Dr. Itiel Dror IAFMHS Keynote Address
Dr. Itiel Dror presents keynote address on The Pitfalls in Forensic Assessments and How to Overcome Them at the 2016 International Association of Forensic Mental
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February 5, 2018
Computerized Assessments Could be a Viable Alternative to Traditional Assessment in Forensic Settings
Incarcerated participants reacted positively to computerized assessment formats in this randomized controlled experiment. This is the bottom line of a recently published article in Law
February 2, 2018
Interview Style and Deception Detection
Interview style may impact detection of deception This is the bottom line of a recently published article in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Below is
January 26, 2018
Situational Risk Factors related to Racial Bias and Policing
Situational risk factors common to patrol policing—such as discretion, novice status, crime focus, cognitive demand, and identity threats—can make bias more likely to result in
January 19, 2018
Psychological Research Has Had Minimal Impact on Practice in the Field of Child Protection
Psychology has contributed to the knowledge base and available assessment and intervention methods in the three following areas of child protection: (a) interviewing children to
January 12, 2018
Tom Grisso 2016 IAFMHS Keynote Address
Dr. Tom Grisso presents keynote address on Juvenile Sentencing and What Forensic Clinicians can Provide at the 2016 International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services.
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January 9, 2018
Promises and Pitfalls of the “Research-to-Policy-Pipeline” Process
Policymaking is complex and incorporates many factors and voices. Rigorous empirical evidence is one potential factor in this process, but the degree to which it
January 5, 2018
Do you take the deal? What we know and don’t know about guilty pleas
As guilty pleas are on the rise worldwide, we need to invest more effort into understanding what drives this phenomenon. This is the bottom line
December 29, 2017
Psychology’s Influence on Prisons and Imprisonment
Psychology has had several influences on prisons and imprisonment. This article reflects on four of these. This is a summary of a recently published article
December 22, 2017
TOMM Cut Scores May Not Generalize to Spanish-Speaking Adults
Cultural differences and age may impact scores on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) among Spanish-speaking adults from Latin America; therefore, caution must be used
December 15, 2017
Sexual assault disclosures among undergraduate resident assistants
Undergraduate resident assistants’ reporting behaviors are determined by knowledge of university sexual assault reporting policy, trust in these support systems and perceptions of mandatory reporting.
December 8, 2017
Keep Your Bias to Yourself: The Impact of Deliberating with Differently Biased Jurors
The current study examined the influence of pretrial publicity on mock-jurors’ guilt decisions, perceptions of the defendant, memories, and evidence interpretation and found that pretrial
December 1, 2017