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Psychological Problems, Social Issues and the Law

3rd Edition
Murray Levine | Leah Wallach | David I. Levine | Deborah Goldfarb
ISBN: 9781640201873
Subject: Psychiatry/Mental Health
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 819
Copyright: 2019 | Status: In Stock
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The Third Edition of Psychological Problems, Social Issues and the Law offers updated research, legal cases, and new examples. The text uses historical and systems perspectives to illustrate how Psychology and other social sciences interact with the law.

Chapters contain an introduction to an important social problem, followed by discussion of the major legal issues and a review of relevant social science research, including experimental literature and ethical considerations. The text emphasizes a wide range of social problems, including abortion, intimate partner violence, divorce, custody, child protection, competence of minors, sexual harassment, and much more. The goal is to offer readers a broad perspective to view the work of social scientists and lawyers, clinicians and judges in the larger context of the systems of which they are a part. New material points readers to resources to learn more about the topics or opportunities for further study and research.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Higher Education Coursebook
Publication Date: 07/24/2019

Murray Levine, State University of New York - Buffalo School of Law

Leah Wallach

David I. Levine, UC College of the Law, San Francisco

Deborah Goldfarb, Florida International

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