Welcome
The 4th
International Congress on Psychology and Law, which includes AP-LS, the
European Association of Psychology and Law, and
the Australian and New Zealand Association of
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law will be held in Miami, Florida from March 2nd to 5th,
2011, at the
Miami Regency Hyatt. Pre-conference workshops (full- and half-day) will be held on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011. The Conference will begin the morning of Thursday, March 3rd and will run through Saturday, March 5th, 2011. Mark your calendars
now!
The Call for Papers is available here. The
deadline for submissions will be
September 15th, 2010. All proposals should be
submitted electronically via the conference
website created for APLS by All Academic.
Registration Information
Online Registration will be available shortly. Please note that the Early Registration (reduced rate) deadline is January 31, 2011. Conference Regsitration fees are as follows:
| Registrant Status |
Before January 31, 2011 |
On / after February 1, 2011 |
| Member (APLS, EAPL, or ANZAPPL) |
$355* |
$385* |
| Early Career (rec'd degree in 2008, 2009, or 2010) Member (APLS, EAPL, or ANZAPPL) |
$290* |
$320* |
| Student Member (APLS, EAPL, or ANZAPPL) |
$175* |
$205* |
| First Author Student Member ( APLS, EAPL, or ANZAPPL) |
$110* |
$110* |
| Student Non-Member |
$225* |
$255* |
| Non-Member |
$440* |
$510* |
| Guest (attending social events; does not include sunset cruise) |
$120 |
$150 |
| Additional Guest for Sunset Cruise |
$110* |
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| Opt out of Sunset Cruise |
$-110 |
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* These rates include the cost of attending the Welcome Event on Thursday evening, March 3rd. The event includes a 3-hour sunset cruise on Biscayne Bay aboard a luxury yacht with heavy hors d'oeuvres and an open bar. There are a limited number of spots available for the sunset cruise. When the cruise reaches capacity, registration rates will be reduced by $110.
For more information about the 2011 Conference, please contact the
AP-LS Conference Co-Chairs, Dr. Margaret Bull Kovera (mkovera@jjay.cuny.edu)
and Dr. Patricia Zapf (pzapf@jjay.cuny.edu).
More information will be posted here as it becomes available.
We look forward to seeing you in 2011 in Miami!
Margaret Bull Kovera & Patricia Zapf
AP-LS 2011 Conference Co-Chairs
Miami
Miami, Florida is a popular year-round destination with a host of wonderful attractions. Whether you like to sit on a beach and enjoy the sunshine, play golf, go shopping, spend a relaxing day at the spa, tour the everglades, or check out the nightlife, arts, or culture, Miami has something for everyone.
Things to Do
There are a number of things to see and do while in and around Miami. Some of the activities that visitors to Miami often enjoy include:
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Located on Biscayne Bay, this National Historic Landmark was the winter residence of industrialist James Deering, The main house, designed to resemble an Italian Renaissance estate, is now a museum and features 10 acres of formal gardens. The museum is open every day from 9:30-4:30PM. Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for children ages 6-12. Located 2.5 miles from the hotel (about a 5-10 minute cab ride).
Everglades National Park: March is a great time of year to visit Everglades National Park. The third largest National Park is located about an hours drive (depending on which entrance you use) from downtown Miami and offers opportunities for hiking, biking, and canoeing. Two-hour guided tram rides through the “River of Grass” depart from the Shark Valley Visitor Center (about 47 minutes, 38 miles from downtown). You can also rent bikes at the visitor center if you would rather travel the 15-mile loop through the Everglades under your own steam. Reservations for the tram tours are recommended during this time of the year.
Boat tours and canoe rentals are available at the Gulf Coast entrance. The Flamingo visitor center also offers boat tours and canoe and kayak rentals. This center is located 38 miles inside the park and is accessible from the Ernest Coe Visitor Center/entrance.
Miami Seaquarium: Watch trained dolphins and sea lions perform their tricks at the Miami Seaquarium. Better yet, swim with the dolphins or be a trainer for a day! Located just 10 minutes (about 4.7 miles) from the hotel, the Seaquarium is open every day from 9:30AM – 6PM.
Jungle Island: The top family attraction in Miami, Jungle Island offers shows with trained birds and over landscapes with over 2000 varieties of tropical plants. The real attraction is the 1000 tropical birds flying free on the island. Just 7 minutes, 2.9 miles from the hotel.
