Psychology and Law

PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO LAW
SOP 4751
MONDAYS 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM

TEXTBOOK: Brewer, N. & Williams, K.D. (2005). Psychology and law: An empirical perspective. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Note - The soft cover version of this textbook has a copyright date of 2007. Either version (hard or soft will do).

COURSE SYLLABUS
Clicking on this link will take you to a copy of the course syllabus.

LECTURE POWERPOINTS
You will need to logon to BlackBoard to access the Lecture PowerPoints. Some of the presentations are PowerPoint files with Audio (weeks 2 and 3) and the rest are QuickTime presentations with audio and PowerPoint slides.

ADOBE READER: You will need an Adobe Reader to access a number of files on this web page and others.
If you do not have an acrobat reader installed on your computer click on this link and you can download one from adobe's web site.

RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
Sign up to participate in Psychology Experiments here!

This is a Blended Course, which meets four times during Spring 2012: 1/9/12, 2/6/12, 3/19/12, & 4/23/12.

WEB SITES RELATED TO PSYCHLOGY & LAW

PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW WEB PAGES (MISC.)

What is Psychology and Law?

American Psychology-Law Society

American Society of Criminology

David Willshire's Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry Links

American Academy of Forensic Psychology

American Academy of Psychiatry and Law

American Society for Trial Consultants

The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC)

FALSE CONFESSIONS

Saul Kassin's Website: You will find all kinds of information and research articles on false confessions on this website.

The Innocence Project

Assigned Article by Saul Kassin 2009: False Confession White Paper

INTERVIEWING AND TESTIMONY OF CHILD WITNESSES
Links relating to the Frontline Video that you viewed in class:
       Notorious Daycare Cases: This link will bring you to a list of some of the day care sexual abuse cases that took place nationwide during the 1980s and early 90s. It includes the year the investigation started and the outcome of the trials.
       State of Florida vs. Harold Grant Snowden: This link provide a summary of the Snowden case.
       Interviews with Snowden, the Prosecutor, Snowden's defense attorney and others:
       Interview of a child witness by Dr. Braga: This is the full unedited transcript of the interview Dr. Laurie Braga conducted with Leslie, (not her real name), the prosecution's primary child witness in the Harold Grant Snowden case.
       1998 Federal Court of Appeals Decision in the Snowden Case : This link will take you to actual Court Docket transcripts and written appeal.