history of scientific study,2:849–850
MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study,
2:467–470
Novaco Anger Scale,2:526–528
presentence evaluations,2:614–615
purpose of,2: 849
Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide,2:729–730
Sexual Violence Risk-20,2:743–744
Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability,
2:744–745
Spousal Assault Risk Assessment,1:185,1:241,
2:750–751
STABLE–2007 and ACUTE–2007 instruments,
2:726,2:751–753
Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in
Youth,2:770–771
structured professional judgment,2: 851
Violence Risk Appraisal Guide,2:847–848
Violent Crime Index,1: 433
Vioxx settlement,1: 182
VIP (Validity Indicator Profile). See
Validity Indicator Profile (VIP)
Virginia
racial bias and death penalty,2: 671
sex offender civil commitment statutes,2: 720
Virginia, Atkins v.,1:21,1:23,1:187,2: 498
Virginia, Mu’min v.,2: 858
Virginia, United States v.,2: 826
VLP (violation of learning principles). SeeViolation
of learning principles (VLP)
VO (verbal overshadowing). See
Verbal overshadowing(VO)
Voice recognition, 2:851–854
Voir dire, 2:855–858
attorney-conducted voir dire,1:417,1: 418
defined,2: 705
individual voir dire,1: 418
jury questionnaires,1:415–416
jury reforms,1:417–418
pretrial publicity and,2: 617
procedural elements of,2:855–856
purpose of,2: 855
research on,2: 857
as safeguard,2: 856
scientific jury selection,2:705–707
use of religion in,2:681–682
Volar pads, in fingers,1: 318
Vold, George,1: 356
Volstead Act,1: 413
Voluntary acts,1: 35
Voluntary false confessions,1: 307
VOM (victim-offender mediation with juvenile offenders).
SeeVictim-offender mediation with juvenile offenders
(VOM)
Von Feuchtersleben, Ernest,2: 650
Voyeur Dorm L.C. v. City of Tampa,2: 530
Voyeurism,2: 735VPS (victim personal statement). SeeVictim personal
statement (VPS)
VRAG (Violence Risk Appraisal Guide). SeeViolence Risk
Appraisal Guide (VRAG)Wade, Kimberley,1: 311
Wainwright, Ford v.,1:21,1:64,1:112,1:113,2: 497
Wainwright v. Witt,1: 192
Waiver of appeals,1:123–125
Waiver of right to refuse treatment,1: 328
Waiver to criminal court, 2:859–862
Walker, Laurens,2: 625
Walker, Lenore,1:42,1: 43
Wall, David,1: 178
Ward v. Illinois,2: 529
“War on drugs,”2: 660
Washington
Community Protection Act (1990),2: 720
sex offender legislation,2:720,2:721,2: 723
violent video game legislation,2: 486
Washington University Supreme Court Forecasting
Project,2: 828
Washington v. Glucksberg,1: 256
Washington v. Harper,1:121,1: 326
Wasserman, Gail,2: 495
Watts v. Watts,2: 791
Weapon focus, 2:862–864
Wells, Gary L.,1:257,1: 377
Wells, People v.,1: 165
Wetterling Act,2: 722
Wexler, David,2: 805
White, Burlington Northern v.,2: 736
White, Susan,2: 451
Whitmore v. Arkansas,1:124,1: 125
Wiener, Richard,2:737,2:738,2: 739
Wiggins’ Social Desirability Scale,2: 508
Wiggins v. Smith,1:7,1: 62
Wiktorowicz, Quintan,2: 797
Wildman, Robert W.,1: 335
Williams, J.,2: 461
Williams, Linda Meyer,2: 690
Williams v. Florida,1:424–425
William v. Taylor,1: 62
Winick, Bruce,2:805,2: 806
Wisconsin
recording confessions,2: 845
sex offender legislation,2:720,2:721,2: 723
Wisconsin Personality Disorders Inventory,1: 30
Wise, Richard,2: 519
Witherspoon v. Illinois,1: 191
Witness coaching,2: 869
Witnesses
alibi witnesses,1:14–15
bystander witnesses,1:82–83
children’s testimony,1:77–82
coaching of,2: 869
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