Week 1:Defining Forensic Psychology
Hess, A. K. (1999). Defining forensic psychology. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 24-47). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Week 2: History of Forensic Psychology
Bartol, C. R. & Bartol, A. M. (1999). History of forensic psychology. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 3-23). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Ogloff, J. R. P. & Finkelman, D. (1999). Psychology and law: An overview. In R. Roesch, S. D. Hart, & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.), Psychology and law: The state of the discipline (pp. 1-20). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Week 3: Accessing Legal Literatures
Van Der Velde, R. J. (1999). Accessing legal literature. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 48-59). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Nycum, P. S. (1986). Researching American law. In D. T. MacEllven (Ed.), Legal research handbook (2nd ed.) (pp. 277-291). Toronto: Butterworths.
Week 4: Bringing Psychology to the Legal System
Bazelon, D. (1982). Veils, values, and social responsibility. American Psychologist, 37, 115-121.
Melton, G. B. (1987). Bringing psychology into the legal system: Opportunities, obstacles, and efficacy. American Psychologist, 42, 488-495.
Week 5: Eyewitness Identification
Yuille, J. C. (1980). A critical examination of the psychological and practical implications of eyewitness research. Law and Human Behavior, 4, 335-346.
Wells, G. L. (1993). What do we know about eyewitness identification? American Psychologist, 48, 553-571.
Week 6: Detecting Deception
Iacono, W. G., & Patrick, C. J. (1999). Polygraph ("lie detector") testing: The state of the art. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 440-473). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Saxe, L., Dougherty, D., & Cross, T. (1985). The validity of polygraph testing: Scientific analysis and public controversy. American Psychologist, 40, 355-366.
Week 7: Recovered Memories
Loftus, E. F. (1993). The reality of repressed memories. American Psychologist, 48, 518-537.
Porter, S., Yuille, J. C., & Lehman, D. R. (1999). The nature of real, implanted, and fabricated memories for emotional childhood events: Implications for the recovered memory debate. Law and Human Behavior, 23, 517-537.
Week 8: Juvenile Justice
Grisso, T. (1998). Preparing for evaluations in delinquency cases. Forensic evaluation of juveniles (pp. 1-35). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
Grisso, T., Tomkins, A., & Casey, P. (1988). Psychosocial concepts in juvenile law. Law and Human Behavior, 12, 403-437.
Week 9: Competency to Stand Trial
Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., Golding, S. L., & Skeem, J. (1999). Defining and assessing competency to stand trial. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 327-349). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (in press). A comparison of American and Canadian conceptualizations of competence to stand trial. In R. Roesch, R. R. Corrado, & R. J. Dempster (Eds.), Psychology in the courts: International advances in knowledge. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic.
Week 10: Insanity
Finkel, N. J., & Handel, D. F. (1989). How jurors construe "insanity". Law and Human Behavior, 13, 41-59.
Ogloff, J. R. P., Roberts, C. F., & Roesch, R. (1993). The insanity defense: Legal standards and clinical assessment. Applied and Preventative Psychology, 2, 163-178.
Week 11: Mentally Disordered Offenders
Roesch, R., Ogloff, J. R. P., Zapf, P. A., Hart, S. D., & Otto, R. (1998). Jail and prison inmates. In A. S. Bellack and M. Hersen (Series Eds.) and N. N. Singh (Vol. Ed.), Comprehensive clinical psychology: Vol. 9. Application in diverse populations (pp.85-104). New York: Elsevier.
Milan, M. A., Chin, C. E., & Nguyen, Q. X. (1999). Practising psychology in correctional settings: Assessment, treatment, and substance abuse programs. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of Forensic Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 580-602). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Week 12: Psychopathy
Hare, R. D., Hart, S. D., & Harpur, T. J. (1991). Psychopathy and the DSM-IV criteria for antisocial personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 391-398.
Salekin, R. T., Rogers, R., Ustad, K. L., & Sewell, K. W. (1998). Psychopathy and recidivism among female inmates. Law and Human Behavior, 22, 109-128.
Week 13: Police Psychology
Reiser, M., & Klyver, N. (1987). Consulting with police. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (pp. 437-459). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Super, J. T. (1999). Forensic psychology and law enforcement. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 409-439). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Week 14: Risk Assessment
Grisso, T., & Appelbaum, P. S. (1992). Is it unethical to offer predictions of future violence? Law and Human Behavior, 16, 621-633.
Litwack, T. R., & Schlesinger, L. B. (1999). Dangerousness risk assessments: Research, legal, and clinical considerations. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 171-217). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Week 15:The Rights of Children and Adolescents
Ambuel, B., & Rappaport, J. (1992). Developmental trends in adolescents' psychological and legal competence to consent to abortion. Law and Human Behavior, 16, 129-154.
Melton, G. B. (1987). Legal regulation of adolescent abortion: Unintended effects. American Psychologist, 42, 79-83.
Week 16:Ethics in Forensic Psychology
Hess, A. K. (1999). Practicing principled forensic psychology: Legal, ethical, and moral considerations. In A. K. Hess & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of forensic Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 673-699). New York: John Wiley and Sons.