PSY 5480 - Psychology and Law

Theory, research, and practice in the interaction between social scientists, mental health professionals, and the legal system of interest to psychology students, pre-law students, and practitioners in the mental health and criminal justice areas. Topics vary yearly, but exemplars are child sexual abuse, social scientists as expert witnesses, psychotherapist-patient privilege, the insanity defense, jury decision making, the death penalty, and the prediction of dangerousness.