Barry Rosenfeld, Steven D. Penrod

Research Methods in Forensic Psychology

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Produktbeschreibung

The only professional resource to focus exclusively on research methods in forensic psychology

With specific advice on topics of particular importance to forensic specialists, Research Methods in Forensic Psychology presents state-of-the-discipline summaries of the issues that relate to psychology and law research.

Edited by renowned experts in the field, this resource features contributions by leading scholars in forensic psychology and law, with discussion of relevant topics such as:
Meta-analysis
Jury decision making
Internet-based data collection
Legal research techniques for the social scientist
Offender treatment
Competence to stand trial
Criminal profiling
False confessions and interrogations
Trial-related psycho-legal issues
Accuracy of eyewitnesses and children
Violence risk assessment
This comprehensive guide is designed for a wide range of scholars and legal professionals, presenting a succinct overview of the field of psychology and law as viewed by some of the world's foremost experts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 187mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1126g
• ISBN-13: 9780470249826
• ISBN-10: 047024982X
• Artikelnr.: 23066492

Autorenporträt

BARRY ROSENFELD, PHD, ABPP, is a Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Fordham University. He has more than 100 publications on a wide range of clinical-forensic topics. In addition, he has authored or coauthored several articles and book chapters on research methodology in forensic psychology. He serves on the editorial board of several prominent journals. STEVEN D. PENROD, JD, PHD, is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. A researcher with twenty-five years of nearly continuous research support from the National Science Foundation, he has written over 120 publications on the psychology of legal decision making, focused especially on juries and eyewitness evidence.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Importance of Appropriate
Research Methods (Barry Rosenfeld and Steven D. Penrod). PART I: GENERAL
ISSUES IN FORENSIC RESEARCH. 1 Legal Research Techniques for Social
Scientists (Jennifer K. Robbennolt and Stephanie Davidson). 2 Measure
Development in Forensic Psychology (Barry Rosenfeld, John Edens, and Sara
Lowmaster). 3 Meta-Analysis (Siegfried L. Sporer and Lawrence D. Cohn). 4
Forensic Psychological Research and the Internet (Tarika Daftary-Kapur and
Sarah Greathouse). 5 Statistical Principles in Forensic Research (Jennifer
Groscup). PART II: CRIMINAL LAW--PRETRIAL ISSUES: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
AND PRETRIAL FORENSIC ASSESSMENT. 6 Research Methods for
Psychophysiological Deception Detection (Charles R. Honts and John C.
Kircher). 7 Criminal Profiling (C. Gabrielle Salfati). 8 Methods in
Deception Detection Research (Maria Hartwig). 9 Competency to Stand Trial
and Criminal Responsibility Research (Patricia Zapf, Debbie Green, and
Barry Rosenfeld). 10 Research Methods for the Assessment of Malingering
(Richard Rogers and Nathan D. Gillard). PART III: CRIMINAL LAW--TRIAL
ISSUES. 11 Jury Research Methods (Steven D. Penrod, Margaret Bull Kovera,
and Jennifer Groscup). 12 Trial Consulting in High-Publicity Cases (Lisa
Spano, Tarika Daftary-Kapur, and Steven D. Penrod). 13 Eyewitness
Identification Research: Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Methods
(Gary L. Wells and Steven D. Penrod). 14 Children's Eyewitness Memory:
Methodological Issues (Gail S. Goodman, Margaret-Ellen Pipe, and Kelly
McWilliams). 15 Procedural Justice: Theory and Method (Larry Heuer and
Diane Sivasubramaniam). PART IV: CRIMINAL LAW--POST-TRIAL ISSUES AND
SPECIAL POPULATIONS. 16 Conducting Psychotherapy Outcome Research in
Forensic Settings (Barry Rosenfeld, Kathryn Byars, and Michele Galietta).
17 Research Methods in Violence Risk Assessment (Kevin S. Douglas, Jennifer
L. Skeem, and Elizabeth Nicholson). 18 Psychopathy in Forensic Psychology:
Assessment and Methodology (Ross D. Grimes, Zina Lee, and Randall T.
Salekin). 19 Sex Offender Research in a Forensic Context (Robert A.
Prentky, Raina Lamade, and Anna Coward). 20 Special Populations: Juvenile
Offenders (Keith R. Cruise and Ekaterina Pivovarova). 21 Research With
Offenders With Intellectual Disability (Debra Chen, Karen Salekin, J.
Gregory Olley, and Solomon M. Fulero). PART V: CIVIL AND FAMILY LAW ISSUES.
22 Decisional Competence to Consent to or Refuse Mental Health Treatment
(Eric B. Elbogen). 23 Methodological Issues in Divorce Mediation Research
(Robert E. Emery and David A. Sbarra). 24 Research on Intimate Partner
Violence in Forensically Relevant Contexts: Methodological Challenges and
Controversies (Mindy B. Mechanic). 25 Research on Child Abuse and Neglect
(Cathy Spatz Widom and Elise C. Landry). Author Index. Subject Index.