AP-LS News: Past Issues

In this issue: a case of wrongful conviction due to witness misidentification; issues with hearing testimony from firsthand witnesses during trial; the latest news from the SSC and more.

In this issue: division strategic plan, PTSD in veterans, gun safety legislation, and interrogations and confessions.

In this issue: division strategic plan, PTSD in veterans, gun safety legislation, and interrogations and confessions.

In this issue: Ethics in legal decision making, Balancing punishment, rehabilitation and deterrence, call for AP-LS Dissertation Award committee members and strategic planning update.

In this issue: Results of the professional development of women survey, jurors and the internet, juvenile competence to stand trial, suspects with mental Illness and false confessions during interrogation and research briefs.

In this issue: Significant eyewitness cases and the shifting through focus of the courts, AP-LS Annual Conference, examining bias in the post-conviction review process, competency evaluators and Law and Human Behavior update.

In this issue: Independent practice, the Supreme Court and violent vdeo games, jurors and the post-conviction question of innocence and a call to action for psychology and law.

In this issue: The application of risk-need-responsivity to risk assessment and intervention-planning, explaining racial disparities in false confession rates, funding opportunities and research briefs.

In this issue: AP-LS 2011 International Congress on Psychology and Law, questions about the construct of empathy in the treatment of adolescents in the juvenile justice system and the effects of wrongful conviction on victims and their families.