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Fall 1997 Vol. 17, No. 2American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41, American Psychological Association

Inside...AP-LS Minutes ................................................. 2APA Board of Directors .................................. 10AAFP Workshop Schedule ............................. 11Book Review: Psychiatric Testimony .............. 13Book Review: MMPI/MMPI-2 ........................ 15AP-LS Committee Chairs ................................. 15Commentary .................................................... 16Executive Committee E-mail ............................. 17Funding Opportunities ................................... 17Upcoming Events ............................................ 19AP-LS Announcements .................................. 22AP-LS Deadlines ............................................. 22Call for Papers and Manuscripts ..................... 23Student Column .............................................. 25Fellowships and Positions .............................. 26AP-LS Membership Application ..................... 28

The 1998 AP-LS Biennial Conference will be held atthe Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach and Marina Hotel.The conference will open at 12:30 on Thursday, March5 and continue through 5:00 on Saturday, March 7. Aspecial pre-conference institute will be held for stu-dents on Thursday morning.

Please submit your proposals as soon as possible, andno later than October 15. Program Chairs Beth Wigginsand Melissa Warren hope to have sessions describingnovel applications of psychology to law and on topicsthat have not been prominent during recent meetings,such as corrections. As in the past, the program sched-ule includes concurrent break-out sessions, a postersession and cocktail hour, a business meeting, a lun-cheon on Saturday, and a breakfast meeting of theWomen in Psychology and Law Committee.

Winners of the dissertation awards will be announcedat the Saturday luncheon, during which the first placewinners from the past two years will give short talks.All winners (first placers included) will also be invitedto present a poster to be located in a �winner�s circle�at the poster session.

Lodging and Transportation

The Crowne Plaza combines a perfect setting, over-looking the Pacific Ocean and King Harbor Marina.Twenty miles of jogging, walking, and biking trails arejust outside the hotel and fifteen varied restaurants arewithin walking distance. The hotel features an outdoorheated pool and sun deck, lighted tennis court, fitnesscenter, and European spa. The hotel is convenientlyaccessible from the Los Angeles International Airport(only seven miles), and is a short drive to Disneyland,

Knott�s Berry Farm, Beverly Hills/Rodeo Drive, Uni-versal Studios, and other L.A. attractions.

The conference rate at the Crowne Plaza is $129/night (single or double) plus tax. To receive this rate,you must make your reservation by February 6 andidentify yourself as being part of the American Psy-chology and Law Biennial Conference. This rate ap-plies up to three days prior to and following the con-ference. The hotel�s number is 800/368-9760.

For transportation from the airport to the hotel, werecommend taking either the Super Shuttle ($9 perperson one way) or a taxi for parties of two or more(approximately $16 one way). The Super Shuttle doesnot require an advance reservation.

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AP-LS Biennial ConferenceRedondo Beach, California - March 5-7, 1998

AP-LS NEWS, Fall 1997

Minutes from...AP-LS Executive Committee Meeting

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AP-LS/Division 41 of the APAAugust 14, 1997

Submitted byDiane R. Follingstad, Secretary

Attending Members and Com-mittee Chairs: Don Bersoff, JackBrigham, Lori Butts, Pam Casey,Margaret Coggins, DianeFollingstad, Sol Fulero, GailGoodman, Edie Greene, Patty Grif-fin, Tom Grisso, Kirk Heilbrun,Margaret Kovera, Murray Levine,Jim Ogloff, Randy Otto, Ira Packer,Steve Penrod, Marisa ReddyPynchon, Ron Roesch, Mark Small,Melissa Warren, Richard Wiener,Beth Wiggins

Approval of MinutesThe minutes from the April, 1997executive committee meeting (Mid-winter meeting, San Francisco, CA)were approved by a unanimous voteof the Executive Committee (EC)after two corrections. The motionto give a stipend of $600 to the pro-duction editor of the Newsletter forevery edition was both proposedand passed. In addition, the mo-tion regarding the petition for rec-ognition of forensic psychology wasamended to read that if AAFPdecided to draft a petition, that AP-LS request to participate by pro-viding input into such a petition.

Election ResultsCongratulations to the winners ofthe most recent election! The re-sults are as follows:

President-Elect � Jim OgloffTreasurer � Mark SmallMember-at-large � Steve Hart

The AP-LS NEWS is published 3-4times a year by the American Psychol-ogy-Law Society/Division 41 of theAmerican Psychological Association,13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MHH-115, Tampa, FL 33612-3899.

Treasurer�s ReportJim Ogloff handed out a balancesheet that summarized the Divisionaccounts through June 30, 1997.As of that date, the Society�s in-come for 1997 was $111,377 andtotal expenditures for the year todate were $35,171. This leaves anet income of $76,206. However,this amount is higher than the netshould be for the year because thesubscriptions for Law and HumanBehavior have not been paid forlast year or for this year, becausePlenum Press did not submit aproper invoice. Most expenses forthe year come in the fall. A sig-nificant proportion of income isfrom dues and contributions($96,531) with some money frominterest. For the first half year, theSociety earned $4845 in interestincome, and $10,000 in LHB edito-rial expenses. This represents mostof the money that will come in forthe year. The only other incomewill be from interest, some royal-ties and the rest of LHB editorialexpenses. $14,560 was spent formeetings and conferences, $3,303for awards and committees,$14,581 for publications, and therest for administrative costs and mis-cellaneous. Total assets for the So-ciety were $214,751 as of 6/30/9.The budget for the year is fairly ontarget to date.

APA was contacted regarding in-vestment possibilities. APA rec-ommended that it is probably bet-ter not to put money in a variety offunds or to get involved in manag-ing investments, but rather to lookfor a good interest yield, liquidity,and low penalties for withdrawal.APA recommends having a mini-mum reserve of eight months op-erating budget. There was furtherdiscussion regarding potential usesof monies and whether or not tohave a reserve.

Motion: Sol Fulero moved that$50,000 of the Division�s money beinvested in a Money Market ac-count with APA with the possibil-ity of immediate withdrawal. Themotion was seconded by RandyOtto and unanimously passed.

Motion: Jack Brigham movedthat the Financial Report be ap-proved. Diane Follingstad sec-onded the motion. The motion waspassed.

Report of theConference Committees

APA 1997 Program CommitteeIra Packer (Program Chair) andEdie Greene (Co-Chair) reportedon final plans for the conventionincluding events at the HospitalitySuite. There were 33 hours of pre-sentations sponsored by Division 41at APA which were spread overfour days (Friday through Mon-day). The EC thanked Ira Packerand Edie Greene for their effortsto date and for the excellent pro-gram which they organized.

Other events at the 1997 APAConvention included the events forDivision 41 at the Golden Anniver-sary Celebration of the establish-ment of Divisions in APA. Theseevents were organized by Marga-ret Coggins and Marisa ReddyPynchon. Mark Small led a sym-posium on the history of psycholegalscholarship, the AAFP Distin-guished Contribution Award waspresented to Alan Goldstein, theABPP Distinguished ServiceAward was presented to JohnMonahan, a Presidential Plaquewas inaugurated honoring the divi-sion�s past presidents at the Divi-sion 41 Business Meeting, and aGala celebrating the Golden Anni-versary of the Divisions took placeSunday night. On Sunday, for six


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gin on March 5, 1998 at 8:00 a.m.and the conference will last until5:00 p.m. on March 7th. To en-sure the group rate, attendees mustidentify themselves as being partof the AP-LS Biennial Conferencewhen making reservations.

The deadline for submission of pa-pers, posters, and symposia is Oc-tober 15, 1997. Addresses will bein the Newsletter. There will be aninvited address by Elizabeth Loftus.Dissertation award winners will begiving brief presentations of theirresearch at the luncheon. The reg-istration form will be in the Janu-ary Newsletter. We will continueour policy of student travel awards,also waiver of registration fee forstudent first authors.

Registration fees will be finalizedafter costs for food is determined.There were recommendations tolower the student rate of registra-tion and to have a greater discrep-ancy between member registrationand nonmember registration whileoffering the nonmember the optionof joining AP-LS and registeringat the member rate. A number ofrecommendations for advertisingthe conference included the PSY-LAW Bulletin Board, through Di-vision 35, through Law Prof Net,in the Bulletin of the AmericanAcademy of Psychiatry and Law,through the State Forensic Direc-tors network and on the Web page.

1999 Joint AP-LS and Euro-pean Association of Psychologyand Law (EAP&L) Conference

Ron Roesch has been the liaisonwith EAP&L to consider a jointlysponsored conference. The deci-sion was made to cosponsor a con-ference in 1999 in Dublin, Ireland.The dates will be July 6-9, 1999.A joint committee will handle re-view of papers, with Ron Roeschconducting the reviews for NorthAmerica and David Carson han-dling submissions from Europe andelsewhere. The two would meet

later to develop the program. Lookfor the Call for Papers soon. Atsome point, a budget will be needed.These has been some thought givento having income generatingcourses in the form of workshopsto help subsidize the conference.Presenters would receive a fee, andfunds would be jointly shared withthe two organizations. If membersof Division 41 have any interest inpresenting a workshop at the jointconference, they should contactRon Roesch.

Motion: Sol Fulero moved thatRon Roesch serve as the programco-chair with David Carson to co-ordinate activities for the 1999 con-ference. Jack Brigham secondedthe motion and it passed unani-mously.

2000 Biennial Conference

The program cochairs for the Bi-ennial Conference in 2000 will beRandy Borum and MarisaPynchon. The site has not yet beenselected.

Program Committee

The program committee was estab-lished recently as an oversight com-mittee for providing continuity of theconferences at the annual APAconferences and the Biennial Con-ferences in order to allow for up-coming program chairs to serve inless active roles while learning fromthe current chair�s experience, andallow for past program chairs tooffer information to enhance theprocess of planning conferences.This committee will oversee theprocess of planning the confer-ences, oversee deadlines, and havea role in soliciting those individualswho will be nominated to serve asprogram chairs for the individualconferences. The co-chairs willconsist of the current president ofAP-LS and an individual whom she/

hours, there was a Division Fair inwhich Pam Casey organized abooth for Division 41. Pam Caseydevised a history of the division tobe displayed as well as a methodfor members of Division 41 to addtheir own memories to the display.There were numerous give-aways,t-shirts to be ordered with the Di-vision 41 logo, and informationabout the division. Some historicaldocuments were present, such asthe first AP-LS newsletter after itmerged with Division 41 and otherearly newsletters.

Motion: Pam Casey moved thatfree student memberships (for stu-dents not currently members) forone year be given to the first 100students who signed up at the Di-vision 41 Fair booth. Randy Ottoseconded the motion and it passedunanimously.

APA 1998 Program Committee

Edie Greene will be the chair of theprogram committee for the 1998APA convention with Dale McNeilas the co-chair. Edie Greene at-tended the APA meeting for pro-gram chairs and plans are alreadyunderway.

