Contribution to Book
Helping Experimental Psychology Affect Legal Policy
Psychology and Law: An Empirical Perspective
Document Type
Book Chapter
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
Any scientific psychologist who has interacted extensively with police, lawyers, or trial judges has learned that scientific psychology and the legal system are very different beasts. The differences run much deeper than mere language and instead represent different types of thinking-a clash of cultures. This clash is particularly apparent when psychologists attempt to use research findings to affect legal policies and practices. In order for scientific psychologists to work effectively in applying psychological science to the legal system, they will need to develop a better understanding of the concept of policy and the contingencies that exist for policymakers.
Copyright Owner
The Guilford Press
Copyright Date
2005
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Gary L. Wells. "Helping Experimental Psychology Affect Legal Policy" Psychology and Law: An Empirical Perspective (2005) p. 483 - 500 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gary_wells/15/
This chapter was published as Wells, G. L. (2005). Helping Experimental Psychology Affect Legal Policy. In N. Brewer & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Psychology and law: An empirical perspective (pp. 483-500). New York, NY, US: Copyright Guilford Press. Reprinted with permission of The Guilford Press.