Current Directions in Psychological Science Special Issue

The articles linked below appear in the February, 2011 Special Issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science on Psychology and Law.

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Comment From the Editor   Randall W. Engle

Editor's Introduction: Special Issue on Psychology and Law   Ronald P. Fisher

Resolving the Offender "Profiling Equations" and the Emergence of an Investigative Psychology   David V. Canter

Forensic Interviewing Aids: Do Props Help Children Answer Questions About Touching?  Debra Ann Poole, Maggie Bruck, and Margaret-Ellen Pipe

Interviewing Cooperative Witnesses   Ronald P. Fisher, Rebecca Milne, and Ray Bull

Current Issues and Advances in Misinformation Research  Steven J. Frenda, Rebecca M. Nichols, and Elizabeth F. Loftus

Eyewitness Identification   Neil Brewer and Gary L. Wells

Outsmarting the Liars: Toward a Cognitive Lie Detection Approach  Aldert Vrij, Pär Anders Granhag, Samantha Mann, and Sharon Leal

Suspect Interviews and False Confessions   Gisli H. Gudjonsson and John Pearse

Current Directions in Violence Risk Assessment   Jennifer L. Skeem and John Monahan

Future Directions in the Restoration of Competency to Stand Trial   Patricia A. Zapf and Ronald Roesch

The Utility of Scientific Jury Selection: Still Murky After 30 Years   Joel D. Lieberman

Expert Psychological Testimony   Brian L. Cutler and Margaret Bull Kovera

The Psychology of Trial Judging   Neil Vidmar

Jury Decision Making: Implications For and From Psychology   Brian H. Bornstein and Edie Greene