Finding the Truth in the Courtroom
Dealing with Deception, Lies, and Memories
Edited by Henry Otgaar and Mark L. Howe
Author Information
Edited by Henry Otgaar, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, and Edited by Mark L. Howe, Professor of Psychology, City University London
Henry Otgaar works as Assistant Professor at the Forensic Psychology section, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University. His research expertise revolves around issues such as the development of memory, false memory, the link between trauma, memory, and psychopathology, and memory in the legal area. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books on memory (e.g., What Is Adaptive About Adaptive Memory?, OUP 2014). He has received many (inter)national awards for his research such as the Edmond Hustinx Science Award and the Early Career Excellence Award. He also works as an expert witness for the Maastricht Forensic Institute and is an associate editor for Memory and a co-editor for In-Mind.
Mark L. Howe holds a Chair in Cognitive Science at City, University of London. His over 35 years of research on memory has addressed questions concerning memory development, memory illusions, the adaptive functions of memory, links between reasoning and memory, memory in traumatized and maltreated children, as well as memory and the law. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books on memory development (e.g., The Nature of Early Memory, OUP 2011) and memory and the law (e.g., Memory and Miscarriages of Justice, 2017). In addition to editing a variety of books (e.g., Stress, Trauma, and Children's Memory Development, OUP 2008; What Is Adaptive About Adaptive Memory?, OUP 2014), he is the Associate Editor of Developmental Review and an Editor-in-Chief for Memory.
Contributors:
Samantha J. Andrews
Department of Psychology
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, UK
Shari R. Berkowitz
Criminal Justice Administration
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, California, USA
Irena Boskovic
Section Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands
Laure Brimbal
The Graduate Center
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
New York, New York, USA
Mitchell L. Eisen
Department of Psychology
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
Fiona Gabbert
Department of Psychology
Goldsmiths University of London
London, England, UK
Deborah Goldfarb
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA
Alejandra Gonzalez
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA
Gail S. Goodman
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA
Pär Anders Granhag
Department of Psychology
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden
Maria Hartwig
Department of Psychology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
New York, New York, USA
Hayden M. Henderson
Department of Psychology
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, UK
Lorraine Hope
Department of Psychology
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, England, UK
Mark L. Howe
Section Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands;
Department of Psychology
City, University of London
London, England, UK
Marko Jelicic
Section Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands
Rakel P. Larson
Psychology Field Group
Pitzer College
Claremont, California, USA
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
Department of Criminology, Law, and Society
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, USA
Timothy J. Luke
Department of Psychology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
New York, New York, USA
Ewout H. Meijer
Section Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands
Harald Merckelbach
Section Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands
Thomas Merten
Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit
Klinikum im Friedrichshain
Department of Neurology
Berlin, Germany
Henry Otgaar
Section Forensic Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands;
Department of Psychology
City, University of London
London, England, UK
Vincent van de Ven
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands
Bruno Verschuere
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Clinical Psychology
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Aldert Vrij
Psychology Department
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, England, UK
