Psychology and Law in Europe

Introduction

P. A. Granhag, R. Bull, A. Shaboltas and E. Dozortseva

Section 1: Setting the stage

1. Forensic and criminal psychology in Russia: History of development and current

state

A. Shaboltas

2. Legal consciousness: The nervous chord of a legal system

D. I. Lukovskaya and M. A. Kapustina

3. The origin of the paternalistic tradition in Russian social consciousness

M. I. Yudina

Section 2: Crimes: Sex and money

4. Lay thinking about sexual murderer and victim in groups of young Russian men and women

N. Dvoryanchikov, I. Bovina, O. Logunova and A. Gutnick

5. Assumptions underlying behavioral linkage revisited: ascertaining individual differentiation and consistency in serial rape

M. Sorochinski and C.G. Salfati

6. Victims or "fighters"? Narratives of abused women who killed their male intimate partners

P. S. Pereira

7. Mock jurors' understanding of forensic science and its perceived importance in judicial processes

L. Hammond and M. Ioannou

8. Dysfunctional economic behaviour: Victims of financial debt (the case of microfinance organization clients)

O. Deyneka

Section 3: Personality: Psychopathy and risk taking

9. Problem personalities in the workplace: Development of the Corporate Personality Inventory

K. Fritzon, C. Bailey, S. Croom and N. Brooks

10. How moral emotions affect the probability of relapse

A. Koerner, R. Schindler and T. Hahnemann

11. Personality traits of juveniles convicted of sexual assault

G. A. Vartanyan and S. V. Gorbatov

12. Risk-taking behaviour, values and attitudes towards traffic safety among street racers in St. Petersburg

J. V. Granskaya and V. A. Zaicev

Section 4: Interviewing, memory and deception

13. The eye-closure interview: the practical utility of instructing eyewitnesses to close their eyes

A .Vredeveldt and C. G. Tredoux

14. Understanding false memories: Dominant scientific theories and explanatory mechanisms

J. Shaw

15. Verbal lie detection

A. Vrij and G. Nahari