Research Methods in Forensic Psychology	1
	Contents	7
	Contributors	11
	Acknowledgments	13
	Introduction: The Importance of AppropriateResearch Methods	15
	PAR T I: GENERAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC RESEARCH	19
	1 Legal Research Techniques for Social Scientists	21
	2 Measure Development in Forensic Psychology	44
	3 Meta-Analysis	61
	4 Forensic Psychological Research and the Internet	81
	5 Statistical Principles in Forensic Research	96
	PART II: CRIMINAL LAW—PRETRIAL ISSUES: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PRETRIAL FORENSIC ASSESSMENT	121
	6 Research Methods for Psychophysiological Deception Detection	123
	7 Criminal Profiling	140
	8 Methods in Deception Detection Research	154
	9 Competency to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility Research	174
	10 Research Methods for the Assessment of Malingering	192
	PART III: CRIMINAL LAW—TRIAL ISSUES	207
	11 Jury Research Methods	209
	12 Trial Consulting in High-Publicity Cases	233
	13 Eyewitness Identification Research: Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Methods	255
	14 Children’s Eyewitness Memory: Methodological Issues	275
	15 Procedural Justice: Theory and Method	301
	PART IV: CRIMINAL LAW— POST-TRIAL ISSUES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS	325
	16 Conducting Psychotherapy Outcome Research in Forensic Settings	327
	17 Research Methods in Violence Risk Assessment	343
	18 Psychopathy in Forensic Psychology: Assessment and Methodology	365
	19 Sex Offender Research in a Forensic Context	390
	20 Special Populations: Juvenile Offenders	418
	21 Research With Offenders With Intellectual Disability	439
	PART V: CIVIL AND FAMILY LAW ISSUES	451
	22 Decisional Competence to Consent to or Refuse Mental Health Treatment	453
	23 Methodological Issues in Divorce Mediation Research	470
	24 Research on Intimate Partner Violence in Forensically Relevant Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Controversies	487
	25 Research on Child Abuse and Neglect	505
	Author Index	525
	Subject Index	543