Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law
The spotlight finding of this massive study was that judges and juries agreed on the appropriate verdict in 75.4% of the 3,576 c ...
Other lasting contributions associated with the Chicago Jury Project include the initiation of research on a remarkably diverse ...
similar across gender, ethnic, and educational groups. Temporal stability (test-retest reliability) estimates for the CAP physic ...
provided by caregivers who are able and willing to put the child’s best interests ahead of their own. Best Interests of the Chil ...
healthy development, and the courts searched for ways to maximize the positive contributions of each parent in postdivorce or co ...
by a full disclosure to the parties of the purpose and nature of the evaluation, the limits of confidentiality, the potential ra ...
counsel. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 37,446–451. Greenberg, S. A., & Shuman, D. W. (1997). Irreconcilabl ...
moderate physical punishment applied as a discipli- nary tactic is often socially sanctioned. Nevertheless, research shows that ...
problems. Additionally, women who are victims of child sexual abuse are more likely than women who have not been sexually abused ...
(or better than expected psychological or behavioral outcomes) in maltreated children, including having histories characterized ...
Given all these potential negative outcomes, some suggest that child maltreatment is one of the greatest social evils of our tim ...
In general, older children are more accurate in eyewit- ness reports than are younger children, although even preschool-age chil ...
strategies, young children have greater difficulty recalling events on their own. Also, compared with adults’ memories, children ...
social techniques intended to facilitate communication (e.g., rapport building, no interruptions). Compared with control intervi ...
but at the same time, these drawings may also increase inaccuracies in children’s testimony. In summary, research has shown that ...
trial. Both hearsay and closed-circuit television are potential ways to protect children from the stress of testifying live in c ...
not directly affect jurors’ ratings of the defendant’s guilt. Instead, jurors based their verdicts primarily on witness testimon ...
Research by Margaret Kovera and her colleagues has shown that expert testimony is useful in educating jurors about at least one ...
Further Readings Bottoms, B. L., Golding, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R. A., & Yozwiak, J. A. (2007). A review of fac ...
While some behaviors are clearly sexual (e.g., inter- course), other behaviors (e.g., touching) can lie across a continuum, and ...
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