1998 AP-LS Biennial ProgramCommittee

Program co-chairs for the BiennialConference in 1998 are MelissaWarren and Beth Wiggins. Theyannounced that the Conference willbe held in Redondo Beach, Califor-nia at the Hotel Crowne Plaza, lo-cated just 7 miles from the LA In-ternational Airport and directlyacross from the Redondo Pier/KingHarbor Marina. Beaches arewithin two blocks. The accommo-dations are Pacific Ocean viewrooms with private balconies.Rates will be $129 for either a singleor double room. There also is aless expensive hotel across thestreet and this information will beposted later. Registration will be-


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Kirk Heilbrun, on behalf of thecommittee, reported on theprogress of the subcommittee. Hesummarized the committee�s activi-ties and explained that the opinionof many experimental members ofthis committee is that they currentlyfeel there is no need for such apetition. Because of some inter-est in completing a petition for sub-mission to APA, concerns wereraised regarding the potential divi-siveness of this issue with respectto experimental and clinical psy-chologists in the forensic area. DonBersoff stressed that the specialtydesignation is not focused oncredentialing persons or programs.However, some committee mem-bers reported concerns regardingwhether this process might formthe basis for accreditation. Therewas general agreement that a planof study for thoroughly investigat-ing whether to submit a petition toCRSPPP should be carried out.The feeling among some commit-tee members was that this was asensitive decision with ramificationsfor AP-LS, and that making thedecision without more informationand providing the opportunity for dis-cussion and feedback would be amistake. This includes a discussiontime at APA in the hospitality suite,surveys of the membership throughthe Newsletter and at the BiennialConference, short position paperson the various viewpoints (of sepa-rate petitions for clinical and experi-mental, or a joint petition, or onlyclinical or experimental submittinga petition, or nobody submitting apetition) published in the Newslet-ter, obtaining other CRSPPP peti-tions in non-clinical areas, and ad-versary forum in LHB, and sym-posia at the Biennial in March,1998. This process is expected toallow for full and in-depth discus-sion and debate to guide decision-making in the future.

amendment which he recom-mended the EC pass:

There shall be a class of HighSchool Teacher Affiliates of theDivision who shall not be Membersor Associates of the Division, andwho shall not represent themselvesas such. To be eligible to be a HighSchool Teacher Affiliate, one mustbe a High School Teacher Affiliateof the American PsychologicalAssociation. High School TeacherAffiliates do not serve on commit-tees of the Division and do not votein Division elections or meetings.They shall have such privileges asmay be granted by the ExecutiveCommittee.

The provision would be placed atthe conclusion of the existing By-law Article II: Membership, as anew paragraph 10. Randy Ottomoved that the EC accept the pro-posed amendment authored by JimOgloff. Rich Wiener seconded themotion and the vote was unanimousin favor of accepting the motion.A ballot will be in the Newsletterfor the Division 41 membership tovote on this addition to the bylaws.High School Teacher Affiliates willpay the same dues as regular mem-bers.

Petition for Recognition of aSpecialty in ForensicPsychology

AP-LS has been consideringwhether it should collaborate withthe American Academy of Foren-sic Psychology (AAFP) in submit-ting a petition for the recognition offorensic psychology to the APACommittee for the Recognition ofSpecialties and Proficiencies in Pro-fessional Psychology (CRSPPP)led to some questions which neededclarification. An adhoc committee,consisting of Don Bersoff, JackBrigham, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Kirk Heilbrun, RandyOtto, Ronald Roesch, KathyStafford, and Rich Wiener has rep-resentatives from AP-LS andAAFP.

he appoints to serve as co-chair.Currently that person is Patty Grif-fin who is a member-at-large on theEC. Other members of the Pro-gram Committee will consist of thePresident- Elect and the past Presi-dent, Treasurer, AP-LS administra-tor, the past, current and incomingprogram chairs of the APA andBiennial Conferences, and the con-ference chair for the jointly spon-sored conference with EAP&L.This committee proposed the pos-sibility of coordinating the Biennialin 2000 with an AAFP workshopin April 2000, but the location wasin Puerto Rico (considered toocostly for students) and the datewas considered late in the aca-demic year (i.e., April) and tooclose in time to the APA conven-tion. Thus, this will not be pursuedas an alternative. The programcommittee plans to use a hotel bro-ker to help locate sites for upcom-ing Biennials.

Motion: Jack Brigham movedthat the position of the co-chair ofthis committee be a three-year termfor continuity. Sol Fulero secondedthe motion and it passed unani-mously.

Consideration ofSpecial Issues

The Executive Committee dis-cussed each of the following spe-cial issues.

Proposed High School TeacherAffiliate Bylaw

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Pam Casey proposed the follow-ing process for developing strate-gic planning:

1) Conduct a survey of themembership for ideas as to whatthe Division does well, what theDivision needs to work on, andthings the membership would likethe Division to do in the future. Inaddition, past presidents could besurveyed.

2) A SWOT analysis(strengths, weaknesses, opportuni-ties and threats) would take placeas well as a discussion about areasto focus on given the results of theanalysis and the results of the mem-bership survey. An action planwould be developed for the nextsteps.

3) Determination of thenext steps and mechanism or struc-ture for implementation. Possibili-ties are drafting a mission statementto circulate to the membership, set-ting up committees to address ar-eas identified during the retreat,presenting preliminary ideas for ad-dressing areas at the Biennial, in-volve more of the membership asstages of strategic planningprogress.

Establishing a Web Page

Steve Penrod contacted AP-LSabout establishing a web page andis close to having it up and running.While the function of it will be toprovide current information, it willalso be used as an archive overtime. Ideas for content include listsof predoctoral and postdoctoral pro-grams, internships, tables of con-tents of LHB, Newsletters, conven-tion programs, links to related sites,syllabi collections, bibliographic col-lections, contact lists for divisionofficers and committee chairs,funding information, calls for pa-pers, calls for convention submis-sions, and job listings. It was de-cided that the most recent News-letter will also be on the Websitefor the most up-to-date information.Other ideas for the website can besent to Steve Penrod [email protected].

The Future of AP-LS: Ideasfor Directions, Innovations,Changes and Excitement

Retreat for Strategic Planning:Pam Casey has been formulatingideas to help the Division engagein strategic planning to review themission of AP-LS, develop goalsand generally have a context inwhich to ground our decisions in thefuture. She suggested that a 1-2day planning session/retreat be heldfor this purpose by the EC. Pos-sible questions for the retreat mightbe: 1) What is our purpose?; 2)Are we a discipline? Do we rep-resent a field? 3) Are we develop-ing factions in the field that areproblematic?; 4) How do we makeDivision 41 the focal point for psy-chology and law?; 5) What is ourrelationship with ABFP/AAFP?;6) Would the Division want anotherjournal? What is the goal for hav-ing journals?; 7) Are we a loosegrouping of interest groups with anoverriding interest in psychologyand law? Is that a strength?

Logistically, Pam Casey recom-mended having a facilitator whowould be a management consult-ant with experience in conductingthese types of sessions. APA alsorecommended that we approachDivision 14 to see if any of theirmembers would be willing to con-duct the retreat for us.

Motion: Pam Casey moved thatno more than fifteen people (in-cluding some members of the EC)meet for strategic planning prefer-ably in January with a planning bud-get of $15,000. Diane Follingstadseconded the motion. Sol Fuleromoved that the motion be amendedto $10,000 and Randy Otto sec-onded. The amendment was ac-cepted and a vote on the revisedmotion took place. One personopposed the motion and the restpassed on it.

APA/ABA Relations TaskForce

Donna Beavers who is the APAStaff Liaison to this task forcecame to the EC meeting to talkabout the activities of the TaskForce to date and to look for waysin which this group and Division 41can collaborate. She reported thatan approved joint conference onPsychology and Criminal Law isscheduled for three days in Octo-ber 1999 in San Francisco. At thispoint, Ms. Beavers thought thatDivision 41 could inform the com-mittee of a variety of possibilitiesof topics for the conference andwork with the Task Force to de-vise content for the conference.As Marsha Liss is the liaison forDivision 41 to APA, and is also lo-cated in Washington, D.C., it wasrecommended that she should beinvolved with the Task Force at thistime. It was suggested that theAPA Committee on Legal Issues(COLI) could extend an invitationfor representation from Division 41.

Goals for collaboration for the twogroups were delineated by Ms.Beavers as addressing requestswhich arise, meeting opportunitieswhich present themselves, estab-lishing better relationships, and hav-ing expertise for providing assis-tance where needed. The EC dis-cussed the idea that APA mayunderutilize Division 41, and APAcould tap more into the resourcesof AP-LS. It was noted that COLIhas expanded into areas that Divi-sion 41 should be involved in and towhich Division 41 could provideexpertise. The EC expressed aninterest in collaboration with Gen-eral Counsel�s Office at APA,COLI, and the Task Force. As anaside, it was suggested that Divi-sion 41�s relationship with APAcould be part of the strategic plan-ning.




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A running announcement in theNewsletter regarding this awardwill continue to be printed to allowfor early decision-making to accom-modate convention schedulingdeadlines.

Careers and TrainingCommittee

Edie Greene as the chair of thiscommittee submitted a report. 1)Work on the fourth edition of thepsychology and law syllabus collec-tion should be completed sometimeFall 1997. Requests for contribu-tions will go into the Newsletter andover the Internet. 2) Informationon graduate programs is now avail-able on-line at http://www.gasou.edu/psychweb/ca-reers/forensic.htm. 3) Edie Greenecontinues to field many call/mes-sages each week requesting infor-mation about careers in forensicpsychology. The committee cur-rently sends out a short introduc-tion to the field. 4) It was recom-mended that the brochure on gradu-ate programs in forensic psychol-ogy be expanded to also includeanswers to typically asked ques-tions about the field. It was rec-ommended that Edie Greene, KirkHeilbrun and Randy Otto work toexpand the outline of the brochureand bring this to the EC for approvaland funding. 5) The videotaped lec-ture/discussion project by CatonRoberts is nearing completion. Heis completing a videotape on com-petency which has entailed muchwork and will cost approximately$2500 in production. In the video-tape, he has interviews with theWisconsin Supreme Court ChiefJustice, and with Trial Directors andTraining Directors of two publicdefenders offices. Videotapingwill take place at a mental healthinstitute regarding assessment andtreatment of competency defen-dants, and a psychiatrist will be in-terviewed. A mock competencyissues group is planned. Interviewswith a local judge, district attorneyand outpatient forensic clinic direc-tor are scheduled. An interviewwith Steve Golding re: the Interdis-

Invitation for Division 41representatives to attend APSSummit

The American Psychological Soci-ety (APS) extended an invitation forDivision 41 to send two represen-tatives to the upcoming SummitMeeting of Scientific Psychologi-cal Societies. The Summit will beheld May 1-3, 1998 and will behosted by the University of Cali-fornia, Santa Barbara. The themefor the Summit will be Advancingthe Scientific Base of Psychologyand the focus will be on identifyingstrategies for encouraging thegrowing body of knowledge in psy-chology and reducing some of thebarriers to further growth. GailGoodman and Jack Brigham willappoint two individuals to attend.

Report of the StandingCommittees:

Awards and NominationsCommittee

The Saleem Shah Award, jointlygiven by AP-LS and AAFP, wasgiven to Dr. Susan Limber who iscurrently Research Assistant Pro-fessor in the Department ofNeuropsychiatry and BehavioralSciences at the University of SouthCarolina and Assistant Director ofthe Institute for Families in Societyat USC. The award this year isgiven for early career excellencein policy work related to law andpsychology. The committee (JackBrigham, Gail Goodman, and KirkHeilbrun (Chair)) reported thatthere were several strong candi-dates and that the committee had adifficult choice.

ciplinary Fitness Interview and re-lated matters was conducted. Thetarget date for completion is lateSeptember.

Motion: Randy Otto moved toallocate up to $5000 for Caton Rob-erts to complete his videotape byMarch 15, 1998. Jim Ogloff sec-onded the motion and it passedunanimously.

Discussion of the EC recom-mended that any further decisionsregarding the videotaping projectwait until after the current video-tape is completed and a determi-nation is made whether such a vid-eotape is useful for teaching pur-poses. It was suggested that otherfunding sources might be consid-ered, such as getting book compa-nies interested, getting the APA/ABA Task Force interested, or spe-cifically getting APA book com-pany involved.

Dissertation AwardsCommittee

The chair of this committee, CatonRoberts, submitted a report to theEC. Ten dissertations were sub-mitted for the Dissertation Awardswhich was an increase in submis-sions over the past several years.An announcement of the decisionswas made at the Business Meet-ing of AP-LS at the APA Confer-ence in August 1997. Awards willbe conferred at the 1998 Biennialmeeting of AP-LS. The 1996award recipients are: 1st place -Kimberly A. Lonsway (under su-pervision of Louise Fitzgerald) withher dissertation entitled Police train-ing in sexual assault response: Acomparison of approaches ; 2ndplace - Charles R. Mullin (undersupervision of Daniel Linz) with hisdissertation entitled The impact ofacquaintance rape scripts andcase-specific pretrial publicity onjuror decision making ; 3rd place -Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld (under su-pervision of Alan Tomkins) withher dissertation entitled On preju-



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reviewed two completed applica-tions. The application which wasforwarded to APA with a recom-mendation to approve passed atthat level. Mike Toglia will earnfellow status at the August 1997APA Convention.

