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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
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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.
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, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7137 JOHN C. BRIGHAM Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 ELIZABETH C. A. BRIMACOMBE Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Briti