Psychology and Law
Research and Practice
Student Resources
Learning From SAGE Journal Articles
Chapter 1: Introduction
Article 1: Laub, C. E., Maeder, E. M., & Bornstein, B. H. (2010). The influence of a psychology and law class on legal attitudes and knowledge structures, Teaching of Psychology, 37, 196-198.
http://top.sagepub.com/content/37/3/196
Article 2: Buchman, J. (2007). The Effects of Ideology on Federal Trial Judges' Decisions to Admit Scientific Expert Testimony, American Politics Research, 35, 671-693.
http://apr.sagepub.com/content/35/5/671
Chapter 2: Psychology and the Courts
Article 1: Cutler, B. L., & Kovera, M. B. (2011). Expert psychological testimony, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 53-57.
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/20/1/53
Article 2: DeMatteo, D., Marlowe, D. B., Festinger, D. S., & Arabia, P. L. (2009). Outcome trajectories in drug courts: Do all participants have serious drug problems? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36, 354-368.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/36/4/354
Chapter 3: The Investigative Process
Article 1: Kassin, S. M. (2008). Confession evidence: commonsense myths and misconceptions, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 1309-1322.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/35/10/1309.full.pdf+html
Article 2: Snook, B., Luther, K., Quinlan, H., & Milne, R. (2012). Let ’em talk!: a field study of police questioning practices of suspects and accused persons, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39, 1328-1339.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/39/10/1328.full
Article 3: Iacono, W. G. (2008). Effective policing: understanding how polygraph tests work and are used, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 1295-1308.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/35/10/1295.full.pdf+html
Chapter 4: Competencies and Criminal Responsibility
Article 1: Otto, R. K., Musick, J. E., & Sherrod, C. (2010). Convergent validity of a screening measure designed to identify defendants feigning knowledge deficits related to competence to stand trial, Assessment, 18, 60-62.
http://asm.sagepub.com/content/18/1/60.full.pdf+html
Article 2: Zapf, P. A. & Roesch, R. (2011). Future directions in the restoration of competency stand trial, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 43-47.
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/20/1/43.full
Article 3: Vitacco, M. J., Gonsalves, V., Tomony, J., Smith, B. E. R., & Lishner, D. (2012). Can standardized measures of risk predict inpatient violence?: combining static and dynamic variables to improve accuracy, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39, 589-606.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/39/5/589.full
Chapter 5: Eyewitness Evidence
Article 1: Goodman, G. S. & Quas, J. A. (2008). Repeated interviews and children's memory: it's more than just how many, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 386-390.
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/17/6/386.full
Article 2: Frenda, S. J., Nichols, R. M., & Loftus, E. F. (2011). Current issues and advances in misinformation research, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 20-23.
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/20/1/20.full
Article 3: Walczyck, J. J., Griffith, D. A., Yates, R., Visconte, S. R., Simoneaux, B., & Harris, L. L. (2012). Lie detection by inducing cognitive load: eye movements and other cues to the false answers of “witnesses” to crimes, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39, 887-909.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/39/7/887.full
Chapter 6: The Trial Jury
Article 1: Lieberman, J. D. (2011). The utility of scientific jury selection: still murky after 30 years, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 48-52.
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/20/1/48.full
Article 2: Bornstein, B. H. & Greene, E. (2011). Jury decision making: implications for and from psychology, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 63-67.
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/20/1/63.full
Article 3: Clark, J., Boccaccini, Marcus T., Caillouet, B., & Chaplin, W. F. (2007). Five Factor Model personality traits, jury selection, and case outcomes in criminal and civil cases,
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 641-660.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/34/5/641.full.pdf+html
Chapter 7: Jury and Judicial Decision Making
Article 1: Bornstein, B. H. & Greene, E. (2011). Jury decision making: implications for and from psychology, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 63-67.
http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/20/1/63.full
Article 2: Wolf, S. (2010). Counterfactual thinking in the jury room, Small Group Research, 41, 474-494.
http://sgr.sagepub.com/content/41/4/474.full.pdf+html
Chapter 8: Controversial Evidence in the Courtroom
Article 1: Bennell, C., Snook, B., Macdonald, S., House, J. C., & Taylor, P. J. (2012). Computerized crime linkage systems: a critical review and research agenda,
Criminal Justice And Behavior, 39, 620-634.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/39/5/620.full
Article 2: Huey, L. (2010). ‘I’ve seen this on CSI’: Criminal investigators' perceptions about the management of public expectations in the field, Crime, Media, Culture, 6, 49-68.
http://cmc.sagepub.com/content/6/1/49.full.pdf+html
Article 3: Wagstaff, G. F. (2008). Hypnosis and the law: examining the stereotypes, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 1277-1294.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/35/10/1277.full.pdf+html
Chapter 9: Psychology and the Family Court
Article 1: Emery, R. E., Otto, R. K., O’Donohue, W. T. (2005). A critical assessment of child custody evaluations: limited science and a flawed system, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 6, 1-29.
http://psi.sagepub.com/content/6/1/1.full
Article 2: Loper, A. B. & Tuerk, E. H. (2006). Parenting programs for incarcerated parents: current research and future directions, Criminal Justice Policy Review, 17, 407-427.
http://cjp.sagepub.com/content/17/4/407.full.pdf+html
Chapter 10: Involuntary Civil Commitment
Article 1: Petrila, J., Ridgely, M. S., & Borum, R. (2003). Debating outpatient commitment: controversy, trends, and empirical data, Crime & Delinquency, 49, 157-172.
http://cad.sagepub.com/content/49/1/157.full.pdf+html
Article 2: Levenson, J. S., & Morin, J. W. (2006). Factors predicting selection of Sexually Violent Predators for civil commitment, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 50, 609-629.
http://ijo.sagepub.com/content/50/6/609.full.pdf+html
Article 3: Kroner, D. G., Gray, A. L., & Goodrich, B. (2013). Integrating risk context into risk assessments: The Risk Context Scale, Assessment, 20, 135-149.
http://asm.sagepub.com/content/20/2/135.full.pdf+html
Chapter 11: Psychology in Civil Litigation
Article 1: Werth Jr, J. L. (2002). Legal and ethical considerations for mental health professionals related to end-of-life care and decision making, American Behavioral Scientist, 46, 373-388.
http://abs.sagepub.com/content/46/3/373.full.pdf+html
Article 2: Forlin, C. (2010). The role of the school psychologist in inclusive education for ensuring quality learning outcomes for all learners, School Psychology International, 31, 617-630.
http://spi.sagepub.com/content/31/6/617.full.pdf+html
Chapter 12: Psychological Assessment and the Law
Article 1: Singh, J. P. & Fazel, S. (2010). Forensic risk assessment: a metareview,
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37, 965-988.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/37/9/965.full.pdf+html
Article 2: Walters, G. D. & Heilbrun, K. (2010). Violence risk assessment and Facet 4 of the Psychopathy Checklist: predicting institutional and community aggression in two forensic samples, Assessment, 17, 259-268.
http://asm.sagepub.com/content/17/2/259.full.pdf+html
Article 3: Hoge, R. D. (2012). Forensic assessments of juveniles: practice and legal considerations, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39, 1255-1270.
http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/39/9/1255.full