Book Chapter

A Century of Psychology and Law

Ogloff, James R. P.

2011

Overview

This chapter contains sections titled: From a Humble Beginning 1 Defining the Field The Rise(s) of the Field of Legal Psychology Two Examples of Some Success Some Challenges and Opportunities Conclusion Acknowledgment References

• Publisher: Wiley‐Blackwell
• Subject: century of psychology and law ‐ successes, challenges and future opportunities / conventional wisdom, field of psychology and law ‐ marked by Munsterberg's book, On the Witness Stand / law and policy, rationality of empirical outcomes ‐ not always resulting in rational policy development / legal psychology, umbrella term for field ‐ areas of focus within field, referred to more specifically / legal realism view, in late 1920s and early 1930s ‐ deep and lasting impact on law, legal realism ceasing to be a force by the 1950s / Munsterberg's seminal work, On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime ‐ contemporary field of psychology and law, passing the first century mark / rise(s) of the field of legal psychology / so‐called “second generation” of risk assessment ‐ identification of appropriate variables for prediction of violence, culminating in development of “actuarial” risk assessment tools / SPJ approach, increasing predictive validity of violence risk judgments ‐ Douglas, Ogloff, and Hart , comparing predictive validity of HCR‐20 violence risk instrument / violence risk assessment ‐ discordance between law's expectations, and psychologists and psychiatrists predicting risk, accurately
• ISBN: 9781405193313, 140519331X