The Popular Policeman and Other Cases

Intended as a textbook, this title is also a supplement to more theoretical works, and a fascinating read for anyone interested in human mind in the extreme circumstances experienced by a crime victim or perpetrator, under the scrutiny of interrogation and cross-examination.

Auteur

W. A. Wagenaar is professor of experimental psychology at the universities of Leiden and Utrecht, and a former Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. Hans Crombag is professor of law and psychology at the universities of Maastricht, Leiden, and Antwerp.

Contenu

Foreword

1. Illegal Gambling or the Victory Travel Club
2. On Causal Reasoning or Death in the Warmoesstraat
3. Consumer Confusion or Potato Chips and Olive Oil
4. Fiction and Reality of 'the Average Individual' or the Case of Old Mr. Lane
5. Case Histories and Scientific Proof or the Case of JR
6. Not a Good Story or the Disappearance of Maddy and Vicky
7. Conflicting Scenarios or the Case of the Man Who Needed a Companion
8. Two Processes Obstructing the Accuracy of Long-Term Memory or the Case of the Stolen Mercedes
9. Confessions after Repeated Interrogation or the Putten Murder Case
10. Collaborative Storytelling or the Artist's Models and an Angry Neighborhood
11. Allegation of Sexual Child Abuse in a Case of Disputed Visitation or Cindy's Story
12. Psychogenic Amnesia or the Case of the Amnesic Strangler
13. Obeying Reflexes or Death on the Climbing Wall
14. Visual Acuity or Shooting Mimi the Cat

15. Sexual Semiotics or the Case of the Popular Policeman
    Postscript: Psychological Expertise and the Law

    Bibliography
    Name Index
    Subject Index