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Book SynopsisThe only professional resource to focus exclusively on research methods in forensic psychology With specific advice on topics of particular importance to forensic specialists, Research Methods in Forensic Psychology presents state-of-the-discipline summaries of the issues that relate to psychology and law research.
Table of ContentsContributors ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: The Importance of Appropriate
Research Methods
Barry Rosenfeld and Steven D. Penrod xiii
PART I: General Issues In Forensic Research
1 Legal Research Techniques for Social Scientists 3
Jennifer K. Robbennolt and Stephanie Davidson
2 Measure Development in Forensic Psychology 26
Barry Rosenfeld, John Edens, and Sara Lowmaster
3 Meta-Analysis 43
Siegfried L. Sporer and Lawrence D. Cohn
4 Forensic Psychological Research and the Internet 63
Tarika Daftary-Kapur and Sarah Greathouse
5 Statistical Principles in Forensic Research 78
Jennifer Groscup
PART II: Criminal Law—Pretrial Issues:
Criminal investigations and pretrial Forensic assessment
6 Research Methods for Psychophysiological Deception Detection 105
Charles R. Honts and John C. Kircher
7 Criminal Profiling 122
C. Gabrielle Salfati
8 Methods in Deception Detection Research 136
Maria Hartwig
9 Competency to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility Research 156
Patricia Zapf, Debbie Green, and Barry Rosenfeld
10 Research Methods for the Assessment of Malingering 174
Richard Rogers and Nathan D. Gillard
PART III: Criminal Law—Trial Issues
11 Jury Research Methods 191
Steven D. Penrod, Margaret Bull Kovera,and Jennifer Groscup
12 Trial Consulting in High-Publicity Cases 215
Lisa Spano, Tarika Daftary-Kapur, and Steven D.Penrod
13 Eyewitness Identification Research: Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Methods 237
Gary L. Wells and Steven D. Penrod
14 Children’s Eyewitness Memory: Methodological Issues 257
Gail S. Goodman, Margaret-Ellen Pipe,and Kelly McWilliams
15 Procedural Justice: Theory and Method 283
Larry Heuer and Diane Sivasubramaniam
PART IV: Criminal Law—Post-Trial Issues And Special Populations
16 Conducting Psychotherapy Outcome Research in Forensic Settings 309
Barry Rosenfeld, Kathryn Byars, and Michele Galietta
17 Research Methods in Violence Risk Assessment 325
Kevin S. Douglas, Jennifer L. Skeem, and Elizabeth Nicholson
18 Psychopathy in Forensic Psychology: Assessment and Methodology 347
Ross D. Grimes, Zina Lee, and Randall T. Salekin
19 Sex Offender Research in a Forensic Context 372
Robert A. Prentky, Raina Lamade, and Anna Coward
20 Special Populations: Juvenile Offenders 400
Keith R. Cruise and Ekaterina Pivovarova
21 Research With Offenders With Intellectual Disability 421
Debra Chen, Karen Salekin, J. Gregory Olley,and Solomon M. Fulero
PART V: Civil And Family Law Issues
22 Decisional Competence to Consent to or Refuse Mental Health Treatment 435
Eric B. Elbogen
23 Methodological Issues in Divorce Mediation Research 452
Robert E. Emery and David A. Sbarra
24 Research on Intimate Partner Violence in Forensically Relevant Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Controversies 469
Mindy B. Mechanic
25 Research on Child Abuse and Neglect 487
Cathy Spatz Widom and Elise C. Landry
Author Index 507
Subject Index 525
