The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law

A Narrative History

Edited by Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky

Shows the development of the field of psychology and law through the narratives of its founders
Entirely devoted to the history of psychology and law
Publication coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the American Psychology-Law Society

The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law

A Narrative History

Edited by Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky

Description

Psychology's formal interaction with law began early in the twentieth century, though little in the way of substantive scholarly and professional development occurred until several decades later. The emergence of psychology and law as a modern field of scholarship was marked by the founding of the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) in 1969, now approaching its 50th anniversary. The scientific foundation upon which the modern field now rests was established by a small group of psychological researchers, legal scholars, and clinicians.

The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History reveals how the field developed during the first decade following the founding of the American Psychology-Law Society. The contributors to this edited volume, widely considered to be among the "founders" of the field, were responsible for establishing and nurturing many of the subfields and topics in psychology and law or forensic psychology that flourished across the next fifty years. In each chapter, these leaders explain in narrative form how and why the field and the Society developed in its early years through the recounting of key professional events in their careers during the 1970s. In some cases this was their first major research study using psychology applied to legal issues. In others it was their development of seminal ideas or organizational innovations that had a later impact on the field's development. The volume chronicles how an emerging AP-LS and field of psychology and law were shaped by these psychologists, and how their own initial work was, in turn, shaped by the organization.

The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law

A Narrative History

Edited by Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky

Table of Contents
Contributor List
Editors' Prologue
Stanley L. Brodsky and Thomas Grisso
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Psychology and Law
Thomas Grisso
Section I: Psychological Science and Law
Chapter 2: Eyewitness Testimony: An Eyewitness Report
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Chapter 3: Applying Social Psychology to Law and the Legal Process
Michael J. Saks
Chapter 4: Jury Research
Shari Seidman Diamond
Chapter 5: Mental Health Law and the Seeds of Therapeutic Jurisprudence
David B. Wexler
Chapter 6: Mental Disability, Criminal Responsibility, and Civil Commitment
Stephen J. Morse
Chapter 7: Framing, Institutionalizing, and Nurturing Research in Psychology and Law
Bruce D. Sales
Section II: Assessment, Interventions, and Practice in Legal Contexts
Chapter 8: Forensic Mental Health Services and Competence to Stand Trial
Ronald Roesch
Chapter 9: Predictions of Violence
John Monahan
Chapter 10: Juveniles' Psycholegal Capacities
Thomas Grisso
Chapter 11: Correctional Psychology
Stanley L. Brodsky
Chapter 12: The Founding and Early Years of the American Board of Forensic Psychology
Florence W. Kaslow
Chapter 13: Community Psychology, Public Policy, and Children
N. Dickon Reppucci
Epilogue: Psychology and Law at AP-LS' Fiftieth Anniversary
Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky
Index of Names

The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law

A Narrative History

Edited by Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky

Author Information

Edited by Thomas Grisso, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry (Clinical Psychology), University of Massachussetts Medical School, and Edited by Stanley L. Brodsky, Professor Emeritus and Scholar-in-Residence, The University of Alabama

Thomas Grisso, Ph.D, is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical Psychology) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He was president of the American Psychology-Law Society in 1990 and Executive Director of the American Board of Forensic Psychology. He has received outstanding achievement awards from both organizations as well as the American Psychological Association.

Stanley L. Brodsky, Ph.D, is Professor Emeritus and Scholar-in-Residence at The University of Alabama, where has was a faculty member from 1972-2016. He was a founding member of the American Psychology-Law Society and has received awards for Outstanding Achievement from the American-Psychology-Law Society and the American Association of Correctional Psychologists.

Contributors:

Stanley L. Brodsky, PhD,
Professor Emeritus and Scholar-in-Residence
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Shari Seidman Diamond, PhD, J.D.
Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology
Northwestern University, Boston, MA

Thomas Grisso, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical Psychology)
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Florence W. Kaslow, PhD
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Psychology
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Elizabeth F. Loftus, PhD
Distinguished Professor
University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA

John Monahan, PhD
John Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Stephen J. Morse, J.D., PhD
Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, PA

Nicholas Dickon Reppucci, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Ronald Roesch, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Director of the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Michael J. Saks, PhD, M.S.L.
Regents Professor
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Bruce D. Sales, PhD, J.D., D.Sc.(hc)
Virginia L. Roberts Professor of Criminal Justice
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

David B. Wexler, J.D,
Professor of Law, University of Puerto Rico
Distinguished Research Professor of Law Emeritus
University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