Special journal issue on psychology-law available for free!

A special issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science showcasing the latest psychological research applied to the legal system has received enormous interest. As a result, the editors and Sage Publications are making the full contents available free to the public through June 15, 2011. The articles cover a wide range of topics of interest to my readers, including competency, violence risk assessment, profiling, false confessions, eyewitness evidence, and jury decision making. You are encouraged to download these articles for later reading, and to freely share these links with colleagues. 

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Comment From the Editor
Randall W. Engle
 
Editor's Introduction: Special Issue on Psychology and Law
Ronald P. Fisher
 
Resolving the Offender "Profiling Equations" and the Emergence of an Investigative Psychology  
David V. Canter
 
Forensic Interviewing Aids: Do Props Help Children Answer Questions About Touching?
Debra Ann Poole, Maggie Bruck, and Margaret-Ellen Pipe
 
Interviewing Cooperative Witnesses
Ronald P. Fisher, Rebecca Milne, and Ray Bull
 
Current Issues and Advances in Misinformation Research
Steven J. Frenda, Rebecca M. Nichols, and Elizabeth F. Loftus
 
Eyewitness Identification
Neil Brewer and Gary L. Wells
 
Outsmarting the Liars: Toward a Cognitive Lie Detection Approach
Aldert Vrij, Pär Anders Granhag, Samantha Mann, and Sharon Leal
 
Suspect Interviews and False Confessions
Gisli H. Gudjonsson and John Pearse
 
Current Directions in Violence Risk Assessment
Jennifer L. Skeem and John Monahan
 
Future Directions in the Restoration of Competency to Stand Trial  
Patricia A. Zapf and Ronald Roesch
 
The Utility of Scientific Jury Selection: Still Murky After 30 Years
Joel D. Lieberman
 
Expert Psychological Testimony  
Brian L. Cutler and Margaret Bull Kovera
 
The Psychology of Trial Judging  
Neil Vidmar
 
Jury Decision Making: Implications For and From Psychology
Brian H. Bornstein and Edie Greene