Announcements of nominations forFellow status will be included inevery Newsletter. In recent years,the number of nominations has de-creased. It is desirable to havemore candidates put forth for con-sideration. The criteria requireunusual outstanding contributionsto the field. Please consider othermembers of Division 41 for nomi-nation and submit their names.

Grants-in-Aid Committee

Wendy Heath is the new commit-tee chair of a very busy commit-tee. In the past year, the commit-tee received 41 proposals for fund-ing. In the fall of 1996, the com-mittee awarded $2,135 to 7 of the19 applicants. The awards rangedfrom $80 to $500. The committeefelt that the decisions were diffi-cult but that the recipients repre-sented truly outstanding proposals.In March 1997, awards for theSpring 1997 cycle were an-nounced. In this cycle, $2,286 wereawarded to 11 of the 22 applicants,ranging from $116 to $250. Theseproposals were also consideredvery strong. At the last EC meet-ing in April, the cap for grants-in-aid was increased to $10,000 peryear (from the previous limit of$4000) with an individual cap of$500 per award. The committee isthankful to be in a position to fundall worthy proposals.

The next deadline for submittingproposals is September 30, 1997.

All committee members agreed thatone committee member shouldhave a clinical forensic backgroundas a large number of proposalscover clinical forensic topics.Therefore, Mindy Rosenberg, apsychologist in private practice in

California, was asked to join thecommittee.

The previous committee chair,Larry Heuer, had initiated thepolicy of accepting electronic sub-missions. This method of submis-sion will be retained. Modificationsof the guidelines for proposal sub-missions are as follows: 1) appli-cants are warned that proposallength limitations of 1500 words willbe strictly enforced; 2) applicantsare asked to discuss the feasibilityof the proposed research (includ-ing the likelihood of completingprojects requiring more funding thatAP-LS can provide, and the likeli-hood of completing work requiringthe cooperation of other individu-als or institutions); and 3) applicantsare asked to indicate either that IRBapproval has been obtained, oragree that it will be prior to initiat-ing AP-LS funded research. TheEC had also recommended that anabstract be required from theinvestigator(s) upon completion ofthe research. Thus, all notices ofan awarded grant will include a re-quest to send abstracts to the cur-rent chair.

New questions which arose werethe following:

1) Are law students eligiblefor an AP-LS Grant-in-Aid? Andif so, should there be different re-quirements for them as opposed topsychology graduate students?

Because it is expected thatlaw students work would still beempirical, it was decided that anyStudent Affiliate of AP-LS couldapply. They also would be requiredto submit IRB approval with theirapplications and that requirementswould be the same for submissions.

2) Should only AP-LS stu-dent members be allowed to applyfor a Grant-in-Aid?

The decision was that onlyStudent Affiliates of AP-LS wouldbe eligible for funding.

3) Periodically, there willbe a proposal for funding from

dice and punishment: The consti-tutional and policy dilemmas of hatecrime laws.

Educational OutreachCommittee

Sol Fulero is the chairperson of thiscommittee. He has found that partof the responsibilities of this com-mittee has been to help rural areasgenerate means to be able to af-ford their part of the funding to bringin a speaker. They are required tocover travel expenses while AP-LS provides an honorarium for thespeaker. Four inquiries were madeto Sol Fulero�s information abouteducational outreach, includingBowling Green State University,Saint Mary�s University in NovaScotia, Illinois Wesleyan University,and the Grant Sawyer Center forJustice Studies at the University ofNevada. Currently, the chairper-son is working with them to try andidentify speakers depending on re-quested topics.

Ethics Committee

This committee is chaired by SteveGolding and Tom Grisso. Therewas no activity to report. However,input into the standards for psycho-logical testing have been made tothe APA group working on thistask. These standards were ap-proved by Council, but still requirea vote of the membership. Therewill not be a separate forensic sec-tion in the standards.

Ethnic Minority AffairsCommittee

Allen Brown is the committee chair-person. There was no report at thistime.

Fellows Committee

This committee consists of MurrayLevine as the chair, Charles Ewing,Diane Follingstad, Roy Malpass,John Monahan, and Sue White.Some of these committee members




someone who has previously re-ceived funding in a previous cycle.Are those who have previously re-ceived and AP-LS Grant-in-Aideligible for funding for a new study?

The decision by the ECwas that repeat funding was pos-sible if the person submits a com-pleted abstract of the first studywith the second application.

Motion: Kirk Heilbrun moved thatthe chairperson of the Grants-in-Aid committee appoint a fourthmember to the committee who hasa clinical forensic background andwho works in an academic setting.This was seconded by DianeFollingstad and passed unani-mously.

Membership Committee

Diane Follingstad reported that thetotal membership currently is 2,569,with 1,971 members who are APAmembers, 156 individuals who aremembers-at-large, and 442 stu-dents. This represents a slight de-crease in members within the lastyear. New members/associateswho were submitted to APA in Junenumbered 179. Thus, it seems fairto speculate that the decreasecomes from small numbers of pre-vious members/members at large/students who are not reapplying.Since 1990, there has been an in-crease of 800 individuals who areAPA members, and student in-volvement has almost quadrupled.The membership report raised againthe issue of whether individualsapplying for division membershipare screened for meeting basic re-quirements. Cathy Oslzly will beasked to check to see whethermembers-at-large meet basic re-quirements, otherwise applicantsrequire a waiver by 2/3 of the EC.Cathy Oslzly will also be asked tocollect information to compile a

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rejected as not acceptable for pub-lication. Projecting that 4 or 5 ofthe papers in the revise and resub-mit category will eventually be ac-cepted for publication, this resultsin an estimated acceptance rate ofbetween 23% and 25%. Thesenumbers are consistent with therates of acceptance in recent years.

Rich Wiener wishes to thank allthose who have helped to conductreviews over the last eight months.

Newsletter: The editor of theNewsletter, Randy Otto, reportedthat the deadline for the next edi-tion is August 25 in order to get theNewsletter out in September.Michelle Kunkel remains as theproduction editor, and a new Stu-dent Editor, Alicia Hall, has re-placed the prior one, Jenine Boyd.

The next edition of the Newsletterwill include information about theAP-LS Biennial Meeting, includingregistration, hotels, etc. It will alsobe out in time to jog people'smemory regarding the October 15call date for program proposals.The issue after that will include theprogram for the Biennial Meeting.The Newsletter continues to growin scope and length, with generallypositive feedback from readers.Publication continues to range be-tween three and four issues peryear, with costs rising due to agreater number of pages, an in-crease in membership, and in-creases in the cost of paper. Thehope is to include more book re-views in the Newsletter in the fu-ture.

Book Series: Ron Roesch re-ported that there are two books inprogress with projected publicationdates in 1998. One is by KirkHeilbrun and Tom Grisso is the re-viewer for it. The other is by RonRoesch, Steve Hart and Jim Ogloffand should be ready to send to Ple-num by May. There are five bookscurrently under signed contract andthree proposals being considered.

breakdown of members by genderand race.

Publications Committee

Law and Human Behavior: Ri-chard Wiener is the new editor ofLHB having officially replaced RonRoesch on January 1, 1997. Thefirst issue of 1998 will be a specialissue on gender and the law (ed-ited by Pat Frazier). Mark Small,adversarial forum editor, is work-ing on a series of exchanges for theApril 1998 edition concerning thepossibility of a proposal from theDivision to APA to establish a spe-cialty in law and psychology. Bookseries editor, Steve Hart, is plan-ning a comparison of several foren-sic evaluation books for the June1998 edition. Associate Editor JimOgloff is working on a special edi-tion for 1999 that will commemo-rate the 20th anniversary of LHB.The 1999 special edition will con-sist of a series of articles that willsample the domains of the disciplineand describe the progress that wehave made in the last 20 years.Under the direction of Gary Wells,the Division 41 Scientific ReviewPaper Committee will submit amanuscript to the editorial processthat summarizes what we currentlyknow about lineups. If accepted,this paper will be published in thejournal in a special report.

From December 1996 through July1997, 82 papers were submitted.Papers are submitted unevenly withmost of them coming during thewinter and summer months. Themean and median number of au-thors per manuscript is 2.00 and2.04 respectively. Forty-one (50%)of the first authors were womenand 41 (50%) were men. Deci-sions have been made for 63 (77%)of the papers with reviews out-standing for 19 (23%) of the sub-missions. Of the 63 decisions, 7papers (11%) were accepted withminor revisions or no revisions, 4(6%) were accepted pending revi-sions, 24 (38%) were required tomake major revisions and resubmitmanuscripts, and 28 (44%) were


APA CouncilRepresentative Report

Tom Grisso is the new APA Coun-cil Representative and he reportedon APA Council proceedingswhich occurred the same day asthe EC meeting. 1) The APACouncil passed in principle a pro-posal to cooperate with the Ameri-can Bar Association to form anInstitute on Family, Marriage andDivorce to study these issues froma psycholegal perspective as wellas to sponsor a joint conference.2) Health Psychology was recog-nized as a specialty by CRSPPP,but Family Psychology has not yetbeen approved as a specialty. 3)APA approved a policy for dis-claimers of individual work prod-ucts, e.g., a division must clarifywhat information is to be consid-ered a guideline. 4) APA mem-bership will get to vote on the wayCouncil representation will be allo-cated. Council passed that newseats will be added to allow for rep-resentation of those not currentlyrepresented and for those divisionsjust short of getting an additionalseat to get another representative.At this point, Council's resolutionwill go to the membership for avote. 5) Dues will go up $20, as ithas been four years since the lastincrease. n

Have you submittedyour Redondo Beachproposal yet?

Relations with OtherOrganizations Committee

Barry Rosenfeld, the committeechair, has contacted the AmericanAcademy of Forensic Sciences(AAFS) which is a multidisciplinaryforensic group. He is again pre-paring a symposium of AP-LSmembers to present at the yearlyAAFS conference this winter. Thispanel would include Dale McNeil,David Faigman, and Dan Martell,all of whom have been regular con-tributors to AP-LS conferences inthe past. The chair is hoping tomake this symposium a regularevent at AAFS conferences andwould appreciate any input on howto better orchestrate this type ofsymposium so that other AP-LSmembers might have input into theorganization of an annual sympo-sium. His email address [email protected].

Women in Psychology andLaw Committee

Beth Wiggins sent in a report ondevelopments with this committee.During the August APA confer-ence, the Committee's three work-ing groups met in the AP-LS Hos-pitality Suite. The three groups andtheir leaders are (1) Children andLaw (Bette Bottoms and Marga-ret Kovera); (2) Feminism and Psy-chology and Law (Karla Fischerand Anne Pratt); and (3) Proof ofDamages in Sexual HarassmentCases (Nancy Baker and JaneGoodman-Delahunty). The Com-mittee also held its traditional Sun-day morning breakfast and planningmeeting at APA.

The Children and Law group is in-terested in preparing research po-sition papers on legal issues involv-ing children. The Committee wouldlike to solicit ideas for the papersvia the Newsletter. The group con-templates coordinating with RichWiener, as chair of the Scientific

Continued from page 8 Review papers, to identify appro-priate topics and authors. Thegroup also produced (a) a list ofresearch and travel fundingsources, post-doctoral fellowships,and internships that might be use-ful for scholars with interests inchildren and law; (b) a directory ofwomen interested in collaborating,their addresses and their researchinterests; and (c) a list of groupmembers willing to serve as men-tors to students with similar inter-ests. All who attended committeemeetings have received these prod-ucts.

The Feminism and Psychology andLaw group is interested in gaininga better understanding of (and edu-cating others about) feminist legaland research theories and how theymight influence the work of AP-LS members. The group antici-pates putting together a relatedsymposium for the next Biennialmeeting.

