Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law

knowledge. For example, an episode may consist of ini- tiating events that led the defendant to a certain mental state, which th ...

Rendering a Verdict In this last stage of the story model, jurors map their accepted story onto each of the verdict categories t ...

STRESS AND EYEWITNESSMEMORY Stress exerts complex effects on eyewitness memory. On the whole, it has a negative effect, but this ...

These findings extend partly to children as well. Child eyewitnesses perform worse when under stress, but it is unclear whether ...

absent. The coding form also includes a section for list- ing “additional risk factors” and “additional protective factors” beca ...

Further Readings Borum, R., Bartel, P., & Forth, A. (2006). Manual for the Structured Assessment for Violence Risk in Youth ...

.79 demonstrated the usefulness of SIRS primary scales for the accurate differentiation of feigned from clinical honest profiles ...

in terms of moderate or severe violence, rather than minor violence; and (d) substance abuse and IPV are defined in terms of a b ...

See alsoDanger Assessment Instrument (DA); Intimate Partner Violence; Spousal Assault Risk Assessment (SARA); Substance Use Diso ...

individual sessions with a primary counselor to group sessions with peers and counselors. In addition to inpa- tient and outpati ...

cognitive-behavioral therapy in individual psychother- apy with clients who have substance use disorders. As its name would sugg ...

See alsoDrug Courts; Substance Use Disorders; Therapeutic Communities for Treatment of Substance Abuse Further Readings Blume, A ...

ingestion of substances, physiological changes due to acute or chronic use of substances, and physiological adaptations to the l ...

Decisions to change often follow a process known as the decisional balance, where a user considers the pros and cons for change. ...

SUICIDEASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION INPRISONS Prisoner suicide assessment and prevention is an area of active research and clinical ...

DDeemmooggrraapphhiicc FFaaccttoorrss During the last couple of decades, predominantly descriptive research has linked prisoner’ ...

suicide assessment are described. The work of John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan has been used to lend some structure to the descrip ...

attempts can help identify any patterns or past precipi- tants that may be relevant to the current situation. Specificity of the ...

(JSAT); Mood Disorders; Personality Disorders; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Substance Use Disorders Further Readings Bo ...

stress, and coping; social support; recent significant loss; suicidal ideation; suicidal intent; and suicide plan. The SAMI incl ...