The Implicit Relation of
Psychology and Law
The Implicit Relation of Psychology and Law brings an innovative, feminist analysis to these affiliated fields. Fiona E. Raitt and M. Suzanne Zeedyk explore the role of psychological syndromes (i.e. Battered Womans Syndrome, Rape Trauma Syndrome, Premenstrual Syndrome and False Memory Syndrome) within the courtrooms of the UK and the US. In addition to the explicit relationship between the two fields, they argue that there is an unrecognised implicit relation existing within the intersection of psychology and law, which they find works to the disadvantage of women.
Both novel and controversial, and written in a highly accessible style, The Implicit Relation of Psychology and Law will engage readers from a wide range of disciplines including: psychology, law, critical theory, criminology and womens studies.
Fiona E. Raitt is a solicitor and a senior lecturer in law. M. Suzanne Zeedyk is a lecturer in psychology and co-editor of the Journal of Reproductive and InfantPsychology. Both are at the University of Dundee.
The Implicit Relation of Psychology and Law
Women and syndrome evidence
Fiona E. Raitt and M. Suzanne Zeedyk
First published 2000 by Routledge
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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001.
2000 Fiona E. Raitt and M. Suzanne Zeedyk
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Raitt, Fiona E.
The implicit relation of psychology and law : women and syndrome evidence / Fiona E. Raitt and M. Suzanne Zeedyk.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. LawPsychological aspects. 2. WomenPsychology. 3. Women-Legal status, laws, etc. I. Zeedyk, M. Suzanne (Mary Suzanne), 1963- II. Title.
K346. R35 2000
340'.19-dc21 00-028088
ISBN 0-415-14782-4 (hbk)
ISBN 0-415-14783-2 (pbk)
ISBN 0-203-13193-2 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-17912-9 (Glassbook Format)
To
Elizabeth Craig Morrin
who shared with me her extraordinary sense of
justice and lived her life by example
Winifred Gene Zeedyk
who, by believing in her boundaries, allowed me to
break free of my own
Jan Stephens
who has nourished in me and so many others the
courage to speak our truths
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