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Center for Psychology and Law

Alumni


Cara Laney Cara Laney
Ph.D., Psychology and Social Behavior, 2006
Lecturer of Forensic Psychology, University of Leicester, UK
cl136@leicester.ac.u
Lindsay Malloy Lindsay Malloy
Psychology and Social Behavior
lmalloy@uci.edu

Graduate Training in Psychology & Law

UCI has emerged as one of the world's leading centers for research and scholarship in the interdisciplinary field of Psychology and Law. Students wishing to pursue graduate work in Psycholgy and Law at UCI must apply and be accepted either in the Ph.D. program in Psychology & Social Behavior or the Ph.D. program in Criminology, Law & Society.

 

Research

Fingerprint 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.

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Graduate Students

Not pictured Shari Berkowitz
Criminology, Law and Society
sberkowi@uci.edu
Nicci Bowman Nicci Bowman
Psychology and Social Behavior
kbowman@uci.edu
Carrie Carmody Carrie Carmody

Faculty

Elizabeth Cauffman

Elizabeth E. Cauffman, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Temple University
Specializations: adolescent development, mental health, psychopathy, juvenile justice, female delinquency, legal and social policy
Simon Cole

Center for Psychology and Law

The Center for Psychology & Law at the University of California, Irvine is a focal point for research that links the fields of psychology and law. The Center brings together faculty, graduate students and members of the legal community who are interested in such issues as the interpretation of scientific evidence, protection of child witnesses, the accuracy of human memory, assessment and treatment of juvenile offenders, and the role of human factors in miscarriages of justice.


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