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Scientific Evidence

      • Expert testimony and juries
      • Use and interpretation of forensic science

Sample Publications:

      • Thompson, W. C. & Cole, S. A. (2007). Psychological Aspects of Forensic Identification Evidence. In M. Constanzo, D. Krauss, & K. Pezdek (Eds.), Expert Psychological Testimony for the Courts. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 31-68.
      • Skeem, J., Golding, S., Cohn, N., & Berge, G. (1998). The logic and reliability of expert opinion on competence to stand trial. Law & Human Behavior, 22, 519-547.

Brain Memory, Suggestions, and the Law

      • Recovered memory
      • Eyewitness testimony
      • Interrogation Procedures

Sample Publications:

      • Loftus, E.F. & Davis, D. (2006) Recovered Memories. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 2, 469-498.
      • Loftus, E. F. (2005) A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory. Learning and Memory, 12, 361-366.


Child Victim/Witnesses

      • Protecting child witnesses
      • Perceptions of child victim/witnesses
      • Children's eyewitness capability

Sample Publications:

      • Quas, J. A., Thompson, W. C., & Clarke-Stewart, K. A. (2005). Do jurors “know�? what isn’t so about child witnesses? Law and Human Behavior, 29, 425-456.
      • Clarke-Stewart, K. A., Malloy, L. C., & Allhusen, V. D. (2004). Verbal ability, self-control, and close relationships with parents protect children against misleading suggestions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 1037-1058.
      • Quas, J. A., et al.. (2005). Suggestibility, social support, and memory for a novel experience in young children. J. Experimental Child Psychology. 91, 315-341.


Juvenile Offenders

      • Mental illness and juvenile crime
      •  When juveniles should be tried as adults

Sample Publications:

      • Cauffman, E. & Steinberg, L. (2000). (Im)maturity of judgment in adolescence: Why adolescents may be less culpable than adults. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 18, 741-760.
      • Caldwell, M., Skeem, J., Salekin, R., & Van Ryoboek (2006). Treatment response of adolescent offenders with psychopathy features: A two-year follow-up. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 33, 571-596.
      • Skeem, J., & Cauffman, E. (2003). Views of the downward extension: Comparing the Youth Version of the Psychopathy Checklist with the Youth Psychopathic Traits Iventory. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 21, 737-770.


Mental Health and Justice

      • Psychopathology and criminal justice
      • Competency to testify and stand trial
      • Sexual harassment and workplace stress
      • End of life issues

Sample Publications:

      • Maddi, S. R. (2002). The story of hardiness: Twenty years of theorizing, research, and practice. Consulting Psychology Journal, 54, 173-185.
      • Grisso, T., Steinberg, L., Woolard, J., Cauffman, E., Scott, E., Graham, S., Lexcen, F., Reppucci, N., & Schwartz, R. (2003). Juveniles' competence to stand trial: A comparison of adolescents' and adults' capacities as trial defendants. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 333-363.
      • Ditto, P. H. (2006). Self-determination, substituted judgment and the psychology of advance medical decision making. In J. L. Werth & D. Blevins (Eds.), Psychosocial issues near the end of life: A resource for professional care providers (pp. 89-109). Washington D. C.: APA Press.
      • Skeem, J., Schubert, C., Odgers, C., Mulvey, E., Gardner, W., & Lidz, C. (in press). Psychiatric symptoms and community violence among high-risk patients: A test of the relationship at the weekly level. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology
      • Skeem, J., & Eno Louden, J. (2006). Toward evidence-based practice for probationers and parolees mandated to mental health treatment. Psychiatric Services, 57, 333-352.
      • Skeem, J., Monahan, J., & Mulvey, E. (2002). Psychopathy, treatment involvement, and subsequent violence among civil psychiatric patients. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 577-603.


Innocents Miscarriages of Justice

      • False confessions
      • Misinterpretation of evidence
      • Faulty decision making

Sample Publications:

      • Huff, C.R. and M. Killias (eds.), Wrongful Conviction: International Perspectives on Miscarriages of Justice. Philadelphia: Temple University Press (forthcoming, 2007).
      • Castelle, G. & Loftus, E.F. (2001) Misinformation and wrongful convictions. In S.D. Westervelt & J.A. Humphrey (Eds). Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on failed justice. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 17-35.