Taking Psychology And Law Into The Twenty-first Century (perspectives In Law & Psychology)

Taking Psychology and Law into the Twenty-First Century Perspectives in Law & Psychology Sponsored by the American Psychology-Law Society / Division 41 of the American Psychological Association Series Editor: Ronald Roesch, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Editorial Board: Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Thomas Grisso, Stephen D. Hart, Marsha Liss, Edward P. Mulvey, James R. P. Ogloff, Norman G. Poythress, Jr., Don Read, Regina Schuller, and Patricia Zapf Volume 1 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Edited by Bruce Dennis Sales Volume 2 THE TRIAL PROCESS Edited by Bruce Dennis Sales Volume 3 JUVENILES' WAIVER OF RIGHTS: Legal and Psychological Complications Thomas Grisso Volume 4 MENTAL HEALTH LAW: Major Issues David B. Wexler Volume 5 HANDBOOK OF SCALES FOR RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY Stanley L. Brodsky and H. O'Neal Smitherman Volume 6 MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS: Perspectives from Law and Social Science Edited by John Monahan and Henry J. Steadman Volume 7 EVALUATING COMPETENCIES: Forensic Assessments and Instruments Thomas Grisso Volume 8 INSANITY ON TRIAL Norman J. Finkel Volume 9 AFTER THE CRIME: Victim Decision Making Martin S. Greenberg and R. Barry Ruback Volume 10 PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW: The State of the Discipline Edited by Ronald Roesch, Stephen D. Hart, and James R. P. Ogloff Volume 11 JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING: Is Psychology Relevant? Lawrence S. Wrightsman Volume 12 PRINCIPLES OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT Kirk Heilbrun Volume 13 DANGEROUS ADOLESCENTS, MODEL ADOLESCENTS: Shaping the Role and Promise of Education Roger J. R. Levesque Volume 14 TAKING PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Edited by James R. P. Ogloff Taking Psychology and Law into the Twenty-First Century Edited by James R. P. Ogloff Monash University and Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBook ISBN: Print ISBN: 0-306-47944-3 0-306-46760-7 ©2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2002 Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers New York All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://kluweronline.com http://ebooks.kluweronline.com To my students ... Marie Achille, Liz Bannerman, Georgia Bekiou, Lisa Brown, Rachel Campbell, Shirley Chau, Sonia Chopra, Margaret Clingwall Pfoh, Michael Davis, Kevin Douglas, Kelly Frame, Nathalie Gagnon, Jennifer Honeyman, Lindsey Jack, Ken Kroeker, David Lyon, Andrea McEachran, Rachel McKenzie, Bronwyn McKeon, Lynda Murdoch, Tonia Nicholls, Olga Nikonova, Maureen Olley, Heather Rhodes, Marc Rogers, Gordon Rose, Karen Salekin, Randy Salekin, Kerry Smith, Lynne Sullivan, Darryl Ternowski, Sandra Vermeulen, Gina Vincent, Tristin Wayte, Andrew Welsh, and Karen Whittemore and to all the students of law and psychology. You are the future of the discipline. This page intentionally left blank Contributor s RANDY BORUM Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 BETTE L. BOTTOMS Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago