Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law

systems and by tension in the skeletal musculature. Transfer of arousal or excitation residues from a prior provocation can inte ...

recognized as a dynamic variable associated with vio- lent behavior and that anger treatment efficacy has been demonstrated, the ...

529 OBSCENITY Obscenity is a unique legal phenomenon for three rea- sons. First, the defendant does not have to know the exact c ...

requires. However,Hamling v. United States (1974) found that expert testimony was not needed if the jury could view the material ...

during memory storage (retention interval), and at memory test. The more nearly ideal the processing con- ditions are for witnes ...

Finally, a theoretical analysis has been conducted in which the optimality hypothesis has been derived within the framework prov ...

The person is 18 years of age or older. He or she suffers from a mental illness. The individual is unlikely to survive safely i ...

the state’s authority to act preventively in certain cir- cumstances. For example, in upholding the constitu- tionality of New Y ...

535 PARENS PATRIAEDOCTRINE Parens patriae translates from the Latin as “father of the people” and is the legal principle that al ...

viewed as being in the best interests of the child. However, in 1966, in Kent v. United States, there was a recognition that juv ...

The Parental Support (SUP) and Role Orientation (ROL) scales measure parental characteristics that may influence interactions wi ...

the United States, alternative family configurations— and an extension of the international use of the PCRI— and representative ...

Standardization TTiimmee 11 The final phase of PSS development involved national standardization and validity analyses. In a nat ...

the item content and the three scales have broad applicability. The PSS has been refined and validated through large-scale studi ...

used). The PSI includes a validity scale (Defensive Responding), which should be calculated first. Indi- viduals with a Defensiv ...

assessment and by partnering with correctional agen- cies, parole is ideally situated to contribute to offender rehabilitation w ...

regarding evidence of effective rehabilitation pro- grams emerged, paralleling an increase in interest in retribution as a means ...

544 ———Patient’s Rights they would distinguish between cases representing good and poor parole risks. Importantly, this distinc- ...

commitment is extended. Modern civil commitment statutes also guarantee these rights as a matter of state law and afford additio ...

interventions? Courts and legislatures have accorded patients a qualified right to do so, imposing limitations on the involuntar ...