PSYC 3020 Chapter Notes -American Psychological Association, Forensic Psychiatry, Eyewitness Memory
18 Mar 2013
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Unit 1: an introduction to psychology of law. Introduction formal interactions between psychology and law have existed since the middle of the. 19th century and can even be traced back to the writings of the early greek philoso- phers when physiology was identified as part of the discipline of philosophy. Not all legal professionals are convinced that what psychology has to offer is necessar- ily valuable. Law - the sum of all the rules governing behaviour that is enforceable in courts the law is concerned with control of human behaviour and social justice laws reflect values, and values are basic psychological concepts. People believe the criminal justice system operates much like a set of well-oiled ma- chines connected one to another. Law-passing machine - (the government), acts like a thermostat which measures the temperature of society and passes laws against anything which raises society"s anger or indignation beyond some reasonable or tolerable threshold point.
