1. Introduction -- 2. Telling and detecting lies -- Some characteristics of deception -- Nonverbal behaviour and deception -- Verbal behaviour and deception : criteria-based content analysis -- Physiological reactions and deception : the polygraph -- Detecting lies -- Difficulties and pitfalls for lie detectors -- Summary and conclusion -- 3. Facial appearance and criminality -- Matching faces to crimes -- Attractiveness -- Facial appearance and deceit -- Police officers -- Children -- Facial surgery for criminals -- Frequency of facial abnormality -- Weak methodologies -- Does facial appearance have an effect in the courtroom? -- Attributions of responsibility -- Group decision making -- Meta-analysis -- Real-life court proceedings -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Interviewing suspects -- How to get the suspect to talk -- How to let the suspect talk -- How many suspects confess and why? -- Quality of the interview -- False confessions -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. Interviewing witnesses -- The effects of long delays -- Facial identification -- Individual differences -- Suggestibility -- Suggestion from stereotypes -- Interviewing vulnerable witnesses -- Contributions from cognitive psychology -- Contributions from social psychology -- Interviewer manner -- Summary and conclusion
6. Psychological factors in eyewitness testimony -- Estimator variables and system variables in eyewitness identification -- Estimator variables -- System variables -- Summary and conclusion -- 7. False memories -- Repression, amnesia and memory for early childhood experiences -- Adults' memories for traumatic and non-traumatic events -- Implanting false memories -- Mechanisms responsible for the creation of false memories and beliefs -- Verifying the accuracy of recovered memories in the courtroom -- Summary and conclusion -- 8. Jury decision making -- The jury system in different countries -- Empirical research on juries : methodology -- Juror characteristics -- How the social perceptions of jurors may influence decisions -- Social identity and juror decisions -- Prior character evidence -- Publicity before and during the trial -- The story model -- Evidence -- Aiding juries -- Judge/lawyer characteristics -- Jury deliberation -- Summary and conclusion -- 9. The role of expert witnesses -- Admissibility of expert testimony -- Expert testimony : its impact on jury decision making -- Examples of research on the impact of expert testimony -- Ethical issues -- The hired gun effect -- Objectivity in child abuse trials -- Summary and conclusion

"Aimed primarily at students and researchers in psychology, criminology and law, this book will also appeal to professionals in law and police work."--Jacket