Books

Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness: Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict (with Patricia E. Erickson) (2008)

Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation's jails and prison systems today...

 

Law Reviews

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An Emotional Affair (2009)
This essay briefly reflects on the seminal Article by William Stuntz, The Pathological Politics of...
 

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Blaming the Brain (2009)
Criminal law scholarship has recently become absorbed with the ideas of neuroscience in the emerging...
 

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The Myth of Mental Disorder: Transsubstantive Behavior and Taxometric Psychiatry, Akron Law Review (2008)
Law and the behavioral sciences are often at odds with one another. The recent case...
 

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Minding Moral Responsibility, Engage (2007)
Perhaps one of the most enduring areas of controversy in our criminal law involves questions...
 

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Mind Over Morality, Buffalo Law Review (2007)

This paper is a review of a great book titled MINDS ON TRIAL (Oxford Univ....

 

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Beyond Overt Violence: Wisconsin’s Progressive Civil Commitment Statute as a Marker of a New Era in Mental Health Law, Marquette Law Review (2005)
The civil commitment of the mentally ill is one of the most contentious areas of...
 

Legal Periodicals & Commentary

Are Drug Courts a Good Alternative to Imprisonment for Substance Abusers? (2007)
 

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Expert Testimony on Memory: Valid or Not? (2007)
Some of the most promising research in psychology and law has focused on issues of...
 

Peer-Reviewed Works

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Developing Services for Insanity Acquittees Conditionally Released into the Community: Maximizing Success and Minimizing Recidivism, Psychological Services (2008)
This article evaluated factors related to failure to maintain conditional release in a large sample...
 

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A Critical Examination of the Suitability and Limitations of Psychological Tests in Family Court, Family Court Review (2007)
Psychologists are frequently consulted by the courts to provide forensic evaluations in a variety of...
 

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An Empirical Investigation of Insanity Defense Attitudes: Exploring Factors Related to Bias, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (2007)
This study's primary aim was to evaluate factors that influence attitudes toward the insanity defense...
 

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Failing the Burden of Proof: the Science and Ethics of Projective Tests in Family Court Evaluations, Family Court Review (2007)
 

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Legal Fallacies of Antipsychotic Drugs, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2007)
Advances in the biological sciences have dramatically improved the understanding of schizophrenia and related psychotic...
 

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Variations in Mental Health Courts: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Call for Caution, Community Mental Health Journal (2006)
Mental health courts have quickly proliferated in the United States and represent an attempt to...
 

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A Retrospective Examination of Outpatient Commitment in New York, Behavioral Sciences & the Law (2005)
Outpatient commitment (OC) is a growing trend in mental health treatment. The impetus for this...
 

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Efficacy and Tolerability of Low Dose Donepezil in Chronic Schizophrenia, Clinical Neuropharmacology (2005)
There have been many advancements in the pharmacologic treatment of schizophrenia; however, negative symptoms and...
 

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Psychological Testimony on Trial: Questions Arise About the Validity of Popular Testing Methods, New York State Bar Journal (2003)
Psychological tests are frequently used by forensic psychologists engaged in evaluations for family court matters....