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Research in the field of psychology and law covers many topics. This section collects links to news stories and other articles that have appeared online covering research studies in psychology and law.

Cellphone law: Will the roads be any safer? (5/29 from Seattle Times)
Ohio Takes Action Against the “CSI Effect” on Juries (5/28 from Wall Street Journal Law Blog)
The psychology of catching burglars (5/24 from The Guardian)
Craft trial may affect future victims (5/23 from Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Jurors May Judge Attractive Defendants More Favorably in Court (5/18 from AOL Health)
Sex offenders can be kept in prison, justices rule (5/17 from MSNBC)
Court Rules out Some Life Sentences for Juveniles (5/17 from ABC News)
Controversy Over Brain Scan Use in Courtrooms (5/10 from CBS News)
Effects of violent video games (5/3 from Los Angeles Times)
Expert says girl could’ve been led (5/1 from Chattanooga Times Free Press )
Court to rule on violent video games (4/26 from SCOTUSblog)
Bullies: They can be stopped, but it takes a village. (3/31 from Slate.com)
National Review: Getting Serious On Pornography (3/31 from NPR)
Researchers call for an end to aggressive interrogations (3/30 from Montreal Gazette)
Reality show contestants willing to kill in French experiment (3/18 from Washington Post)
Can You Alter Your Memory? (3/16 from Wall Street Journal)
Study links violent video games to violent thought, action (3/1 from Washington Post)
New Research Reveals Secrets About Psychology of Polygamous Sects and Their Leaders (3/1 from ABC News)
Finding Untainted Jurors in the Age of the Internet (3/1 from New York Times)
Supreme Court OKs Florida Miranda rights warnings (2/23 from Washington Post)
A Mind of Crime: How brain-scanning technology is redefining criminal culpability (2/23 from Miller-McCune)
Inside the Mind of a Pedophile (2/18 from WWSB (FL))
Forensic psychologist testifies as expert witness in Barbarino trial (2/16 from NorthJersey.com)
Boy, 12, faces grown up murder charges (2/10 from CNN))
Civil-rights group says racial and religious profiling a fact of life at border (2/10 from Canadian Press))
Psychological theories give reason to suspect Erickson's original, recanted testimonies (2/7 from Columbia Missourian)
Legal experts have differing opinions on sexual predator law (2/7 from Green Bay Press)
Wanted: The truth about lie detectors (2/6 from WRAL (NC))
Those were my babies’ — animal hoarding is a complex psychological problem (1/30 from Providence Journal)
Prop 8 witnesses debate scholarship on families (1/24 from Keen News)
Mind Reading, Brain Fingerprinting and the Law (1/24 from Science Daily)
Psychologists: Propaganda works better than you think (1/22 from USA Today)
Sexual abuse survivors wait 5yrs before disclosing trauma (1/20 from Times of India)
Proposition 8 trial turns its attention to children (1/16 from LA Times)
States rethink 'adult time for adult crime' (1/15 from CNN)
Psychologist testifies on 'remarkable similarities' of gay and straight couples (1/14 from LA Times)
Killer Frank Spisak, not his attorney, brought on death penalty, justices rule (1/13 from The Washington Post)
Supreme Court Weighs Authority, Not Legality, of Civil Confinements (1/12 from NY Times)
Trial over Proposition 8 set to make history (1/11 from San Jose Mercury News)
The Terrorist Mind: An Update (1/09 from The NY Times)
Cullen showed value of polygraphs (12/30 from The Morning Call)
On Memory: Eyewitness errors costly (12/22 from National Post)
Loophole lets mentally ill Texas juveniles go free (12/21 from Associated Press)
Jailing kids doesn't work (12/18 from The Gazette (Montreal))
Witnesses to Bullying May Face More Mental Health Risks Than Bullies and Victims (12/15 from Science Daily)
