Advances in Psychology and Law

Brian Bornstein is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Law-Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is editor of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. He has edited 14 books (including two close to completion), roughly half of which have been with Springer. 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 journal Psychology, Crime & Law. She has edited 4 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, Vol. 1" (Springer, in press). They have also co-authored one book and over a dozen journal articles together.

The Validity of Pleading Guilty.- Capital-izing Jurors: How Death Qualification Relates to Jury Composition, Jurors' Perceptions, and Trial Outcomes.- The Impact of Emotions on Juror Judgments and Decision Making.- Scientific Evidence and Juror Decision Making: Theory, Empirical Research, and Future Directions.- The Purpose, Content, and Effects of Expert Testimony on Interrogations and Confessions.- Psychology and the Federal Rules of Evidence.- An Examination of Whether Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Evidence Satisfies the Relevance/Prejudice Admissibility Standard.- A Synthetic Perspective on the Own-race Bias in Eyewitness Identification.- Risk-Reducing Interventions for Justice-Involved Individuals: A Critical Review.- Deterring Gangs: Criminal Justice Approaches and Psychological Perspectives.