Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law

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Entry titles are in bold.

AAI (Adult Attachment Interview). SeeAdult Attachment

Interview (AAI)

Abandonment, of elderly,1: 249

Abidin, Richard,2: 540

Abuse. SeeChild abuse; Elder abuse; Sexual abuse

“Abuse excuse,”2:740,2: 742

“Abuse-survivor machine,”1: 310

Acamprosate,2: 776

Accommodation, under Americans with Disabilities Act,

1:24,1: 25

Ackerman-Schoendorf Parent Evaluation of Custody Test

(ASPECT), 1:1–2

limitations of,1: 2

Ackerson, Imberley,1: 114

ACLU, Ashcroft v.,2: 530

Acquittal, jury nullification,1:412–415

Actuarial decision making,2:850–851

Actuarial prediction, risk assessment,2:699–700,2: 725

Actus reus, 1 :35, 2 :487. See alsoMens rea and actus reus

ACUTE–2007,2:726,2:751–753. See alsoSTABLE–2007

and ACUTE–2007 Instruments

AD (Alzheimer’s disease). SeeAlzheimer’s disease (AD)

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). SeeAmericans with

Disabilities Act (ADA)

Adam Walsh Act,2: 724

Ad damnum,1: 183

ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). SeeAttention

deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Adjudicative competence

criteria for,1:105–106

Interdisciplinary Fitness Interview,1:4,1:121,1:377–378

societal values and,1: 106

of youth,1:2–5

See alsoCompetence

Adjudicative competence of youth, 1:2–5

assessment of,1:3–4

interventions for remediating incompetence,1:4–5

legal standards for competence,1:2–3

MacCAT–CA,1:12,1:121,2:464–466

sources of incompetence,1: 3

Adjustment,2: 448

Admissibility of evidence,1: 332

Daubertstandards,1:224,1:267,1:271,1:272,1:273–274

Fryestandards,1:224,1:271–272,1:274,1: 332

General Electric Co. v. Joiner,1:271,

1:273,1: 332

hypnotically refreshed testimony,1: 361

Kumho Tire Company v. Carmichael,1:271,

1:273–274,1:332,2: 828

Adolescents. SeeJuvenile offenders

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting

System,1: 339

ADR (alternative dispute resolution). SeeAlternative dispute

resolution (ADR)

Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), 1.5–6

areas for future study of,1: 6

Advance directives,1:255,1:256,1:359,2:633. See also

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs)

Affective disorders. SeeMood disorders

Aggravating and mitigating circumstances, evaluation of in

capital cases, 1:6–9

mitigation specialist,1:7–8

sentence and,1:6–7

Aggravating and mitigating circumstances in capital trials,

effects on jurors, 1:7,1:9–11

aggravating factors,1:9–10

mitigating factors,1:10–11

Aggravating circumstances,1: 426

Aggravating factors

antisocial personality disorder,1:28–33

defined,1: 7

evaluation of in capital cases,1:6–9

jurors, effect of on,1:7,1:9–11

Aggressive behavior, media violence

and,2:482–486

Alabama, prison overcrowding in,2: 618

Alabama ex rel T.B., J.E.B. v.,2: 856

Alaska

electronic recording of interrogation,2: 845

registration of sex offenders,2: 722

Alcohol, myopia theory of effects of,1: 12

Alcohol abuse, by police,2: 591

Alcohol addiction

ADA and,1: 24

death penalty and,1: 10

Alcohol consumption

criminal behavior and,1:155–156

effects of,1: 12

by police,2: 591

See alsoAlcohol intoxication

Index

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