Lineups / Stadler, Michael / Schindler, Hans / Fabian, Thomas -- The Generation of Misinformation / Hoffman, Hunter G. / Lofftus, Elizabeth F. / Greenmun, Christine N. / Dashiell, Richard L. -- Effects of Detailed Imagery on Simulated Witness Recall / Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L. / Hill, Kathleen / Hitchcock, Rosalind -- Racial and Gender Issues in Facial Recognition / Jalbert, Norine L. / Getting, Jeanette -- Eyewitness Memory and Time of Day / Diges, Margarita / Rubio, Maria E. / Rodriguez, Maria C. -- "Phenomenal Causality" in Eyewitness Report / Dahmen-Zimmer, Katharina / Kraus, Martina -- Deception Detection and Reality Monitoring: A New Answer to an Old Question? / Alonso-Quecuty, María L. -- Part VI Children as Witnesses and Victims in the Justice System -- The Truth in Content Analyses of a Child's Testimony / Bekerian, Debra A. / Dennett, John L. -- The Credibility of Children as Witnesses and the Social Denial of the Incestuous Abuse of Children / Baartman, Herman E.M. -- Injustice to Children and Families in Child Abuse Cases / Howitt, Dennis -- Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: Psychological Implications of Legal Procedures / Steller, Max -- Child Witnesses in British Courts / Flin, Rhona H. -- Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases: The Juridical Situation in Germany / Volbert, Renate -- Children's Evidence in Child Abuse Proceedings under the Israeli Legal System: The Law of Evidence Revision / Morag, Tamar -- Official Ideals and Current Practice in Work With Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases in Norway / Havik, Toril -- Juridical Situation of Child Witnesses in Canada / O'Neill, Marie J. -- Some Areas of Interface Between Psychology and the Guardian Ad Litem Programs in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Settings / McPherson, Sandra B. -- Part VII Juridical Procedures and Decision-Making -- Methodological Issues in Research on Legal Decision-Making, With Special Reference to Experimental Simulations / Konecni, Vladimir J. / Ebbesen, Ebbe ¿. -- Justification and Goals of Punishment and the Attribution of Responsibility in Judges / Oswald, Margit ¿. -- Verdicts of Psychosocially Biased Juries / Arce, Ramón / Sobral, Jorge / Fariña, Francisca -- Psychometric Evaluation of Two Scales Assessing Fitness to Stand Trial / Bagby, R. Michael / Nicholson, Robert -- Beyond the Ultimate Issue / Carson, David -- Part VIII Forensic Psychology in Civil Law -- The Child in the European Legal System / Kühne, Adelheid -- Diagnostic Judgment on Parental Custody as a Decision-Making Process / Kluck, Marie-Luise -- Fire-Setting: Age Trends and Psychometrical Diagnosis of Competency Criteria for Liability / Hommers, Wilfried -- The Legislation of Organ Donation / Hessing, Dick J. / Elffers, Henk / Charro, Frank ¿. de -- Jung's Psychology Adopted in Law / Usteri, Martin / Baur, Georges -- Part IX History and Development of Legal Psychology in Different Countries -- Highlights of the History of Forensic Psychology in Germany / Undeutsch, Udo -- On the Development of Psychologically Oriented Legal Thinking in German Speaking Countries / Jakob, Raimund -- Psychology and Law in Spain / Garrido, Vicente / Redondo, Santiago -- Law and Psychology in Italy / Traverso, Giovanni B. / Manna, Paola -- Psychology and Law in Poland / Stanik, Jan M. -- Subject Index