Despite the inclusion of age as a risk factor, PCRA scores overestimate rates of recidivism for older offenders and underestimate rates of recidivism for younger
Witnessing domestic violence as a child is associated with overall psychopathy levels. This is the bottom line of a recently published article in Law and
Youth behavior, the assessment of extralegal factors by probation officers, and parental input in probation interviews affect case processing decisions for juvenile first-time offenders and
Victims’ perceptions of procedural and distributive justice of a class action lawsuit may shape legal case theory, future injunctive relief, and policy directions primed for
Manipulations that promoted counterfactual thinking led mock jurors to be more certain of the defendant’s liability, award greater damages to the parents, and perceive the
A person’s cognitive processing style may affect his or her decision to accept a plea bargaining more so than his or her values. This is
Negotiators tend to achieve more alignment in within-culture interactions compared to cross-cultural interactions and the use of formal languages and messages that emphasize law and
A juvenile history of criminal involvement may signal the presence of heightened criminogenic need among adults with serious mental illness, offering significant implications for efforts
Justice involved youth whose mental health needs were treated, also had their criminogenic need met. However, more research is needed to understand how mental health
The PCL-R demonstrates low rater agreement and inadequate field reliability and validity for predictions of recidivism in prison and hospital settings. This is the bottom
There is a surprising correspondence between the law and laypeople’s intuitive judgments. This is the bottom line of a recently published article in Law and
People may use moral typecasting in their judgment of offenders and to make sentencing determinations. This is the bottom line of a recently published article