Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law

acknowledgment of illness and the potential value of treatment, while choice determines whether patients make a selection consis ...

From these initial intellectual commitments, the Study evolved in six stages over the decade it took to plan, execute, and analy ...

CCoommbbiinniinngg MMuullttiippllee RRiisskk EEssttiimmaatteess Finally, the MacArthur researchers estimated several different r ...

Anger:The higher a patient scored on the Novaco Anger Scale in the hospital, the more likely he or she was to be violent later i ...

3 =mild, 4 =moderate, 5 =severe,and 6 =extreme. According to Richard Rogers, gross exaggeration should be defined as a minimum o ...

symptoms. In the next section, detection strategies for feigned mental disorders and feigned cognitive impairment will be addres ...

AAmmpplliiffiieedd PPrreesseennttaattiioonnss Indiscriminate Symptom Endorsement. This strategy relies on the finding that malin ...

would obtain a proportion of correct responses, based on chance alone, when presented with a multiple- choice format. Performanc ...

Rogers, R., & Bender, S. D. (2003). Evaluation of malingering and deception. In A. M. Goldstein (Ed.), Handbook of psycholog ...

civil forensically referred samples) and individuals referred for clinical but nonforensic evaluations. The reliability compares ...

one source supplies an individual’s lodging (a housing agency), another delivers benefits (a welfare agency), a third maintains ...

Further Readings Bonnie, R., & Monahan, J. (2005). From coercion to contract: Reframing the debate on mandated community tre ...

scores based on the optimal balance between sensitivity and specificity in identifying youths in this sample with clinical eleva ...

augment their effectiveness in conducting sound research, promoting relevant policy, and delivering competent clinical forensic ...

interest in more depth than would otherwise be avail- able through regular coursework; the research may allow students to direct ...

age, gender, socioeconomic status, education level, as well as religious affiliations and beliefs. Therefore, a multicultural or ...

and violent behavior measured in the laboratory, in the field, and across substantial time spans. A set of well- articulated the ...

introduction of television. However, caution must be taken in the interpretation of these studies, which often measures total te ...

relationship between desensitization to violence and aggressive behavior is unknown. Viewer Characteristics Not all media presen ...

Few studies have been conducted on effective media violence intervention techniques. Interventions that appear to be the most pr ...