Insights Issue 2 - Vol. 18

Seeing Bugs Bunny at Disney World

by Joyce Lacy

It is an unfortunate misperception that memory is like a video recorder, faithfully recording our experiences and preserving these details so that they can be reviewed at any time. Recalling information from our memories is such a mundane experience that we rarely have reason to doubt its accuracy.

Law Review: Psychological Research, Juvenile Justice, and the Need for More Reform

By David L. Hudson, Jr.

How has research shaped the juvenile justice system? How can research help us reform it?

Lesson Three:  Are you a good eyewitness?

In this lesson, students participate in a memory exercise to help understand the limitations of memory and accuracy of eyewitness identification. Students will act as witnesses or police in a crime investigation.

The Forensic Psychology Report

by Howard Kaplan

Forensic psychologists are commonly required to offer clinical evaluations of individuals who are “involved” with the legal system. This typically entails interviewing the individuals being evaluated and may require them to testify orally in court as expert witnesses. However, essential to these evaluations is also writing a forensic psychology report. “Reports are a major work product of forensic psychologists.