Psychological Problems Social Issues And the Law

About this book

This book takes a historical and systems perspective to examine the interaction between the social science community and the law. Each chapter contains an historical or a philosophical introduction to a problem followed by discussion of the major legal issues and reviews of a wide range of research including the experimental literature. In addition to covering many topics typically covered in psychology and law texts Levine takes a social problem emphasis dealing with such issues as abortion intimate partner violence divorce and custody child protection and more.