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Frontmatter -- Part I: Law and Psychology in Different Countries -- Law and Psychology in Europe: Current Status and Future Perspectives / Kury, Helmut -- Psychology and Law in Latin America: State of the Art / Popolo, Juan Horacio Del -- Criminological and Legal Psychology in Portugal: Past, Present and Future / Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa -- Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Policies, Practices and Public Opinion / Hessing, Dick J. / Pieterman, Roel / Blad, John R. -- Psychological Aspects of the Family Law Reform and the Influences in Legislation after the German Unification / Kühne, Adelheid -- Part II: Victimology -- Criminal Behavior and the Pre-Victimization Process: Three Studies on Neutralization, Redefinition, and Desensitization / Winkel, Frans Willem -- Criminal Victimization and Weil-Being: A Prospective Study on the Direct and Buffering Effects of Personality Traits / Denkers, Adriaan / Winkel, Frans Willem -- Victimological Aspects of Computer Crimes / Alessia, Trenti -- Victimization in Close Relationships: On the Darkness of "Dark Figures" / Wetzels, Peter / Bilsky, Wolfgang -- The Victim's Experience and Fear of Crime. A Contribution to the Victimization Perspective / Kury, Helmut -- Part III: Witnesses and Expert Testimony -- Child Witnesses: Lying About Something Heard / Alonso-Quecuty, Marisa / Hernández-Fernaud, Estefania / Campos, Laura -- Instructions and Suggestions: Effects on the Amount of Details in Children's Statements / Volbert, Renate / Pieters, Volker -- Changes in Subtle Hand/Finger Movements During Attempted Deception / Vrij, Aldert -- The Effects of Distraction on Police Officer Shooting Behavior / Vrij, Aldert / Steen, Jaap van der / Koppelaar, Leendert -- Paralinguistic and Nonverbal Triggers of Biased Credibility Assessments of Rape Victims in Dutch Police Officers: An Experimental Study of "Nonevidentiary" Bias / Baldry, Anna Costanza / Winkel, Frans Willem / Enthoven, Deirdre Suzette -- Psychological Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Issues on the Basis of Case Related Field Experiments / Fabian, Thomas / Stadler, Michael -- Some Aspects of the Role of the Expert in Criminal Cases / Nijboer, J.F. -- Part IV: Juries and Tribunals -- Models in Jury Decision-Making / Paúl, Pilar de -- Formal Pattern in Jury Decision Making / Fuente, E. Inmaculada De la / Ortega, Ana / Martín, Ignacio / Trujillo, Humberto -- Inquisitorial Jury Selection through Scientific Support / Arce, Ramón / Fariña, Francisca / Vila, Carlos / Real, Santiago -- Influence of the Prosecutor's Plea on the Judge's Sentencing in Sexual Crimes: Hypothesis of the Theory of Anchoring by Tversky and Kahneman / Martín, Eugenio Garrido / Alonso, Carmen Herrero -- An Enquiry into Judicial Decisions / Fernández, Jorge Sobral -- Is the Judge's Role to be Reformulated? A Socio-Psychological Approach to Office and Practice / Jakob, Raimund -- Part V: Child Development and Delinquency -- Delinquency Prevention in the First Few Years of Life / Farrington, David P. -- Self-Reported Delinquency in Spain and Castilla-La Mancha: A Comparison of National and Subnational Samples / Montañés-Rodriguez, Juan / Rechea-Alberola, Cristina / Barberet, Rosemary -- Adoption and Murder / Jaffé, Philip D. -- A Descriptive Preliminary Study of the Long Term Effects of Divorce on the Psychological Adjustment Process of Children / Jarne, Adolfo / Requena, Elena / Moya, Josep / Timón, Mónica -- Custodian's Gender and Disorders in the Psychical Development of Children / Czerederecka, Alicja / Jaskiewicz-Obydziñska, Teresa -- Part VI: Psychological Factors Related to Crime -- Mental Illness and Criminality: A Study of a Sample of Psychiatric Out-Patients / Luberto, Salvatore / Zavatti, Patrizia / Gualandri, Giorgio -- Outcome Expectancies: An Important Link between Substance Use and Crime? / McMurran, Mary -- Socio-Cognitive Skills and Female Crime: A Study of Institutionalized Women Offenders / Martín-Rodríguez, Ana M. / Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Ana M. -- An Empirical Approach to Offender Profiling / Jackson, J.L. / Herbrink, J.C.M. / Koppen, P. van -- The Criminal Psychologist: Between Tradition and Utopia / Genovés, Vicente Garrido -- Part VII: Drug Addiction Interventions -- Drug Addiction Among Inmates / Brochu, Serge / Guyon, Louise -- Addiction and Criminal Background in Rehabilitation Centers for Drug and Alcohol Abuser Clientele / Guyon, Louise / Brochu, Serge -- Drug Addiction Intervention Programmes Using Agonists and Antagonists Opiates in Catalonian Prisons / Marco, Andrés -- A Therapeutic Community for Incarcerated Drug Offenders: Three Years in the Specialised Attention Department (DAE) of Quatre Camins Penitentiary Centre / Sanchis, José R. / Ibern, Immaculada / Soto, Montserrat / Montero, Paula -- Part VIII: Correctional Treatment and Prison Initiatives -- Children Imprisoned With Their Mothers: Psychological Implications / Jaffé, Philip D, / Pons, Francisco / Wicky, Hélène Rey -- Organizational Assessment of a Prison / Clemente, Miguel -- Prison and Feelings: Suicide Attempts / Behar, Júlia / Cordomi, Anna / Bajet, Jordi -- Therapy Motivation in Prisons: Towards a Specific Construct for the Motivation to Enter Psychotherapy for Prison Inmates / Dahle, Klaus-Peter -- The Treatment of Aggressive Prisoners. A Closed Regime Programme / Queralt, Joan P. / Caballero, Judith / Casals, Alicia / Navarro, Joan C. / Serra, Silvia -- Organization Program of the Barcelona Women's Prison: Six Years of Evaluation / Montero, José M. / Martinez, Jesús / Esteban, Miguel Angel / Alonso, Ana / Soler, Carles -- Part IX: Correctional Evaluation -- Methodological Advances in the Assessment of Correctional Programs / Anguera, M. Teresa -- Young Offenders and Alcohol: Relative Merits of Institutions and Community Prevention Initiatives / Hollin, Clive R. -- Methodological Issues in the Meta-Evaluation of Correctional Treatment / Sánchez-Meca, Julio -- What Works in Correctional Rehabilitation in Europe: A Meta-Analytical Review / Redondo, Santiago / Garrido, Vicente / Sánchez-Meca, Julio -- Epilogue -- Psychology, Law and Europe: Current Developments and Problems / Lösel, Friedrich -- Subject Index

Offers selected lectures from the 1995 European Association of Psychology and Law Conference, demonstrating current results in the field of judicial psychology. The psychological aspects of decision making in court, and the psychological impact of prisons on offenders are among areas covered.