Link to Greater Miami Visitor and Convention Bureau.
Weather
Miami's weather...
Dining Out and Nightlife
There are a wide variety of restaurants in Miami.
Many restaurants feature fresh local seafood, fushion dishes, and Cuban, Japanese, Thai, Greek, Mediterranean, Italian, and East Indian cuisine.
There are a number of restaurants close by the conference hotel. In addition, South Beach also has great restaurants and bars.
For a map of the Conference Hotel and surrounding area...
Workshops
Workshop Registration
The following full-day and half-day workshops are being offered on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011. Please register for these at the time that you register for the conference.
Full-Day Workshops
(8:00 am - 5:00 pm)
7 CE Credits
Workshop A: Assessment, Treatment, & Risk Management of Sexual Offenders
Presenter: Robin J. Wilson, Ph.D., ABPP
This workshop is designed for students and working professionals interested in issues related to sexual offending and contemporary Western society. Workshop topics will be generally at an intermediate level, but the curriculum will appeal to both new and seasoned professionals.
Learning Objectives: (1) Identify how sexual offending has affected contemporary Western societies; (2) List some of the key characteristics of victim and offender populations; (3) Outline some of the difficulties inherent in assessing sexual offenders; (4) List and explain the principles of effective correctional interventions; (5) Critically appraise the efficacy of sexual offender risk management protocols.
Workshop B: Assessing High Risk Youth: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
Presenter: Lorraine Johnstone, D.Clinical Psychology
This workshop, derived from diverse literatures including delinquency research (e.g. the Cambridge, Dunedin and Pittsburgh Youth Studies), developmental psychology, developmental psychopathology, violence risk assessment, forensic research, and mental health research, will promote reflective practice and encourage a critical analysis of the literature for the purposes of identifying how progress might be achieved in assessing violence risk in youth.
Learning Objectives: (1) Discuss complex case presentations that typically characterize children and young people who perpetrate violence; (2) Summarize the main protocols for assessing risk of violence and sexually harmful behavior; (3) List conceptual and developmental challenges associated with this practice; (4) Explain methodological limitations that characterize the literature and assessment approaches; (5) Describe how to produce defensible decisions that are appropriately developmentally and methodologically informed.
Workshop C: Treating offenders with mental illness: Toward an evidenced-based intervention
Presenters: Robert Morgan, Ph.D., Daryl Kroner, Ph.D., Jeremy Mills, Ph.D.
The workshop reviews the empirical literature regarding: (a) prevalence of mental illness in criminal justice settings; (b) presenting mental health needs; (c) service utilization; and (d) impact of incarceration on offenders with mental illness (OMI). This workshop will then review the empirical literature regarding what works when intervening with offenders as well as persons with mental illness. The remainder of this workshop will focus specifically on mental health interventions developed for OMI, with emphasis on empirically supported interventions. We will conclude this workshop by presenting a treatment model and assessment plan for intervening with OMI.
Learning Objectives: (1) Recognize prevalence of mental illness among offenders in the criminal justice system;
(2) Identify effective correctional interventions for offenders; (3) Identify effective mental health interventions for persons with mental illness; (4) Identify a theoretical model to guide clinical interventions with OMI; (5) Identify the role and mechanism of assessment in the treatment process of OMI.
Workshop D: Introducing the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP)
Presenters: David Cooke, Ph.D., Caroline Logan, D. Phil., Stephen Hart, Ph.D.
The CAPP provides a dynamic and comprehensive assessment of the symptoms of psychopathic personality disorder (PPD), which can be used to assess the severity of symptoms over time. The CAPP covers the full domain of PPD symptomatology, and this is potentially useful in correctional, forensic, civil, community, and family settings.
Learning Objectives: (1) Explain the need for a clinically based comprehensive model of psychopathy; (2) Examine the process used to develop this model; (3) Describe the model in detail; ( 4) Demonstrate the approach used to evaluate a case in terms of the model; (5) Discuss the importance of this model of psychopathy in individual case formulation.
Half-Day Workshops
(E: 8:00 am – 12:00pm / F: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
3.5 CE Credits
Workshop E: The Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments
Presenters: Naomi Goldstein, Ph.D., Heather Zelle, Ph.D., Alan Goldstein, Ph.D.