Student Section Report

Lori Butts has stepped up to fill therole of Chair. Elections have re-sulted in new officers. Congratu-lations to Melissa Westendorf(Chair-Elect) from the Villanova-Allegheny program; Tom Hecker(Secretary-Treasurer) fromTemple University; and ChristianMeissner (Newsletter Editor) fromFlorida State University.

A symposium was held at the APA1997 Convention entitled Intern-ships, Alternative Careers, and theFuture of Psychology and Law.Speakers were David Glass, J.D.,Paul Stiles, J.D., Ph.D., and JudithMcKenna, J.D., Ph.D. There alsowas a business meeting and socialhour at APA.

There is a committee to organizethe student section contribution atthe Biennial conference. The stu-dent section committee is consid-ering forming their own Home pageon a website rather than producinga newsletter.


New DirectoryForensic GraduateTraining/Intern-ship/FellowshipDirectory Available

With financial support from theAmerican Academy of ForensicPsychology, a directory of intern-ship and postdoctoral training pro-grams in clinical forensic psychol-ogy is now available. Also listedare graduate programs that reportoffering practicum experiences inforensic psychology.

Persons interested in obtaining acopy of this directory should sendtheir request, accompanied by acheck for $10 (to cover reproduc-tion and mailing costs), PAYABLETO American Academy of Foren-sic Psychology to:

Randy K. OttoDepartment of Mental HealthLaw & PolicyFlorida Mental Health InstituteUniversity of South Florida13301 N. Bruce B. Downs Blvd.Tampa, Florida 33612 n

APA Board of DirectorsWildcard Plan Approved byCouncil: By Laws Ammendment to beSent to Membership Without aPro-Con Statement

Ronald F. LevantMember-At-LargeAPA Board of Directors

The �Wildcard Plan� (the proposal tochange the way Council seats are allo-cated developed by the BOD TaskForce on Council Representation) wassent out for review following the Feb-ruary meeting of Council meeting. Itwas sent to all Boards and Committees,all Divisions, and all affiliated State andProvincial Psychological Associations.It was reviewed at the Division Lead-ership Conference, the March Consoli-dated meeting (where a ConferenceCommittee was held to discuss it), andthe State Leadership Conference.

The results of this comprehensive re-view by APA governance groups andconstituencies indicated that the pro-posal enjoys widespread support inthe Association. The Policy and Plan-ning Board, The Board of ProfessionalAffairs, The Board of Educational Af-fairs, The Board of Scientific Affairs,The Board for the Advancement ofPsychology in the Public Interest, TheCommittee for the Advancement ofProfessional Practice, The Committeeon APA/Division Relations, The StateLeadership Conference, and the Geor-gia, Montana, Tennessee and Districtof Colombia Psychological Associa-tions all voted to support the proposal,and five of these groups (P & P, BPA,CAPP, CODAPAR, & SLC) asked thatthe proposal be sent to the member-ship without a pro/con statement. P &P�s strong support for this proposal isparticularly noteworthy, because theyhave not supported similar proposalsin the past. It is also noteworthy thatthe resolution approved at the StateLeadership Conference to support theproposal was moved by Representa-tives of two smaller states, Mississippiand Louisiana.

In addition, support for the proposalwas expressed at the Conference Com-mittee held at the March Consolidatedmeeting by The Committee on Struc-ture and Function of Council, TheCommittee on Lesbian, Gay and Bi-sexual Concerns, The American Psy-chological Association of GraduateStudents, and The Committee on Psy-chological Practice and Standards. TheCommittee for Ethnic Minority Affairsand the Board for the Advancementof Psychology in the Public Interestalso expressed the hope that units withmore than one seat would designateone of their seats as a minority seat inorder to increase ethnic minority rep-resentation on Council.

Two state associations (Rhode Islandand Alaska) expressed concerns: RIstated a preference for representationfor all units and AK requested contin-ued funding for Liaison/Observers.The State Leadership Conference alsoapproved the following statement:�The State Leadership Conference en-courages APA to move to one unit onevote and requests continued fundingby CAPP of liaison/observers.�

Council, by an overwhelming major-ity, voted to approve the plan and tosend it out to the membership withouta pro/con statement. This would meanthat the proposed bylaws changewould only include the P & P state-ment, which reads: �The Policy andPlanning Board, after careful review,unanimously supports the proposedbylaws change. This proposedchange, developed by a task force rep-resenting all significant division andstate/provincial interests, provides forgreater equity in Council representa-tion.�



� Santa Fe, New MexicoNovember 6-9, 1997

� Hilton Head Island,South CarolinaJanuary 28 - Feb. 1, 1998

� San Diego, CaliforniaFebruary 18-22, 1998

� Milwaukee, WisconsinMarch 19-22, 1998

� San Juan, Puerto RicoApril 22-26, 1998

_________________________Santa Fe, New Mexico

November 6-9, 1997La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel

The MMPI-2 and Rorschach inCourtJ. Reid Meloy, Ph.D. & RichardLewak, Ph.D.Thursday, November 6th

Personal Injury Evaluations:Psychological Concepts, Methodsand ApplicationsHerbert Weissman, Ph.D.Thursday, November 6th

The Ethics of Forensic Expertise:Law, Ethics and ProfessionalPracticeStephen Golding, Ph.D.Friday, November 7th

Effective and Ethical ExpertTestimonySteven Bank, Ph.D. & IraPacker, Ph.D.Friday, November 7th

Custody Evaluations and RiskManagementDavid Martindale, Ph.D.Saturday, November 8th

Practical Legal Research Tech-niques for Forensic PsychologistsAlexander Greer, Ph.D., J.D.Saturday, November 8th

Role of the Forensic Psychologistin Death Penalty LitigationJames Eisenberg, Ph.D.Sunday, November 9th

Preparing for the DiplomateExam in Forensic Psychology -ABPPRobert Meyer, Ph.D.Sunday, November 9th

_________________________Hilton Head Island

South CarolinaJanuary 28 - Feb 1, 1998

The Westin Resort

Personal Injury Evaluations: Ethics,Case Law and PracticeDavid Vore, Ph.D.Wednesday, January 28th

Advanced Topics in Risk Assess-ment: A Two-Day SeminarKirk Heilbrun, Ph.D.Thursday & Friday, January 29th& 30th

An Introduction to Forensic Psy-chology PracticeRandy Borum, Psy.D.Thursday, January 29th

Substituted Judgment: Roles for theForensic PsychologistEric Drogin, J.D., Ph.D.Friday, January 30th


Ethical Issues for the ForensicPractitionerDonald Bersoff, Ph.D., J.D.Saturday, January 31st

Role of the Forensic Psychologistin Death Penalty MitigationDavid Ruhnke, J.D., Jean Barrett,J.D. & Alan Goldstein, Ph.D.Saturday, January 31st

Comprehensive Child CustodyEvaluationsSteven Sparta, Ph.D.Sunday, February 1st

Preparing for the Diplomate Examin Forensic Psychology - ABPPCurtis Barrett, Ph.D.Sunday, February 1st

_________________________San Diego, CaliforniaFebruary 18-22, 1998The Catamaran Hotel

An Introduction to Forensic Psy-chology PracticeAlan Goldstein, Ph.D.Wednesday, February 18th

Achieving Expertise in Child Cus-tody EvaluationsBeth Clark, Ph.D.Thursday, February 19th

Advanced Topics in Criminal Fo-rensic AssessmentCharles Clark, Ph.D.Thursday, February 19th

The MMPI-2 and Rorschach inCourtJ. Reid Meloy, Ph.D. & RichardLewak, Ph.D.Friday, February 20th

AAFP WorkshopsThe American Academy of Forensic Psychology1997-98 Workshop Schedule


Cross Examination: MaintainingCredibility, Handling Attacks andAnswering the CriticsDiane Follingstad, Ph.D.Friday, February 20th

Intermediate and Advanced Foren-sic PracticeRobert Meyer, Ph.D.Saturday, February 21st

Ethical Issues for the Forensic Psy-chologistDavid Shapiro, Ph.D.Saturday, February 21st

Forensic Assessment of SexualDiscrimination & Sexual Harass-ment in the WorkplaceHerbert Weissman, Ph.D.Sunday, February 22nd

Preparing for the Diplomate Examin Forensic Psychology - ABPPPaul Lipsitt, Ph.D., J.D.Sunday, February 22nd

_________________________Milwaukee, Wisconsin

March 19-22. 1998Hyatt Regency Milwaukee

Personal Injury Evaluations: Ethics,Practice and Case LawStuart Greenberg, Ph.D.Thursday, March 19th

Developmental Disabilities and theLawDavid Bogacki, Ph.D.Thursday, March 19th

Forensic Applications of the MMPIand MCMIStuart Greenberg, Ph.D. & RogerGreen, Ph.D.Friday, March 20th

Continued from page 11 Introduction to PsychologicalScreening for High Risk Occupa-tionsRobin Inwald, Ph.D.Friday, March 20th

Ethical Dilemmas in Forensic Psy-chologyBruce Ebert, Ph.D., J.D.Saturday, March 21st

Child Custody Evaluations: Legal,Ethical and Clinical ContoursRandy Otto, Ph.D.Saturday, March 21st

Role of the Forensic Psychologistin Death Penalty LitigationMark Cunningham, Ph.D.Sunday, March 22nd

Preparing for the Diplomate Examin Forensic Psychology - ABPPDavid Shapiro, Ph.D.Sunday, March 22nd

_________________________San Juan, Puerto Rico

April 22-26, 1998The Caribe Hilton Resort

An Introduction to Forensic Psy-chology PracticeRandy Otto, Ph.D.Wednesday, April 22nd

A Conciliation/Evaluation Model forChild Custody Determination: ADifferent PerspectiveRobert Strochak, Ph.D.Wednesday, April 22nd

Effective Expert Testimony: Lawand PracticeCharles Patrick Ewing, J.D., Ph.D.Thursday, April 23rd

The Ethics of Forensic Expertise:Law, Ethics and Professional Prac-ticeStephen Golding, Ph.D.Thursday, April 23rd

Personal Injury Evaluations: Ethics,Practice and Case LawStuart Greenberg, Ph.D.Friday, April 24th

Evaluating Parenting Capacity andAllegations of Child MaltreatmentLois Oberlander, Ph.D.Friday, April 24th

Advanced Topics in Risk Assess-ment: Approaches, Populations andRisk CommunicationKirk Heilbrun, Ph.D.Saturday, April 25th

Rorschach Assessment of Crimi-nal ResponsibilityIrving Weiner, Ph.D.Saturday, April 25th

Assessment of Violent JuvenileOffendersThomas Grisso, Ph.D.Sunday, April 26th

Preparing for the Diplomate Examin Forensic Psychology - ABPPIra Packer, Ph.D.Sunday, April 26th

_________________________For further workshopinformation, please contact:

Alan M. Goldstein, CE ChairAmerican Academy ofForensic Psychology13 Arden DriveHartsdale, New York 10530914/693-4859_________________________AAFP Home Pageht tp : / /www.abfp .com/aafp /abfpwrks.htm n


Book Review

The AP-LS Newsletter publishes re-views of books, tests, and measuresin the broad area of psychology andlaw. Those wishing to have their pub-lication reviewed should contactRandy Otto prior to sending materi-als at 813/974-9296 or via the Inter-net/E-mail at: [email protected].

Babies, Bathwater, and Hoisted by Your OwnPetard: On Hagen�s Critique of �Psychoexperts�

missed on a motion for summaryjudgment at an early stage, orwhether it proceeded to jury trialand verdict. One might argue,therefore, that the system workedas it was designed to, at least in thiscase.

