Research Methods in Forensic Psychology

BARRY ROSENFELD, PHD, ABPP, is a Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Fordham University. He has more than 100 publications on a wide range of clinical-forensic topics. In addition, he has authored or coauthored several articles and book chapters on research methodology in forensic psychology. He serves on the editorial board of several prominent journals.STEVEN D. PENROD, JD, PHD, is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. A researcher with twenty-five years of nearly continuous research support from the National Science Foundation, he has written over 120 publications on the psychology of legal decision making, focused especially on juries and eyewitness evidence.

• Contributors ix Acknowledgments xiIntroduction: The Importance of AppropriateResearch MethodsBarry Rosenfeld and Steven D. Penrod xiiiPART I: General Issues In Forensic Research1 Legal Research Techniques for Social Scientists 3Jennifer K. Robbennolt and Stephanie Davidson2 Measure Development in Forensic Psychology 26Barry Rosenfeld, John Edens, and Sara Lowmaster3 Meta-Analysis 43Siegfried L. Sporer and Lawrence D. Cohn4 Forensic Psychological Research and the Internet 63Tarika Daftary-Kapur and Sarah Greathouse5 Statistical Principles in Forensic Research 78Jennifer GroscupPART II: Criminal Law—Pretrial Issues:Criminal investigations and pretrial Forensic assessment6 Research Methods for Psychophysiological Deception Detection 105Charles R. Honts and John C. Kircher7 Criminal Profiling 122C. Gabrielle Salfati8 Methods in Deception Detection Research 136Maria Hartwig9  Competency to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility Research 156Patricia Zapf, Debbie Green, and Barry Rosenfeld10  Research Methods for the Assessment of Malingering 174Richard Rogers and Nathan D. GillardPART III: Criminal Law—Trial Issues11   Jury Research Methods 191Steven D. Penrod, Margaret Bull Kovera,and Jennifer Groscup12   Trial Consulting in High-Publicity Cases 215Lisa Spano, Tarika Daftary-Kapur, and Steven D.Penrod13   Eyewitness Identification Research: Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Methods 237Gary L. Wells and Steven D. Penrod14   Children’s Eyewitness Memory: Methodological Issues 257Gail S. Goodman, Margaret-Ellen Pipe,and Kelly McWilliams15   Procedural Justice: Theory and Method 283Larry Heuer and Diane SivasubramaniamPART IV: Criminal Law—Post-Trial Issues And Special Populations16   Conducting Psychotherapy Outcome Research in Forensic Settings 309Barry Rosenfeld, Kathryn Byars, and Michele Galietta17   Research Methods in Violence Risk Assessment 325Kevin S. Douglas, Jennifer L. Skeem, and Elizabeth Nicholson18   Psychopathy in Forensic Psychology: Assessment and Methodology 347Ross D. Grimes, Zina Lee, and Randall T. Salekin19   Sex Offender Research in a Forensic Context 372Robert A. Prentky, Raina Lamade, and Anna Coward20   Special Populations: Juvenile Offenders 400Keith R. Cruise and Ekaterina Pivovarova21   Research With Offenders With Intellectual Disability 421Debra Chen, Karen Salekin, J. Gregory Olley,and Solomon M. FuleroPART V: Civil And Family Law Issues22   Decisional Competence to Consent to or Refuse Mental Health Treatment 435Eric B. Elbogen23   Methodological Issues in Divorce Mediation Research 452Robert E. Emery and David A. Sbarra24   Research on Intimate Partner Violence in Forensically Relevant Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Controversies 469Mindy B. Mechanic25   Research on Child Abuse and Neglect 487Cathy Spatz Widom and Elise C. LandryAuthor Index 507Subject Index 525