Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Importance of Appropriate Research Methods ( Barry Rosenfeld and Steven D. Penrod ). P ART I: GENERAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC RESEARCH. 1 Legal Research Techniques for Social Scientists ( Jennifer K. Robbennolt and Stephanie Davidson ). 2 Measure Development in Forensic Psychology ( Barry Rosenfeld, John Edens, and Sara Lowmaster ).
3 Meta-Analysis ( Siegfried L. Sporer and Lawrence D. Cohn ). 4 Forensic Psychological Research and the Internet ( Tarika Daftary-Kapur and Sarah Greathouse ). 5 Statistical Principles in Forensic Research ( Jennifer Groscup ). P ART II: CRIMINAL LAW--PRETRIAL ISSUES: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PRETRIAL FORENSIC ASSESSMENT. 6 Research Methods for Psychophysiological Deception Detection ( Charles R. Honts and John C.
Kircher ). 7 Criminal Profiling ( C. Gabrielle Salfati ). 8 Methods in Deception Detection Research ( Maria Hartwig ). 9 Competency to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility Research ( Patricia Zapf, Debbie Green, and Barry Rosenfeld ). 10 Research Methods for the Assessment of Malingering ( Richard Rogers and Nathan D. Gillard ). P ART III: CRIMINAL LAW--TRIAL ISSUES.
11 Jury Research Methods ( Steven D. Penrod, Margaret Bull Kovera, and Jennifer Groscup ). 12 Trial Consulting in High-Publicity Cases ( Lisa Spano, Tarika Daftary-Kapur, and Steven D. Penrod ). 13 Eyewitness Identification Research: Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Methods ( Gary L. Wells and Steven D. Penrod ). 14 Children's Eyewitness Memory: Methodological Issues ( Gail S.
Goodman, Margaret-Ellen Pipe, and Kelly McWilliams ). 15 Procedural Justice: Theory and Method ( Larry Heuer and Diane Sivasubramaniam ). P ART IV: CRIMINAL LAW--POST-TRIAL ISSUES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS. 16 Conducting Psychotherapy Outcome Research in Forensic Settings ( Barry Rosenfeld, Kathryn Byars, and Michele Galietta ). 17 Research Methods in Violence Risk Assessment ( Kevin S. Douglas, Jennifer L. Skeem, and Elizabeth Nicholson ). 18 Psychopathy in Forensic Psychology: Assessment and Methodology ( Ross D.
Grimes, Zina Lee, and Randall T. Salekin ). 19 Sex Offender Research in a Forensic Context ( Robert A. Prentky, Raina Lamade, and Anna Coward ). 20 Special Populations: Juvenile Offenders ( Keith R. Cruise and Ekaterina Pivovarova ). 21 Research With Offenders With Intellectual Disability ( Debra Chen, Karen Salekin, J. Gregory Olley, and Solomon M.
Fulero ). P ART V: CIVIL AND FAMILY LAW ISSUES. 22 Decisional Competence to Consent to or Refuse Mental Health Treatment ( Eric B. Elbogen ). 23 Methodological Issues in Divorce Mediation Research ( Robert E. Emery and David A. Sbarra ). 24 Research on Intimate Partner Violence in Forensically Relevant Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Controversies ( Mindy B.
Mechanic ). 25 Research on Child Abuse and Neglect ( Cathy Spatz Widom and Elise C. Landry ). Author Index. Subject Index.