Hagen goes on to make statementsthat all of us who work in forensicareas know are untrue. In the firstchapter alone, she charges that incriminal trials �we have competingteams of psychoexperts analyzingthe accused� for competency andthen later �if the defendant is foundcompetent, the defense hires an-other raft of experts to testify�about sanity. Hagen should knowthat states keep careful records ofcompetency and sanity cases, andthere certainly is no �raft� of ex-perts in the typical case; most suchdefendants are indigent and fortu-nate to have one evaluation doneat state expense. Only recently,with the Ake case decided by theU.S. Supreme Court, has the rightto an independent expert forindigents been affirmed. In a simi-lar vein, she charges that there is a�willingness of judges and juries tobelieve psychobabble...� and laterrefers to �Americans� willingnessto buy into any claim made by acertified psychological profes-sional...� But this argument is be-

use of psychological expert testi-mony with anecdotes, errors, flam-ing overgeneralizations, and inflam-matory charges. Further, the pre-sentation of her essential point insuch a manner will actually makeit more difficult to rein in the veryexcesses Hagen deplores, and thusshe has been and will be �hoist byher own petard.�

Hagen freely admits in her intro-duction that the book �was origi-nally inspired by that most banaland questionable of motives�per-sonal outrage.� Hagen�s brotherwas sued for $3.4 million in a Se-attle, Washington civil case alleg-ing �psychological injury.� Accord-ing to Hagen, each side had a �pa-rade� of experts; the plaintiff�s ex-perts testified about so-called men-tal disorders that her brother hadsupposedly caused twenty yearsearlier, and her brother had expertswho testified that memory does notand cannot work as the plaintiffclaimed.� At that point, she says,�I began to take a closer look atthe activities of my clinical col-leagues in the world of law. I foundthat they were everywhere withtheir fingers in every half-bakedlegal pie cooked up by the wildestof imaginations. What a shock.While I and my academic researchcolleagues were sleeping, our en-trepreneurial clinical colleagues hadinfiltrated the American justice sys-tem like kudzu taking over everyinch of lawn and garden. This bookis an attempt to weed them out, rootand branch.� Hagen acknowledgesthat her brother did eventually win,at a defense cost of some $90,000.It is not clear if the matter was dis-


Solomon M. Fulero

A review of Whores of the Court:The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimonyand the Rape of American Justiceby Margaret Hagen. (ReganBooks,HarperCollins, 1997).

A recent book by Dr. MargaretHagen, a developmental psycholo-gist by training and a professor atBoston University, is sure to makea big splash in the popular media.The book is entitled �Whores of theCourt: The Fraud of PsychiatricTestimony and the Rape of Ameri-can Justice� (ReganBooks,HarperCollins, 1997). Accordingto the jacket, Hagen purports toreveal �how expert psychologicaltestimony is a total fraud, showinghow the courts have increasinglyembraced not a cutting-edge sci-ence but, instead, a discipline thatrepresents a terrifying retreat intofantasy and hearsay; a disciplinepropelled by powerful propaganda,arrogance, and greed.� With thistitle and apparent intent, the focusof the book is relatively clear. Inthe vein of Robyn Dawes� recentbook �House of Cards,� Hagen setsforth in bombastic and overstatedstyle a now-familiar critique of ex-pert psychological testimony. I ar-gue here that while Hagen�s essen-tial point is well-taken�that is, anumber of psychological expertsare offered in courts to testify aboutshaky theories, questionable ideas,and conclusions without solid em-pirical evidence�the manner inwhich this point is presented�throws out the baby with thebathwater,� obscuring valid com-ments about the proper types and


229-259, as well as the other ar-ticles in that issue). Sheoverbroadly concludes that �thearticles of faith offered as testimonyby clinical psychologists in court-room after courtroom...do not evencome close to meeting the currentcriteria for admissibility as experttestimony demanded by our courts�and that we should �throw them outof the courts,� at least until clinicalpsychology �accepts the limitationsintrinsic to the discipline and re-casts itself as a real science.�

Of course, one might ask Dr.Hagen how, exactly, we shouldthrow them out of the courts. Theanswer, of course, is by use of time-tested legal techniques, includingcross-examination and the presen-tation of opposing experts�pre-cisely what happened in herbrother�s case. And interestinglyenough, here Dr. Hagen really is�hoist by her own petard.� Be-cause use of terms like �whores ofthe court,� �psychoexperts,� and soon, are not likely to facilitate a rea-sonable distinction in the minds ofjudges and lawyers between clini-cal and experimental psychologists.After all, she herself says that ex-pert psychological testimony is �atotal fraud.� So would Dr. Hagenagree to be such an opposing ex-pert, in a case which might legiti-mately cry out for a cogent scien-tific rebuttal? One can only chortlewith glee at the withering cross-examination she would face, usingher very own published words, thatwould result in her valid pointsabout scientific merit being obfus-cated. At the same time, there isno doubt that her diatribe will re-sult in the �baby being thrown outwith the bathwater.� There are ofcourse many issues about whichclinical testimony is given that dohave supporting scientific evidence(look at the careful and mountingliterature on detection of malinger-

ing, or the recent careful work ofthe MacArthur project on compe-tency to stand trial and competencyto refuse medication, to cite someexamples).

Having said all of this, Hagen�sbook is required reading for all ofus in the forensic field. It is themost inflammatory and carelessversion yet of an argument that hasbeen made by others in more care-ful and precise fashion, dating backto Paul Meehl, whose bookPsychodiagnostics should be re-quired reading in all clinical pro-grams. My real concern, one whichsomeone as astute as Dr. Hagenshould clearly understand already,is that the media and general pub-lic will use this book to keep out ofcourts good and bad psychologyindiscriminately. This does noone�the field or the public�a ser-vice.

Solomon M. Fulero is a practicingpsychologist and attorney, and isChair of the Psychology Departmentat Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.

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lied by the compelling data thatshow that psychological experts arefairly routinely disallowed, disbe-lieved, and ignored by judges andjurors (one need think only aboutthe difficulties faced by experts oneyewitness reliability, pretrial pub-licity, prejudicial joinder, and the re-action of the courts to compellingscientific psychological data on jurysize, unanimity of verdict, deathpenalty voir dire, etc.)

There are chapters skewering theuse of experts in psychic injurycases, in divorce and custodycases, in criminal cases, rehabilita-tions of convicts (this chapter is en-titled �Music Therapy for Wife Kill-ers�), and disability cases. All chap-ters contain similar overstatementsand misstatements that could beaddressed one by one if a reviewerhad the space to do so, coupled withvalid points that should be, but arenot, made in accurate and precisestyle. She even uses some of thesame techniques she criticizes inothers: anecdotal evidence, for ex-ample. Not until the last chapter�all of 18 pages out of 313�is theactual solution to Hagen�s problemrevealed, though she does not seeit. In a section entitled �Admissi-bility of expert testimony and clini-cal reasoning,� she discusses the1993 U.S. Supreme Court decisionin Daubert v. Merrell Dow Phar-maceuticals, a case which is thebenchmark for the question of howjudges should determine the admis-sibility of expert testimony. She alsodiscusses the Frye rule and Evi-dence Rule 702 on expert testimony(for further discussion of all ofthese, see Penrod, Fulero, & Cut-ler (1995), Expert psychologicaltestimony on eyewitness reliabilitybefore and after Daubert: The stateof the law and the science, Behav-ioral Sciences and the Law, 13,



AP-LS Committee Chairs & Others

Committee Chair E-mail Address� Scientific Review Paper Committee ............................. Rich Wiener ................... [email protected]� Careers and Training Committee ................................. Edie Greene ................... [email protected]� Biennial Chairs ............................................................. Beth Wiggins ................. [email protected]� Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs ........................... Allen Brown ................... [email protected]� Committee on Relations with Other Organizations ........ Barry Rosenfeld .............. [email protected]

Lisa Berman .................... no e-mail address� Educational Outreach Committee .................................. Sol Fulero ....................... [email protected]� AP-LS Book Series/Publications Editor ....................... Ron Roesch .................... [email protected]� APA Council Representative ........................................ Tom Grisso ..................... [email protected]� Committee for Forensic Psychology as a Specialty ...... Kirk Heilbrun ................. [email protected]� Law and Human Behavior Editor ................................. Rich Wiener ................... [email protected]� Grants-in-Aid ................................................................ Larry Heuer .................... [email protected]� Dissertation Awards ...................................................... Caton Roberts ................ [email protected]� Women in Law Committee ............................................. Beth Wiggins .................. [email protected]� APA Program Chairs .................................................... Ira Packer ....................... [email protected]

Edie Greene ................... [email protected]� Chair of AP-LS/APA Liaison Committee .................... Marsha Liss ................... [email protected]� Division Administrative Secretary ............................... Cathy Oslzly .................. [email protected]� Fellows Committee ....................................................... Murray Levine ............... [email protected]� Committee on Law and Psychology in Corrections ..... Melissa Warren .............. [email protected]

Steve Norton .................. 507/287-0674. ext. 140 (no E-mail)

Book ReviewMMPI/MMPI-2 in CourtRoger L. Greene

A review of Forensic Questions andAnswers on the MMPI/MMPI-2 byAlex Caldwell (Caldwell Report, 101pages). To order contact CaldwellReport at 310/478-3133.

The MMPI/MMPI-2 is probablythe most frequently administeredobjective measure of psychopathol-ogy in forensic settings and as aconsequence all forensic psycholo-gists are familiar with the MMPI/MMPI-2. Caldwell�s text providesan overview of many of the ques-tions that a forensic psychologisthas to be able to answer when us-ing the MMPI/MMPI-2. The firstthree sections of the text (A. TheTest; B. Test-taking Attitude; C.The Profile) are very basic and aforensic psychologist who is unfa-miliar with this material probablyshould not be using the MMPI/MMPI-2 in a forensic setting. Thenotable exception to this statement

is Caldwell�s discussion of the ob-vious and subtle scales (pp. 18-21),which rapidly covers the variety ofissues with which the forensic psy-chologist must be knowledgeable ifthese scales are used as well as thequestions that the psychologist mustbe prepared to answer. The seriesof questions at the end of this sec-tion (pp. 20-21) should be challeng-ing enough for any forensic psy-chologist and he/she should be pre-pared to answer them.

The fourth section of the text pro-vides superficial coverage ofwhether the MMPI or MMPI-2should be administered. There is anextensive literature (40-plus stud-ies) on the concordance betweenthe MMPI and MMPI-2 with whichforensic psychologists must be fa-miliar. Caldwell�s caveat that foren-sic psychologists who administerthe MMPI-2 also should plot theraw scores on the MMPI profile to

determine whether the codetypechanges is valuable advice. SomeMMPI-2 codetypes are very likelyto yield different codetypes whenplotted using MMPI norms and aforensic psychologist does not wantto become aware of this point forthe first time during either direct orcross-examination!

The remainder of the text is devotedto the interpretation of the MMPI/MMPI-2 in forensic settings andshould be reviewed carefully by allforensic psychologists. Caldwell�sdiscussion of several topics raisesa number of issues with which theforensic psychologist must be fa-miliar: Do such factors as litigation,indictment, or imprisonment affectinterpretation (pp. 37-43); Use ofcomputer-generated reports (pp.55-64); and Analysis of specific testitems (pp. 78-80). Caldwell�s dis-cussion of the assessment of dan-gerousness to others (pp. 43-49)and self (pp. 49-51) is quite goodas far as it goes, but it is easy to



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overlook the fact that these are lowbase-rate behaviors which makesthem very difficult to predict.

The text also can serve as a quickreference for an attorney who isunfamiliar with the MMPI/MMPI-2 so that he/she can gain a betterunderstanding of the instrument andthus facilitate communication be-tween the attorney and the foren-sic psychologist.

Finally, Stuart Greenberg has pro-vided a list of typical appeal issueswith MMPI/MMPI-2 testimonythat could be easily overlooked be-cause it is presented after the ref-erences for the text (pp.89-92).The forensic psychologist needs tobe aware of all of these issues.

Roger L. Greene is Director of Clini-cal Training at the Pacific GraduateSchool of Psychology in Palo Alto,California. n

CommentaryGovernment Relations:The Practitioner�s Link to Capitol Hillby Marilyn Richmond, Assis-tant Executive Director forGovernment Relations

The Practice Directorate hasevolved structurally to addressvarious major influences on profes-sional psychology. Under the lead-ership of Practice Directorate Ex-ecutive Director Russ Newman,Ph.D., J.D., the directorate�s gov-ernment relations, marketing, legaland regulatory affairs, state advo-cacy, and other departments coor-dinate their activities to benefitpractitioners and individuals in needof psychological services.

