2012 APA Convention

Conference Information

 

Call for Papers

Doing Research on Trauma and the Law?
Ready to Present your Exciting Results?
Consider the 2013 APA Convention in Honolulu, HI!

The American Psychology – Law Society is planning a themed program for the 2013 APA convention and our chosen theme is Trauma and the Law.

Although the APA Division 41 program will still include research presentations from all areas of psychology and law, we will have a segment of the program focused specifically on Trauma and the Law. Our interest in this topic is broadly defined. We welcome a wide range of topics such as how a history of trauma may enter into legal decision-making in criminal and civil cases, forensic assessment of trauma, presentation of trauma evidence in the courtroom, how juries and judges react to trauma evidence, trauma and interrogations, and trauma and memory. Also, as a part of the program we are planning some exciting invited addresses on issues associated with trauma and law that will be delivered by professionals from both psychological and legal perspectives.

If you are doing research on Trauma and the Law, we invite you to submit a proposal. Submissions can cover a wide range of topics related to this theme in the areas of clinical psychology (trauma evidence in the courtroom, controversies and techniques), developmental psychology (child abuse victims as witnesses), military psychology (bringing trauma home--veterans in the criminal and civil justice systems), trauma psychology (trauma and memory, scale of trauma and severity of reactions, natural history of traumatic reactions), and much more!

Submissions for all topic areas will be received through the official APA convention website (http://www.apa.org/convention/proposals.aspx). For all submissions, submit the proposal for consideration by Division 41.  To be considered for inclusion in the trauma and the law theme, simply include the word ‘trauma’ in your title. The deadline is November 16, 2012.

The convention will be held July 31 - August 4, 2013 in Honolulu, HI.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the chairpersons for Division 41 program:  

Charles Goodsell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Canisius College 2001 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14208 P: (716) 888-2527 cgoodsell@canisius.edu

Preeti Chauhan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York 524 West 59th Street, 10th floor New York, NY 10019 P: 212-237-8790 pchauhan@jjay.cuny.edu