Cigarette pack health warnings 'could encourage people to keep smoking' (12/9 from The Telegraph (UK))
Post-traumatic stress may harm kids' brains (12/9 from CNN)
UBC study could help in search for murderers (12/7 from The Gazette)
Iowa State study examines photo lineups (12/5 from Chicago Tribune)
Courthouse clinic helps victims of domestic abuse (12/4 from Santa Monica Daily Press)
How do we decide whether you are to blame? (12/4 from Psychology Today)
Profiling The Psychology Of A Ponzi Schemer (12/2 from CBS News)
BR case tests new field of ‘science’ (11/30 from WBRZ News (La.))
Hate crimes against blacks, religious groups rise (11/24 from USA Today)
New academic focus: Why do people hate? (11/20 from Chicago Sun-Times)
How Old Is Old Enough? (11/14 from NY Times)
Torture makes innocent appear guilty: Study (11/12 from National Post)
Muhammad and the 'closure' myth (11/10 from Washington Post)
Justices debate life sentences for juveniles (11/9 from CNN)
Don’t Worry, Be Happy: The Warranty Psychology (11/6 from NY Times)
Dugan doc: Brain testimony not 'junk science' (11/4 from Daily Herald)
County considers program for jail diversion (11/3 from Ocala.com)
Getting out the mental health vote (11/2 from NJ Star Ledger)
Witness to an assault: Must you report it? (10/29 from USA Today)
In a switch, police invite scrutiny of racial profiling (10/20 from USA Today)
First-of-kind study shows model can be used to rate courtroom psychiatric experts performance (10/19 from sciencecentric.com)
Expert witness testifies at Nelson trial (10/9 from Siskiyou Daily News)
Defense Expert: Mehserle's Trial Should Be Moved (10/9 from KTVU (San Francisco)
While Adolescents May Reason As Well As Adults, Their Emotional Maturity Lags, Says New Research (10/8 from ScienceDaily.com)
Is this man key to Lockerbie ...or was he just after the cash? (10/3 from The Herald-Scotland)
Expert: N.J. can improve on crime IDs (9/26 from Philadelphia Inquirer)
A claim of misidentification goes before a special master (9/24 from The Star-Ledger)
N.J. hearings to review police lineup procedures (9/23 from AP & The Star-Ledger)
University of Miami school of law establishes nation’s First therapeutic jurisprudence center (9/21 from LawFuel.com)
Delinquents 'misinterpret anger' (9/19 from BBC News)
Fake video footage 'persuades half of people to wrongly accuse others of crime' (9/18 from UK Telegraph)
Study: Terrorism Evokes Different Responses Among Genders and Personality Types (9/16 from PhysOrg.com)
Movement may reveal memories that the brain recalls even when a person isn’t aware of them (9/11 from US News & World Report)
How Do You Analyse A Criminal? (9/11 from Science Daily)
Only one woman confined in Florida under Jimmy Ryce Act (9/11 from Sun-Sentinel)
Death row inmates pushed to insanity in Japan (9/10 from CNN International)
Californians' support for death penalty waning (9/1 from LA Times)
Can handwriting analysis be used to detect lies? (8/28 from TIME)
How Much of Your Memory Is True? (Discover Magazine, August 3, 2009) [Eyewitness memory]
Adults who should know better feel driven to text (CNN, July 31, 2009)
Mystery: Who killed witness bill? (Houston Chronicle, July 30, 2009) [Eyewitness memory; DNA exonerations]
Eyewitness Testimony: In the Eye of the Beholder? ((audio report) Maine Public Broadcast Network, July 20, 2009) [Eyewitness memory]
In insanity cases, leave decision in juries' hands (Editorial) (Boston Globe, July 16, 2009) [Insanity; Jury decision making]
Judge grants change of venue for Kingsport man accused of killing toddler in 2005 (Kingsport Times-News, July 13, 2009) [Jury decision making]
Eyewitness: How Accurate Is Visual Memory? (CBS News, July 11, 2009) [Eyewitness memory]

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Date created: 2013

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