Resolving legal questions with psychological data.
Psychologists are ever finding new legal arenas for their psychological data and concepts. Findings about the character and operation of stereotyping have been introduced in sex discrimination litigation in the United States. Findings about conformity, obedience to authority, and bystander apathy have been introduced into death penalty cases in South Africa. These concrete and detailed applications of psychological science demonstrate the expanding role that psychology is playing in the legal world.
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Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013240:Stereotyping