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James Deese (1972) concludes his book Psychology as Science and Art by saying ‘one aspect of the future of psychology about which we can have no doubt whatever is that its influence will grow … because society has nowhere else to turn for guidance and direction than to the social sciences in general and psychology in particular’. (p. 107) He instances criminology as one field in which society has come to depend on the scientific research, and the art and judgment, of psychologists.
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Clifford, B. (1979). Eyewitness Testimony: The Bridging of a Credibility Gap. In: Farrington, D.P., Hawkins, K., Lloyd-Bostock, S.M. (eds) Psychology, Law and Legal Processes. Oxford Socio-Legal Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04248-7_11
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