Advances in Psychology and Law

1. Front Matter

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2. From the Headlines to the Jury Room: An Examination of the Impact of Pretrial Publicity on Jurors and Juries

   • Christine L. Ruva

   Pages 1-39

3. Victim Impact Statements in Capital Sentencing: 25 Years Post-Payne

   • Bryan Myers, Sarah Johnson, Narina Nuñez

   Pages 41-76

4. Review of Research and Recent Case Law on Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Warnings

   • Sharon Kelley, Heather Zelle, Leah Brogan, Naomi E. S. Goldstein

   Pages 77-117

5. Psychology and the Fourth Amendment

   • Eve M. Brank, Jennifer L. Groscup

   Pages 119-149

6. The Cognitive and Social Psychological Bases of Bias in Forensic Mental Health Judgments

   • Tess M. S. Neal, Morgan Hight, Brian C. Howatt, Cassandra Hamza

   Pages 151-175

7. Restorative Justice: Reflections and the Retributive Impulse

   • Alana Saulnier, Diane Sivasubramaniam

   Pages 177-210

8. Examining the Presenting Characteristics, Short-Term Effects, and Long-Term Outcomes Associated with System-Involved Youths

   • Melanie Taylor, Philip Mulvey, Kristan Russell, Brice Terpstra

   Pages 211-245

9. Indigenous Youth Crime: An International Perspective

   • Jeffrey E. Pfeifer, John Winterdyk, Fiona Hutton, Sarah Monod de Froideville, Cyndi Banks, Justin S. Trounson

   Pages 247-284

10. An Empirical Analysis of Law-Psychology Journals: Who’s Publishing and on What?

    • Krystia Reed, Kimberly S. Dellapaolera, Sarah Thimsen, Brian H. Bornstein

    Pages 285-299

11. Back Matter

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The latest entry in this noteworthy series continues its focus on psychological issues relating to legal and judicial matters, with sound recommendations for situational and system-wide improvement. Salient concerns are described both in areas where their existence is frequently acknowledged (juror impartiality, the juvenile justice system) and where they are rarely considered (Miranda warnings, forensic mental health experts). Authors describe differences between professional and lay concepts of justice principles--and the resulting disconnect between community sentiment and the law. Throughout these chapters, psychological nuances and their legal implications are made clear as they relate to lawyers, jurors, suspects, and victims.

Included among the topics:

·         From the headlines to the jury room: an examination of the impact of pretrial publicity on jurors and juries.

·         Victim impact statements in capital sentencing: 25 years post-Payne.

·         Psychology and the Fourth Amendment.

·         Examining the presenting characteristics, short-term effects, and long-term outcomes associated with system-involved youths.

·         Indigenous youth crime: an international perspective.

·         An empirical analysis of law-psychology journals: who’s publishing and on what?

 As with the others in the series, this third volume of Advances in Psychology and Law will interest researchers in legal psychology and related disciplines (e.g., criminal justice) as well as practicing attorneys, trial consultants, and clinical psychologists.                                                                                                   

• psychology and law
• Miranda rights
• plea bargaining
• attorney
• restorative justice
• victim impact statements
• pre-trial publicity
• jury decision-making
• forensic interviewing
• bias in legal decision-making
• juvenile offenders
• fourth amendment

• Department of Criminal Justice, Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

  Monica K. Miller

• Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

  Brian H. Bornstein

Brian Bornstein is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Law-Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is editor of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. He has edited 13 books , most of which have been with Springer, and has offered several other scholarly books.

Monica Miller is a Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno with a split appointment between the Criminal Justice Department and the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program. She is on the editorial board of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. She has authored 4 books and edited 6 books, including “Handbook of Community Sentiment” (Springer, 2015).

The co-editors have a longstanding and productive working relationship. Together, Brian and Monica are currently co-editors of the New York University book series “Psychology and Crime” and co-edited a volume on “Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System” (Oxford University Press, 2013), as well as “Advances in Psychology and Law” Volumes 1 and 2 (Springer, 2016). They have also co-authored one book and over a dozen journal articles together.

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