Over the past 20 years there have been over 2000 scientific investigations on the reliability
of eyewitness identification (Cutler & Penrod, 1995). The majority of studies have been …

Objective: This study compared the effectiveness of two interventions in reducing alcohol
use, drug use, and criminal justice charges for persons with severe mental illnesses: first, a …

Developing practical, effective, and legally sustainable policies to separate firearms from
people at risk of harming themselves or others presents a potentially important, but challenging, …

Although pathological lying was first described in the medical literature over 100 years ago,
it remains a poorly understood concept. Psychiatrists continue to grapple with the full …

The role of remorse in judicial decisions in the criminal justice system has been addressed
in scholarship and remains controversial. The purpose of this qualitative research was to …

Despite the tremendous growth of family systems theory in recent years, sex education
within a family systems context has received little attention. This study examined patterns of …

In this issue of the Journal, Robert Simon has explored the subject of the place that writing
should occupy in the professional life of forensic psychiatrists. We have taken the platform so …

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the relationship between Eyewitness Accuracy regarding
a person met under conditions of high stress and performance on a standardized, neutral …

Group interventions for persons with co-occurring disorders of serious mental illness (SMI)
and alcohol or other substance use disorders may positively affect participants’ substance use…

The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with weapon use in a group of
filicidal women. Clinical data were gathered from the charts of sixty filicidal women evaluated …