The present volume consists of up-to-date review articles on topics relevant to psychology and law, and will be of current interest to the field. Notably, the majority of these topics are currently attracting a great deal of research and public policy attention in the U.S. and elsewhere, as evidenced by programs at the American Psychology-Law Society and related conferences. Topics for the present volume include: attitudes toward the police (Cole et al.), alibis (Charman et al.), hate crimes based on gender and sexual orientation (Plumm& Leighton), the role of gender at trial (Livingston et al.), neuroimages in court (Glen), intimate partner violence (Mauer& Reppucci), post-identification feedback (Douglass& Smalarz) and individual differences in eyewitness identification (Snowden& Bornstein), veterans wellbeing (Berthelot& Prager), and plea bargaining (Levett).

Brian Bornstein is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Courtesy Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (as of January 2018, on leave while serving as Law and Social Sciences Program Officer at the National Science Foundation). He has edited 13 books, most of which have been with Springer, and has authored several other scholarly books.

Monica Miller is a Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno with a split appointment between the Criminal Justice Department and the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program. She is on the editorial board of the journalPsychology, Crime& Law. She has authored 4 books and edited 6 books, including Handbook of Community Sentiment (Springer, 2015).

The co-editors have a longstanding and productive working relationship. Together, Brian and Monica are currently co-editors of the New York University book series Psychology and Crime and co-edited a volume on Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System (Oxford University Press, 2013), as well as Advances in Psychology and Law Volumes 1 and 2 (Springer, 2016; Vol. 3 is nearing completion and will be submitted in December 2017). They have also co-authored one book and over a dozen journal articles together.

 

Evaluating Coercion in Suspect Interviews and Interrogations.- The Psychology of Alibis.- Plea Bargaining: The Influence of Counsel.- Post-Identification Feedback to Eyewitnesses: Implications for System Variable Reform.- Psychological Explanations of How Gender Relates to Perceptions and Outcomes at Trial.- Sexual Orientation and Gender Bias Motivated Violent Crime.- The Law and Psychology of Bullying.- The Law and Psychology of Racial Disparities in School Discipline.- Legal and Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Addressing Teen Dating Violence.