2009 AP-LS Conference
San Antonio, Texas
Welcome to the 2009 AP-LS Conference Web site. The 2009 AP-LS Conference will take place on March 5-8, 2009 in San Antonio, TX.
Please review the information below about conference registration, CE Workshops and invited sessions and speakers! Please mark your calendars!!
Information about the conference is provided in the bullets below and on the pages linked on the left side of the page.
UPDATED 11.11.08 • Room Match Service: As in the past, the Student Section will again be providing a room-match service for this year's conference for student attendees. Full information on this service is provided on the Hotel Information page.
• Attendees can now register for the conference through THIS LINK. Reduced registration fees are available if you register before January 31, 2009. Registration can also be done by mail with a check or money order by completing this form (downloadable as a Word document).
• The following special plenary panels or invited addresses will highlight the conference program. More information is available on the program information page (click here).
- “Neuroscience, Genetics and the Law” (opening
Session, Thursday
afternoon, March 5th)
Moderator: Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.
Presenters: Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D. – Genetic Research and the Law
Marie Banich, Ph.D. – The Adolescent Mind and Brain: Implications for the Law
Stephen Morse, J.D., Ph.D. – Criminal Responsibility and The Disappearing Person - “Psychological Perspectives on Conviction of the
Innocent” (Friday, March 6th)
Chair: Brian Cutler, Ph.D. Discussant: Stephen Penrod, Ph.D.
Presenters: Gary Wells, Ph.D., Mistaken Identification
Saul Kassin, Ph.D., False Confessions
Jeffrey Neuschatz, Ph.D., Jailhouse Informants - “Rich False Memories” (Saturday, March 7th)
Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D.
• The deadline for submissions has passed and submission reviewing has been completed. Authors will be notified of the Program Committee's decision in late November. The Conference Web site hosted by All Academic is still open for volunteers to be session chairs or discussants. You will need to create a new account on the All Academic site for this year's Conference submissions. The account that you had last year will not work. People who would like to volunteer to review submissions can also sign up to do so through the All Academic web site.
• Information about the conference hotel (click here) is now available. To obtain the conference rate, room reservations must be made by February 11, 2009.
• The
following pre-Conference Workshops will be held on March 4th, 2009:
Full-Day Workshops (8:00am - 5:00pm)
- CLINICAL-FORENSIC ASSESSMENT OF RISK FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE: THE RSVP. Presenter: Stephen Hart, Ph.D.
- THE MMPI-2-RF (RESTRUCTURED FORM): AN INTRODUCTION OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGISTS. Presenter: Yossef Ben-Porath, Ph.D.
- USING THE STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF VIOLENCE RISK IN YOUTH (SAVRY) IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. Presenter: Patrick Bartel, Ph.D.
Half-Day Workshops
- MULTILEVEL MODELING. Presenter: Daniel Brooks Wright, Ph.D. (8:00am – 12:00pm)
- STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING. Presenter: Candice Odgers, Ph.D. (1:00pm – 5:00pm)
Please see the Workshop flyer (Click here for a PDF file) for a complete description of each workshop and mail-in registration information. On-line registration for these Pre-Conference Workshops will be available soon. Information will be posted here as soon as it is available.
More information about the conference will be posted.
Please contact us with any questions.
Keith Cruise, Ph.D., MLS
cruise@fordham.edu
Jeffrey Neuschatz, Ph.D.
neuschaj@email.uah.edu
Gina Vincent, Ph.D.
Gina.Vincent@umassmed.edu