The Practice Directorate govern-ment relations department, headedby Marilyn S. Richmond, assistantexecutive director, advocates forpractitioners and their patients atthe federal legislative and regula-tory level and coordinates practi-tioners grassroots legislative activ-ity.

Government relations staffwork with Congress for pas-sage of laws beneficial to prac-titioners.

In the legislative arena, the govern-ment relations team continually es-tablishes and nurtures relationshipswith members of Congress andtheir staff. Educating and inform-ing members of Congress on issuesvital to psychology practice is animportant aspect of building theserelationships.

Since Congress consists of severalhundred members, the governmentrelations department focuses onbuilding relationships with thosemembers who sit on committees

with primary jurisdiction over psy-chology practice issues. These�key� committees include the Waysand Means Committee and Com-merce Committee in the House ofRepresentatives and the FinanceCommittee and Labor and HumanResources Committee in the Sen-ate.

Once these ongoing relationshipsare established, members of Con-gress often introduce bills or offeramendments to other bills to ad-vance psychological practice. Forinstance, at the beginning of the cur-rent Congress, Senator Daniel K.Inouye (D-Hawaii), long an ardentsupporter of psychology, introducedseveral psychology-related bills, in-cluding:

S. 62, which would removerestrictions on patient access to psy-chologists� services in comprehen-sive outpatient rehabilitation facili-ties under the Medicare program;

S. 64, which would amendthe Public Health Service Act tomake certain graduate programs inclinical psychology eligible to par-ticipate in various health professionsloan programs; and,

S. 82, which would reviseand improve provisions related tothe appointment of clinical andcounseling psychologists in the Vet-erans Health Administration.

During the Medicare program re-form debate last year, Senator KentConrad (D-N.D.), another strongsupporter of psychology, introducedan amendment to the Senate Fi-nance Committee�s Medicare leg-



Funding Opportunities

American Academy of Forensic Psychology

Dissertation Grants in Applied Law& Psychology

The American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP) has made avail-able up to $7,500 (maximum award is $1,500 per applicant) for grants tograduate students conducting dissertations in applied areas of law andpsychology, with preference shown for dissertations addressing clinical-forensic issues. Awards can be used to cover dissertation costs such asphotocopying and mailing expenses, participant compensation, travel re-imbursement, etc. Awards can not be used to cover tuition or relatedacademic fees.

Applications will be reviewed by a committee of AAFP Fellows and grantswill be awarded based on the following criteria:

� potential contribution of the dissertation to appliedlaw-psychology

� methodological soundness/experimental design� budgetary needs� review of applicant�s personal statement

Students in the process of developing a dissertation proposal and thosecollecting dissertation data as of January 15, 1998 are eligible. To apply,students must submit 4 copies of the following no later than January 15,1998 (incomplete applications will not be considered):

1. a letter from the applicant detailing:� his/her interest and career goals in the area of law and

psychology� the proposed dissertation and its time line� the dissertation budget, the award amount requested,

and how the award will be used2. a current CV3. a letter from the applicant�s dissertation chair/supervisor noting

that the dissertation has been or is expected to be approved, andwill be conducted as detailed in the applicant�s letter

Submit four copies of the above (postmarked no later than January 15,1998) to:

Randy OttoFlorida Mental Health InstituteUniversity of South Florida13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.Tampa, FL 33612-3899

Questions or inquiries regarding the award competition can be directed toRandy Otto in writing at the above address or via Email [email protected] n

Division 41

Stipends forGraduate Research

The Division 41 Grants-in-AidCommittee is accepting proposalsfor small stipends (maximum of$500) to support empirical gradu-ate research that addressespsycholegal issues (the award is lim-ited to graduate students who arestudent affiliate members of AP-LS). Interested individuals shouldsubmit a short proposal (a maximumof 1500 words will be strictly en-forced) in either a hard-copy (fourcopies) or electronic format thatincludes: (a) a cover sheet indicat-ing the title of the project, name,address, phone number, and e-mailaddress of the investigator; (b) an


Executive CommitteeE-mail Addresses

� President: Jack [email protected]

� Past President: Gail [email protected]

� Member at Large: Sol [email protected]

� Secretary: Diane [email protected]

� Member at Large: PatriciaGriffin, [email protected]

� Member at Large: Steve Hart

� President Elect: Jim [email protected]

� Newsletter Editor: Randy [email protected]

� Publications Editor: RonRoesch, [email protected]

� Law & Human BehaviorEditor: Rich Wiener


To have your event listed in theupcoming AP-LS NEWS,submit it to:Randy OttoMental Health Law & PolicyFlorida Mental Health InstituteUniversity of South Florida13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.Tampa, FL 33612-3899813/974-4510FAX 813/974-9327E-mail: [email protected]

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abstract of 100 words or less sum-marizing the project; (c) purpose,theoretical rationale, and signifi-cance of the project; (d) proceduresto be employed; and, (e) specificamount requested, including a bud-get.

Applicants should include a discus-sion of the feasibility of the research(e.g., if budget is for more than $500,indicate source of remaining funds).Applicants should also indicate thatIRB approval has been obtained, oragree that it will be prior to initiat-ing the project. Hard copies shouldbe sent to: Dr. Wendy Heath,Rider University Psychology De-partment, Lawrenceville, NJ08648. Electronic submissions canbe submitted via e-mail [email protected] (cut and pasteyour submission into your e-mail orinclude an attached file in text(ASCII) format).

Committee members: WendyHeath, Rider University; MargaretBull Kovera, Florida InternationalUniversity; and Mindy Rosenberg,Private Practice.

There are two deadlines each year:September 30 and January 31.

Wendy HeathAP-LS Grants-in-AidCommittee ChairPhone: 609/895-5425E-mail: [email protected] n

tional Alliance for the Mentally Ill.This coalition advocated stronglyfor the inclusion of an amendmentoffered by Senators Pete Domenici(R-N.M.) and Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) to the Health InsurancePortability and Accountability Actthat would prohibit private healthplans from placing coverage andfinancial limits on mental health ser-vices that are not placed on medi-cal services.

After months of intensive advo-cacy work, the Coalition recentlywon a major victory for mentalhealth consumers and providerswhen Congress passed a versionof the Domenici-Wellstone mentalhealth parity amendment. Thenewly-enacted provision prohibitsinsurers from imposing annual andlifetime dollar limits on mentalhealth benefits that are not imposedon medical and surgical benefits.Without a united mental health ad-vocacy community to confront thebusiness community�s fierce at-tacks on the amendment, the par-ity provision would most likely havebeen defeated.

Once a law has been passed, gov-ernment relations staff must workwith federal departments and agen-cies to ensure that regulations andrules which apply the law are fa-vorable to psychology.

Government relations regulatorystaff complement the efforts oftheir legislative colleagues by work-ing with federal regulatory agen-cies to promote psychology�s fed-eral agenda. In this capacity, staffare responsible for oversight, de-velopment and implementation ofcomplex initiatives designed to fa-cilitate the enhancement of profes-sional psychology in federal regu-lations and policy. This work takesmany forms.


CommentaryGovernment Relations

islation to improve patient accessto psychologists� services in Medi-care partial hospital programs. Thelegislative efforts of SenatorsInouye and Conrad resulted fromyears of relationship-building, andrepresent important strides for theAPA as an advocacy organization.

Once a bill has been introduced oran amendment offered, govern-ment relations staff works to seekcosponsorship and other members�support for the legislation. Often apiece of legislation will have an im-pact on other interest groups. Insuch instances, the government re-lations department generally seeksto build the broadest possible baseof support for the legislation throughcoalition activity with other mentalhealth advocates and consumergroups. The premise for coalitionbuilding is �strength in numbers.�Congress is more likely to addressan issue that many constituents sup-port than one that impacts only afew.

For instance, the APA formed theCoalition for Fairness in Mental Ill-ness Coverage with other groups,including the American PsychiatricAssociation, the National MentalHealth Association, and the Na-



Upcoming Events

Time to RegisterThe InternationalCongress of AppliedPsychology

The organizers of the 24th Inter-national Congress of Applied Psy-chology, taking place August 9-14,1998 in San Francisco, have issueda circular, which includes Congressregistration and housing reservationmaterials. The early registrationdeadline is April 1, 1998.

Hosted by the American Psycho-logical Association (APA) on be-half of the International Associa-tion of Applied Psychology, theCongress program will feature anarray of individual and group pre-sentations.

The Congress program will alsooffer: an exhibit of major publish-ing, technological, and psychologi-cal companies; continuing educa-tion workshops; site visits to clin-ics, laboratories, and industrial set-tings; and excursions to nearbytourist attractions.

To request a copy of the circular,contact:

Congress SecretariatAPA Office of International Affairs750 First Street, NEWashington, DC 20002-4242

Fax: 202/336-5956E-mail: [email protected] n

AP-LS/EAPLConference inDublin

AP-LS will join with its Europeancounterpart, the European Associa-tion of Psychology and Law, to co-sponsor a conference to be held inDublin. The conference will be heldJuly 6-9, 1999. We are very ex-cited about the prospects of joiningwith our European colleagues andthe conference organizers hope thatthis will serve to facilitate scholarlycollaboration and exchanges be-tween members of our two organi-zations. The co-chairs of the con-ference are David Carson, a lawprofessor at the University ofSouthampton, England, who willrepresent EAPL, and Ron Roesch,who will represent AP-LS. Infor-mation about submission of papersand other details of the conferencewill be circulated in the coming year,but for now, the conference co-chairs wanted to alert members tothe conference and hope that manyof you will plan to attend.

Ronald RoeschDirector, Mental Health, Law,and Policy InstituteSimon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC V5A 1S6

Phone: 604/291-3370Fax: 604/291-3427E-mail: [email protected] n


First and foremost, staff preparesextensive written responses to im-portant proposed federalrulemaking which could affect thepractice of psychology, with aheavy emphasis on issues pertain-ing to Medicare, Social SecurityDisability, and the Civilian Healthand Medical Program of theArmed Services (CHAMPUS).Moreover, written testimony is fre-quently submitted to the PhysicianPayment Review Commission, anonpartisan Congressional thinktank responsible for advising Con-gress on Medicare payment issuesas well as other health care reformconcerns.

Government relations staff closelymonitor the activities of federalregulatory agencies; meet with se-nior level agency officials to advo-cate on behalf of professional psy-chology; respond to requests for re-search, assistance and advice fromstate associations, members, andAPA divisions; and notify membersregarding relevant changes inMedicare law and policy.

The activities of the regulatorystaff encompass working closelywith APA members who serve asliaisons to the American MedicalAssociation Health Care Profes-sional Advisory Committees on re-imbursement and coding issues.APA has been actively involved inthe work of these committees forthe past three years. The commit-tees serve a critical function in ad-vising the AMA, which in turnmakes recommendations to HCFAon payment to Medicare providersand has thereby served as a pow-erful ally to psychologists.

Government relations staff workclosely with APA members on is-sues relating to Medicare coding



Editor Production Editors Student EditorRandy K. Otto Michelle Kunkel Alicia Hall

Kelly M. Lyon

American Psychology - Law Society News

The American Psychology-Law Society News is a publication devoted to dissemination of infor-mation, news, and commentary about psychology, mental health, and the law. The newsletter ispublished spring/summer, fall, and winter. Please submit materials in both written format and oneither an IBM-PC compatible or Macintosh disk. Files may be written with any major word pro-cessing application and saved in both that format and in ASCII (DOS) or Text (Macintosh) for-mats. Indicate the application and version used on the disk.

Send submissions to:Randy K. Otto / MHH 115Dept. of Mental Health Law & PolicyFlorida Mental Health Institute / USF13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.Tampa, Florida 33612-3899

How to contact the editors:Phone 813/974-4510, Fax: 813/974-9327Via Internet: [email protected]@[email protected]

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state or for their division. Staff pro-vides the coordinators with themost up-to-date information re-garding ongoing federal advocacyactivities.

