Psychology and Law

Sub-categories

Recovered Memories

Crime Library: Site provides links to articles about the criminal mind, forensic sciences and psychology, and case studies of criminals.
Improving the Jury System: Reducing Jury Size: This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages to reducing jury size. Empirical research is cited throughout the article.
Religion and Crime: Article discusses the relation between religion and crime.

Forensic Psychology

About Psychology--Forensic Index Page: Site provides links to a number of articles concerning forensic psychology.
Access to Justice Network: Site provides information about many areas of Canadian law including young offenders, aboriginal people, juries, and other topics.
Battered Woman Syndrome: A Select Bibliography: Site provides a list of journal articles, books, and web sites concerning battered woman syndrome.
Covert Communication in Classrooms, Clinics, and Courtrooms: This article by Robert Rosenthall, in the Eye on Psi Chi, discusses the Pygmalion effect and its appearance in a number of experiments.
Crime Times: Biological Causes of Criminal, Violent, and Psychopathic Behaviour: Site provides links to many articles concerning forensic psychology.
Eric Clearing House and Assessment and Evaluation: "Resources for locating psychological and educational tests including standards, test selection tips, [and] a searchable database of test descriptions."
Ethical Considerations of Trial Behaviour Consultants: Article discusses the ethics of jury selection and the influence of non-verbal behavior.
Forensic Psychology on the Net: Site provides a number of links concerning forensic psychology.
Forensic and Psychological Assessment and Expert Witness: Site provides information and links concerning forensics and psychological assessment.
On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime: Classic essays about psychology and crime by Hugo Munsterberg.
Psychological Risk Assessment: Site provides information about juvenile issues, the insanity defense, psychopathy, sex offenders, and other topics.
Psychometrics Canada: Site provides information about the selection and assessment of psychological tests.
The Courtroom: Site provides links to articles concerning the courtroom, eye witness testimony, and DNA evidence.
Zeno's Forensic Site: Information on Forensic Science: Site includes links to other sites concerning forensic psychiatry/psychology and expert witness.

Recovered Memories

Definition of Memory and Memory Implications: Site provides a description of memory, amnesia, implicit memory, and the accuracy of memory.
Elizabeth Loftus--Leading Researcher in False Memories: Elizabeth Loftus' site provides links to articles she has written about false memories.
Eye Witness Demonstration: Demonstration shows how easy it is for a person to mistake the identity of a suspected criminal.
Key Concepts in Hypnosis: Site provides information about hypnosis, how it affects memory, and the recovery of false memories.
Questions and Answers About Memories of Childhood Abuse: Article addresses the generation of repressed, recovered, and suggested memories.
Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research and Scholarly Resources: Site summarizes a number of pertinent findings from research concerning recovered memories of sexual abuse.
Recovered Memory Project: Site includes links to "full-text articles, abstracts, and data tables on recovered memories, memory research, malpractice, ethics and related topics, 22 peer-reviewed studies about amnesia and child abuse, [and] 24 publications on traumatic amnesia in holocaust survivors."
Repressed Memories & Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT): Some topics covered by this site are what are/are not recovered memories, what techniques are used in recovering memories, how often do repressed memories occur, and how reliable are recovered memories.
Why Believe That for Which There is No Good Evidence?: This is an opinion article describing why the belief that repressed memories occur may be false.