Hugo Münsterberg's Psychology and Law

Brian H. Bornstein is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research interests include jury decision making, the reliability of eyewitness memory, and the application of decision-making principles to everyday judgment tasks. He has authored or edited 20 books and over 170 journal articles and book chapters, and has received grant funding for his research from several agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Justice. He has received research, mentoring, and book awards from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the American Psychology-Law Society.Jeffrey S. Neuschatz is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His primary research interests include eyewitness memory, line-up identification, secondary confessions, and jury decision making. He has published over 50 articles and chapters, and co-authored the 2012 book The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification.

• 1. Overview 2. Introduction 3. Illusions 4. The Memory of the Witness 5. The Detection of Crime 6. The Traces of Emotions 7. Untrue Confessions 8. Suggestions in Court 9. Hypnotism and Crime 10. The Prevention of Crime 11. What Münsterberg Got Right, What He Missed, and What We're Missing Now

A fascinating volume for those interested in psychology and law. Readers will be treated to a chapter by chapter examination of Münsterberg's seminal book On the Witness Stand (1908), that presents case studies and modern research to help the reader understand which of Münsterberg's conclusions have withstood the test of time.