Federal advocacy coordinators andpsychologists in every state continu-ally work to educate their membersof Congress. Their goal is to de-velop �key contact� relationships sostrong that the legislators will bothsupport psychology legislation andcontact psychologists in the stateor district before taking any actionon an issue affecting the practiceof psychology. Through key con-tact relationships, organized psy-chology is able to secure supportfor favorable legislation by deliver-ing its message to important mem-bers of Congress during their de-liberations.

At times government relations staffmust mobilize large numbers of psy-chologists to communicate withCapitol Hill on a vital piece of leg-islation under consideration. Thisgrassroots action may take theform of letters, calls or electronicmail to Congress, as well as face-to-face meetings between constitu-

and reimbursement. Staff are cur-rently working with APA membersdesignated to advise HCFA con-tractors on two important projects.One involves the development ofnew descriptors for ICD-10 codesrelating to mental health. Anotherinvolves the development of re-source-based practice expensesunder the Medicare fee schedule.

By organizing at the local level andexpressing their views to Membersof Congress as constituents, indi-vidual psychologists hold the key tosuccessful federal advocacy.

A strong, national �grassroots� net-work of psychologists supplementsthe Practice Directorate s advo-cacy efforts on behalf of the prac-tice of psychology. Elected leadersmust hear from their psychologist-constituents to be persuaded to sup-port legislation, especially if the leg-islation is controversial.

Each state and practice divisionappoints a federal advocacy coor-dinator responsible for developinga network of psychologists in their

ent-psychologists and their legisla-tors.

For example, in the recently wonbattle regarding the Domenici-Wellstone mental health parityamendment, the Practice Director-ate sponsored an APA LegislativeHotline. This hotline, a toll-freenumber, resulted in nearly 4,000calls and more than 16,500 faxedletters to Members� offices in sup-port of the parity amendment. Thegrassroots activity initiated throughthe hotline was a major factor lead-ing to the passage of the amend-ment.

The government relations depart-ment s past, present and future ef-forts on the legislative and regula-tory fronts are critical componentsof a foundation upon which the di-rectorate is building the future ofprofessional psychology. Equallyimportant is the participation ofAPA members in the legislative andregulatory process. Psychologistscan find out more about how theycan have a role in charting the fu-ture of professional psychology bycontacting the government relationsdepartment in the Practice Direc-torate. n



The Best Western Sunrise Hotel islocated right across the street fromthe Crowne Plaza. It offers lessexpensive accommodations (cur-rently $79 single/double or $89 fora marina view; $10 each for a thirdand fourth person in the room). Thehotel does not make block room res-ervations; they advise calling atleast two weeks in advance to en-sure room availability. The numberis 800/334-7384 or 310/376-0746.

Call for Papers

The submission deadline is Octo-ber 15, 1997. Submissions on top-ics in all areas of psychology andlaw are invited. Proposals describ-ing novel applications of psychol-ogy to law, those that are empiri-cally-based, and those on topicsthat have not been prominent dur-ing recent meetings, such as cor-rections, are particularly welcome.Papers authored or co-authored bystudents are encouraged.

Proposals must include:

1. Face sheet listing the name, af-filiation, mailing address, andphone number, and e-mail ad-dress of the primary author;names and affiliations of co-authors; whether proposal is fora single paper, poster, or sym-posium; and indicating whetherauthors would like the submis-sion considered for a poster ifnot accepted as a paper.

2. Five copies of the proposal pre-pared for anonymous review.The proposal should include a150-word abstract and shouldnot exceed 1,500 words.

If you are proposing a symposium,you do not need to prepare sepa-rate proposals for each paper (i.e.,one proposal of approximately1,500 words is sufficient).

Send proposals via either U.S. mailor e-mail to:

Beth WigginsFederal Judicial Center (RES)One Columbus Circle N.E.Washington, D.C. 20002-8003

E-mail: [email protected]

If you do not have an e-mail ad-dress, please send a legal-sizedstamped envelope addressed to theprimary author. If you have anyquestions or comments about theprogram, please contact one of theprogram chairs: Melissa Warren,[email protected], 202/336-6010 or Beth Wiggins,[email protected], 202/273-4073.

Reviewers Needed

Regular and student AP-LS mem-bers are needed to review Biennialprogram proposals. If you are in-terested, please contact MelissaWarren, [email protected],202/336-6010 or Beth Wiggins,[email protected], 202/273-4073.

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AP-LS Biennial ConferenceRedondo Beach, California

SyllabusPsychology-LawSyllabus CollectionUpdating

The AP-LS Careers and TrainingCommittee is in the process of so-liciting syllabi for the 4th Edition ofthe syllabus collection. If you teacha course related to psychology andlaw at either the undergraduate orgraduate level, please send a copyof the syllabus and a diskette withthe file in Word or Wordperfect to:

Edie GreeneDept. of PsychologyUniversity of ColoradoColorado Springs, CO 80933

Or e-mail to:[email protected] n

Redondo BeachMarch 5 throughMarch 7, 1998


Call for NominationsSaleem Shah Early CareerAward, 1998

Contributions toLaw-Psychology Research

Nominations are sought for the Saleem Shah Award, co-sponsored by the American Psychology-Law Society/Di-vision 41 of APA, and the American Academy of Foren-sic Psychology. (No self-nominations, please.) The Awardwill be made in 1998 for early career excellence in law-psychology research. Eligible individuals must have re-ceived the doctoral degree (or the doctoral degree ORlaw degree, whichever comes later, if both degrees havebeen earned) within the last six years. A brief letter, out-lining the nominee�s contributions in this area, should besent to:

Kirk HeilbrunDepartment of PsychologyAllegheny University of the Health Sciences, MS 626Broad & Vine StreetsPhiladelphia, PA 19102-1192

Fax: 215/762-8625E-mail: [email protected]

Nominees should also send a vita and representative pub-lications or other work samples. The award confers a$2,000 honorarium and the opportunity to deliver an in-vited address at the APA Annual Convention. Nomina-tions must be received by November 1, 1997. n

AP-LS DeadlinesMark Your CalendarPlease note the following important deadlines for variousAP-LS/Division 41 activities.

October 15, 1997 - Call for papers deadline for 1998Biennial Conference (see page 24).

November 1, 1997 - Call for nominations for SaleemShah Award (see page 22).

January 1, 1998 - Applications for AP-LSDissertation Awards are due (see page 22).

January 15, 1998 - Applications for AAFPDissertation Funding (see page 17).

January 31, 1998 - Applications for AP-LSGraduate Research Funding (see page 17). n

If you would like to include your announcement, callfor papers, fellowship or position vacancy in the nextAP-LS Newsletter, contact Randy Otto at 813/974-4510 or via the Internet at: [email protected] n

AP-LSAnnouncements andUpdates

Dissertation Awards1997 AP-LSDissertation Award Program

The American Psychology-Law Society confersDissertation Awards for scientific research andscholarship that is relevant to the promotion of theinterdisciplinary study of psychology and law. Per-sons who will have completed dissertations in 1997that are related to basic or applied research in psy-chology and law, including its application top publicpolicy, are encouraged to submit their dissertationsfor consideration for the awards. First, second, andthird place awards are conferred.

To apply for the 1997 Awards, one copy of the com-pleted dissertation, along with a letter of supportfrom the dissertation chair, should be sent by Janu-ary 1, 1998, to:

Caton Roberts, ChairAP-LS Dissertation Awards Committee4914 Bayfield TerraceMadison, WI 53705 n

Honorary Degree

Another Feather in the Cap

AP-LS member John Monahan was awarded thehonorary degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa,by John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY.

This honor was conferred, �In recognition of hisinvaluable contribution to our understanding of vio-lent behavior....� Presented at commencement, Johnwas honored for his significant contributions to thefield of forensic psychology. n


Call for Papers and ManuscriptsLaw andHuman BehaviorThe First 20 Years

Law and Human Behavior invitesmanuscript submissions for a spe-cial issue celebrating the 20th anni-versary of the inception of the jour-nal. We are interested in develop-ing a special issue that reviews vari-ous areas within the field of law andpsychology from an empirical andconceptual perspective. We intendto publish articles that bring togetherprograms or bodies of research thatcontribute to our understanding ofa topic area within law and psychol-ogy. One goal of the issue is to rep-resent the field broadly. To this end,we would especially welcomemanuscripts that represent bodiesof work that have not yet receivedadequate attention from psycholegalscholars. Manuscripts that discussthe contributions of the field to lawor that analyze the discipline as awhole are welcomed as well. Theselatter papers should focus on theconceptual underpinnings of anarea of psychology and law. Finally,international and cross-cultural per-spectives will be considered.

The editor for this issue is JamesR.P. Ogloff of the Mental Health,Law, and Policy Institute at SimonFraser University. Four copies ofmanuscripts should be sent to:

James R.P. OgloffDepartment of PsychologySimon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, British ColumbiaCanada V5A 1S6

E-mail: [email protected]

Manuscripts must be postmarkedno later than November 1, 1997.n

Behavioral Science andMental Health Issues inLaw Enforcement

A forthcoming special issue of Be-havioral Sciences and the Lawwill be devoted to Behavioral Sci-ence and Mental Health Issues inLaw Enforcement. Possible top-ics include but are not limited to:criminal investigation; interrogationtactics; waiver of rights by suspects;voluntariness of confessions; reli-ability of lineups and other identifi-cation procedures; criminal profil-ing; crime scene analysis; manage-ment of mentally impaired suspectsand perpetrators; treatment of dis-tressed and impaired law enforce-ment personnel; police personnelselection procedures; psychologicaland psychiatric consultation to lawenforcement agencies; and policecorruption and brutality.

Manuscripts should be 20-35double-spaced pages adhering tothe style requirements of theAmerican Psychological Associa-tion Publication Manual or the 15thEdition of the Uniform System ofCitation, contain a 150 word ab-stract, and be submitted in triplicateto:

Charles Patrick EwingSenior EditorBehavioral Sciences and the Law723 O�Brian HallState University of New YorkBuffalo, New York 14260.

For further information direct e-mailto [email protected] or call716/645-2770.

Deadline for Submission isMarch 1, 1998. n


Perspectives in Law andPsychologyBook Series

AP-LS sponsors a book series, Per-spectives in Law and Psychology,published by Plenum Press. Theseries publishes scholarly work thatadvances the field of psychologyand law by contributing to its theo-retical and empirical knowledgebase. Topics of books in progressinclude forensic assessment, sexualharassment, judicial decision mak-ing, and juvenile accountability. Theseries is expanding and the editoris interested in proposals for newbooks. Inquiries and proposalsfrom potential authors should besent to:

Ronald Roesch, Series Editor936 Peace Portal DriveP.O. Box 8014-153Blaine, WA 98231-8014

Office: 604/291-3370Fax: 604/291-3427E-mail: [email protected] n

EmploymentDiscrimination

Behavioral Sciences and the Lawwill devote a special issue to Em-ployment Discrimination. Potentialcontributions can focus on any rel-evant topic; however, we especiallyare interested in manuscripts thataddress issues relevant to theAmericans with Disabilities Act.

Preference will be given to manu-scripts received by June 1, 1998.Manuscripts should be twenty tothirty double-spaced pages. Fail-


1998 AP-LS Biennial Conference

The 1998 AP-LS Biennial Conference will be held in RedondoBeach, California at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on March 5 -7, 1998 Proposals for symposia, papers, and posters are in-vited. The submission deadline is October 15, 1997. Submis-sions on topics in all areas of psychology and law are in-vited. Proposals describing novel applications of psychol-ogy to law, those that are empirically-based, and those ontopics that have not been prominent during recent meet-ings, such as corrections, are particularly welcome. Papersauthored or co-authored by students are encouraged.

Proposals must include:

1. Face sheet listing the name, affiliation, mailing address,and phone number, and E-mail address of the primaryauthor; names and affiliations of co-authors; whetherproposal is for a single paper, poster, or symposium; andindicating whether authors would like the submissionconsidered for a poster if not accepted as a paper.

