Advances in Psychology and Law

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 14 books (including two close to completion), roughly half of which have been with Springer.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 edited 4 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 wellas “Advances in Psychology and Law, Vol. 1” (Springer, in press). They have also co-authored one book and over a dozen journal articles together.

• The Validity of Pleading Guilty.- Capital-izing Jurors: How Death Qualification Relates to Jury Composition, Jurors’ Perceptions, and Trial Outcomes.- The Impact of Emotions on Juror Judgments and Decision Making.- Scientific Evidence and Juror Decision Making: Theory, Empirical Research, and Future Directions.- The Purpose, Content, and Effects of Expert Testimony on Interrogations and Confessions.- Psychology and the Federal Rules of Evidence.- An Examination of Whether Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Evidence Satisfies the Relevance/Prejudice Admissibility Standard.- A Synthetic Perspective on the Own-race Bias in Eyewitness Identification.- Risk-Reducing Interventions for Justice-Involved Individuals: A Critical Review.- Deterring Gangs: Criminal Justice Approaches and Psychological Perspectives.