The content of this workshop involves a description of the revisions to the Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights (Grisso, 1998) when creating the Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments (MRCI; Goldstein, Zelle, & Grisso, 2011). The original Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights have been widely recognized as the recommended instruments for assessing capacities of defendants to have waived their rights during custodial interrogation proceedings Nonetheless, the instruments required updating this workshop will review the development process of and key changes in the creation of the revised instruments. It also will review research with the MRCI that is relevant to the use of the instruments in forensic practice.
Learning Objectives: (1) Recognize changes from Grisso’s original Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights; (2) Identify key similarities and differences in administration and scoring procedures between the original and revised instruments; (3) Describe the process of interpreting examinees’ responses and scores for presentation in forensic evaluation reports; (4) Summarize the instruments’ development process and psychometric properties to aid in admissibility hearings; (5) Address key questions about the instruments during court testimony.
Workshop F: Causal Inference Using Propensity Scores
Presenter: Thomas Loughran, Ph.D
Researchers are often interested in assessing effects from events which cannot be experimentally manipulated (e.g., arrest or institutional placement) but are handicapped by selection biases. This workshop introduces propensity scores, a powerful method to derive causal effects from observational data.
Learning Objectives: (1) Explain the logic of propensity score matching; (2) Estimate treatment effects from non-experimental data; (3) Easily estimate these models using Stata; (4) Explain the methodology and results to nontechnical audiences; (5) Discuss the limitations of propensity scores.
For more information, please contact Karen Galin, Pre-Conference Workshop Chair
Program
Online Version of Conference Program
We expect to have a first draft of the Conference Program in December. Please check back at that time.
Invited Speakers and Plenary Sessions
We are pleased to announce the following invited addresses:
TBA
Continuing Education Credit for Conference Sessions
Check back for more information.
Conference Registration
We expect that Conference Registration will open in early September. Please check back at that time.
Setting Up Your Poster
TBA
Travel
Miami International Airport
The Miami International Airport is located approximately 8 mi/13 km from the conference hotel. You can travel from the airport to the hotel by:
- Taxi - On average, the standard fare from the airport to downtown Miami is approximately $20-25.
- Super Shuttle Service - This service runs 24 hours and costs $18 per person. Guests should go to the Super Shuttle station located at the Van / Limo booth directly outside of the lower level baggage claim area near curbside pick-up. Blue vans with yellow lettering say Super Shuttle.
Ft. Lauderdale Airport
The Ft. Lauderdale Airport is located approximately 20 mi/32 km from the conference hotel. You can travel from the airport to the hotel by:
- Taxi - On average, the standard fare from the airport to downtown Miami is approximately $50-60.
- Super Shuttle Service - This service is only available from the hotel to the airport and costs $32 per person.
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Contacts
The conference co-chairs are Margaret Bull Kovera and Patricia Zapf.
Administrative and managerial support is provided by Kathy Gaskey.
Questions
Please direct your questions to the following individuals:
Exhibitors & Volunteers
Exhibitors and Promotional Opportunities
We invite you to participate in the book exhibit, advertising in the program or conference bags,
or sponsoring an event at the AP-LS 2011 Annual Conference/4th International Congress on Psychology and Law in Miami, Florida.
We anticipate approximately 1,200 participants, both domestic and international.
The exhibitor tables will be set up in the main foyer of the conference centre.
Exhibitor hours are:
- Thursday, March 3rd - 9:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Friday, March 4th - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Saturday, March 5th - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
To apply for exhibit space or conference advertising please contact Kathy Gaskey (
apls@ec.rr.com).
Applications are due
January 15, 2011.
More information...
Student Volunteers
If you are interested in being a student volunteer for the AP-LS 2011 Annual Conference/4th International Congress on Psychology and Law, please contact Kathy Gaskey (apls@ec.rr.com).
Similar to past conferences, volunteers will be providing assistance with the conference registration area and/or monitoring concurrent sessions throughout the conference.
We are asking for a commitment of 6-8 hours of volunteer time. As a thank you for volunteering, student volunteers will get free registration for the conference.
If you are already receiving free registration as a student first author, we may be able to waive the registration costs for one of the 1/2 day pre-conference workshops or offer half price registration for a full day pre-conference workshop (space permitting).
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