2. Five copies of the proposal prepared for anonymousreview. The proposal should include a 150-word abstractand should not exceed 1,500 words.

Send proposals via either U.S. mail to:

Beth Wiggins, Federal Judicial Center (RES)One Columbus Circle N.E.Washington, D.C. 20002-8003

Or E-mail to: [email protected].

If you do not have an E-mail address, please send a legal-sized stamped envelope addressed to the primary author.If you have any questions or comments about the program,please contact one of the program chairs: Melissa Warren,[email protected], 202/336-6010 or Beth Wiggins,[email protected], 202/273-4073.

Reviewers Needed

Regular and student AP-LS members are neededto review Biennial program proposals. If you areinterested, please contact:

Melissa Warren [email protected],202/336-6010 or Beth Wiggins, [email protected], 202/273-4073. n

Call for PapersContinued from page 23

ure to conform to the style require-ments of the newest PublicationManual of the American Psycho-logical Association or the 15th edi-tion of a Uniform System of Cita-tion may lead to rejection of manu-script. Submissions must containa 150 word abstract.

Send three copies (2 of which needto be prepared so that they can be�blind-reviewed�) to either of thespecial issue editors, Alan Tomkinsor Peter Blanck.

Professor Tomkins can be reachedat the University of Nebraska-Lin-coln, Law/Psychology Program,335 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, NE68588-0308 USA. Tel: 402/472-3743; FAX: 402/472-4637; E-mail:[email protected].

Professor Blanck can be reachedat the University of Iowa, Collegeof Law, Iowa City, IA 52242-1113. Tel: 319/335-9043; FAX:319/335-9019; E-mail:[email protected] n


APA Convention, ChicagoThe student section hosted a suc-cessful symposium this year per-taining to Psychology-Law Intern-ships, Academic Careers, and Non-traditional Careers. The sympo-sium featured a discussion on fo-rensic vs. clinical internships, whatinternship sites and universities arelooking for, and applied research inthe judicial branch of government.

The Executive Committee voted toexpand the funding for the Grantsin Aid program. Additionally, Stu-dents are reminded about the AP-LS Dissertation Awards.

Biennial ConventionStudents that are first authors willreceive a waived registration feefor the biennial convention inRedondo Beach, California. Addi-tionally, we are soliciting studentsto review proposals. If you are in-terested please contact Lori Buttsat her email address and includeyour regular mailing address. n

Student Column

Student Sec-tion ElectionsThe results ofthis year�s stu-dent sectionelection were an-nounced at theAPA conventionin Chicago. TheChair Elect isM e l i s s aWestendorf fromthe J.D./Ph.D.program atVillanova Schoolof Law & Al-legheny Univer-sity. The Secre-tary/Treasurer is

Tom Hecker from the Clinical Ph.D.program at Temple University. TheNewsletter Editor is Chris Meissnerfrom Florida State University.Lynne Sullivan from Simon FraserUniversity has been appointed asthe Biennial Conference Chair.

The Student Section would like torecognize Barbara Watts, PastChair, for her leadership and dedi-cation to AP-LS. Additionally, bothLori Thomas and Trudi Kirk pro-vided the Student Section with hardwork and enthusiasm.

The Student Section officers wel-come any comments or suggestionsfrom student members, our emailaddresses are listed on this page.Also, the student section is creat-ing a page to be included with theAP-LS web page. This will facili-tate communication between the of-ficers and the student members andwill be updated regularly so look forit soon!

Chair, Lori [email protected]

Chair Elect, Melissa [email protected]

Past Chair, Barbara [email protected]

Secretary-Treasurer, Tom [email protected]

Student Newsletter Editor,Chris [email protected]

Biennial Convention Chair,Lynne [email protected]

AP-LS Student OfficersE-mail Addresses

Call for Programs

1998 APAConventionSan FranciscoAugust 14-18, 1998

Proposals for workshops, symposia,discussion hours, papers, or postersare welcome. The Public InterestDirectorate will sponsor aMiniconvention on HIV/AIDS sosubmissions on this topic are en-couraged. Submission deadline isNovember 21, 1997. Detailed in-structions for submitting proposalswill be included in the October APAMonitor, or contact the programchairs.

Edith Greene, Ph.D., Program ChairDale McNiel, Ph.D., ProgramChair

Send submissions to:

Edith GreeneDept. of PsychologyUniversity of ColoradoColorado Springs, CO 80933

Phone: 719/262-4147Fax: 719/262-4500E-mail: [email protected] n


Fellows Application Deadlines

If APA keeps to its deadlines, completed applications for fellow status should bereceived by Jan. 6, 1998. The criteria for fellow status are �unusual and outstandingcontributions or performance� in the field of psychology. An applicant must completea uniform fellow form, which is sent upon request. Also send:

l Three letters of reference on APA formsl A resume with refereed articles marked offl A statement summarizing professional contributions

It is helpful, but not necessary, that the nominee�s referees be fellows if not of thedivision, then at least of APA. Nominees must hold a doctoral degree, have been an APAmember for at least one year, be engaged in the advancement of psychology in any of itsaspects, and have at least five years of professional experience after the doctorate. Ofcourse, it is expected that the individual�s unusual and outstanding contributions will bein psychology and law.

For questions or applications, contact Murray Levine, E-mail:[email protected], address: Dept. of Psychology, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo,NY 14260, phone: 716/645-3650, ext. 228, fax: 716/645-3801. n

Post DocCenter for ForensicPsychiatry

Postdoctoral Fellowshipin Forensic Psychology

The Center for Forensic Psychia-try (CFP) is accepting applicationsfor one position in its one-year Fo-rensic Psychology PostdoctoralProgram, which offers supervisedexperience in forensic psychologi-cal evaluation, consultation, and re-search in both inpatient and evalu-ation clinic settings, as well as ex-pert witness training. The fellow-ship operates in conjunction with theCFP psychiatry fellowship program,and includes the opportunity for di-dactic training at the University ofMichigan Law School. The stipendfor this one-year position is $31,000plus fringe benefits. The start-date is September 1, 1998.

Fellowships and PositionsRequirements: completion of re-quirements for Ph.D. or Psy.D. inclinical psychology from an APAaccredited doctoral program andcompletion of an APA accreditedpredoctoral internship, prior to theprogram start-date.

To Apply: Interested personsshould request an information andapplication packet from:

Tom Shazer, Associate DirectorCFP Postdoctoral FellowshipProgram, P.O. Box 2060Ann Arbor, MI 48104

For inquiries call 313/429 2531 x298,or e-mail [email protected].

The application deadline is Feb-ruary 15, 1998.

CFP is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. n

Faculty PositionSam Houston StateUniversity

Clinical Psychology (Forensic)- Assistant/Associate Professor

The Department of Psychology incollaboration with the College ofCriminal Justice at Sam HoustonState University anticipate the finalapproval this October of a newPh.D. program in Forensic ClinicalPsychology. The first students willbe admitted for the fall 1998 semes-ter. We invite applications for a ten-ure-track position in the Departmentof Psychology to begin Fall 1998.Applicants will have completed anAPA accredited program and in-ternship in Clinical Psychology, andhave specialty training or experi-ence in forensic psychology. All ap-plicants should have a program ofresearch in forensic psychology andthose at the Associate level shouldalso have a history of extramuralfunding. Although applicants fromall areas of forensic clinical psychol-ogy will be seriously considered, weare especially interested in thosewith expertise in neuropsychologyof child/adolescent forensic issues.Duties will include supervising clini-cal practica (therapy and/or testing),supervising research, and teaching.Please send a letter of inquiry, vita,three letters of recommendation,and representative publications byNovember 30, 1997 to:

David K. MarcusDepartment of PsychologySam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, TX 77341-2447

SHSU is one of the largestpublic state-assisted universitiesin Texas, with 12,800 studentsand 450 faculty and is locatednear the Houston metroplex.SHSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity. n


Clinical PositionForensicPsychologist

Fee for Service position in largegroup practice located in NorthernNJ. New Jersey license or eligibil-ity required. Must be experiencedin criminal and family matters.Excellent opportunity for growthand expansion. Fee ranges: $125-200 per hour. Mail or fax CV to:

Specialized Therapy Associates83 Summit AvenueHackensack, NJ 07601

Phone: 201/488-6678Fax: 201/488-6224 n

APA Board of Directors

Wildcard Plan


The Bylaws amendment will be mailedto the membership on November 2,1997, and will be due back in 45 days.

In response to the hopes expressed bythe Committee for Ethnic Minority Af-fairs and the Board for the Advance-ment of Psychology in the Public In-terest that units with more than oneseat would designate one of their seatsas a minority seat in order to increaseethnic minority representation onCouncil, Council voted to approve thefollowing resolution:

WHEREAS Council has acknowledgedthe under-representation of ethnic mi-nority persons among the represen-tatives of Council.

WHEREAS The just-passed resolutionon allocation of seats on the Councilof Representatives creates an oppor-tunity further to diversify the represen-tation on Council.

AND WHEREAS CEMA, the Commit-tee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, recom-mended to the Task Force that some ofthe new seats in the �Wild Card� planbe used to increase the diversity ofCouncil.

MOTION: It is the sense of Councilthat the change in allocation of seatson the C/R offers state and provincialpsychological associations and divi-sions an unprecedented opportunityto effect change. To that end, Councilrecommends: (a) that those previouslyunrepresented state and provisionalpsychological associations and divi-sions that receive a seat be encour-aged to fill the seat with an ethnic mi-nority person, and (b) those state andprovincial psychological associationsand divisions with existing seats be

encouraged to fill the additional seatwith an ethnic minority representative.

This is a rare moment in the history ofAPA, one in which a proposal for sig-nificant change enjoys very wide-spread support. We believe that thisreflects the fact that the Wildcard planis a �win-win� plan, in which everyonegives a little something and gets some-thing in return, and which also en-hances the representation of the disci-pline and profession of psychology inall of its facets. We feel that these re-sults bode well not only for the pro-posal at hand, but also for the use ofmediation to resolve conflict betweenconstituencies in the Association. n

Postdoctoral FellowshipForensic Psychology

The University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Department of Psy-chiatry, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Mental Health, is offeringa 12-month postdoctoral fellowship in Forensic Psychology, beginning Septem-ber, 1998. Clinical training sites include Western Missouri Mental Health Center inKansas City, Missouri, and St. Joseph State Hospital in St. Joseph, Missouri.Didactic curriculum will include contributions from members of the Departments ofPsychology and Psychiatry at both clinical sites, as well as from faculty at theUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

Educational and training components include: overview of relevant legal issues;psycho-legal research; pre-trial examinations; expert witnessing; treatment andrisk assessment of forensic patients; and related activities, with approval of pro-gram director. Stipend is approximately $25,000, plus benefits (State of Missouri).Applicants should have earned doctorates in Clinical or Counseling Psychologyfrom APA-approved programs and have experience and/or strong interest in work-ing with forensic populations.

Applications will be accepted through April 1, 1998, and should include:1. Brief statement of training interests and goals2. Curriculum vita3. Two sample psychological reports4. Three letters of reference from individuals familiar with your clinical

experiences5. A letter from the director of your training program verifying

successful completion of doctoral degree requirements6. Doctoral program transcripts.

For additional information contact:

Steven A. Mandracchia or Daniel L. BirminghamDepartment of Forensic Services, Western Missouri Mental Health Center600 East 22nd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64108. Or call 816/512-4101 n

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The American Psychology-Law Society is a division of the American PsychologicalAssociation and is comprised of individuals interested in psychology and law issues.AP-LS encourages APA members, graduate and undergraduate students, and personsin related fields to consider membership in the Division. APA membership is not re-quired for membership in the American Psychology-Law Society. Student member-ships are encouraged. To join, complete the form below and send with dues to:Cathleen Oslzly, Dept. of Psychology, 209 Burnett Hall, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln,Lincoln, NE 68588-0308, (E-mail: [email protected]).

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