ISBN : 9780190688707
The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History reveals how the field developed during the first decade following the founding of the American Psychology-Law Society. The contributors to this edited volume, widely considered to be among the founders of the field, were responsible for establishing and nurturing many of the subfields and topics in psychology and law or forensic psychology that flourished across the next fifty years.
Contributor List
Editors' Prologue
Stanley L. Brodsky and Thomas Grisso
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Psychology and Law
Thomas Grisso
Section I: Psychological Science and Law
Chapter 2: Eyewitness Testimony: An Eyewitness Report
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Chapter 3: Applying Social Psychology to Law and the Legal Process
Michael J. Saks
Chapter 4: Jury Research
Shari Seidman Diamond
Chapter 5: Mental Health Law and the Seeds of Therapeutic Jurisprudence
David B. Wexler
Chapter 6: Mental Disability, Criminal Responsibility, and Civil Commitment
Stephen J. Morse
Chapter 7: Framing, Institutionalizing, and Nurturing Research in Psychology and Law
Bruce D. Sales
Section II: Assessment, Interventions, and Practice in Legal Contexts
Chapter 8: Forensic Mental Health Services and Competence to Stand Trial
Ronald Roesch
Chapter 9: Predictions of Violence
John Monahan
Chapter 10: Juveniles' Psycholegal Capacities
Thomas Grisso
Chapter 11: Correctional Psychology
Stanley L. Brodsky
Chapter 12: The Founding and Early Years of the American Board of Forensic Psychology
Florence W. Kaslow
Chapter 13: Community Psychology, Public Policy, and Children
N. Dickon Reppucci
Epilogue: Psychology and Law at AP-LS' Fiftieth Anniversary
Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky
Index of Names