Fordham University Fall 2014, PSYC4340.1 [EP4, Senior values seminar] Harold Takooshian, PhD office 916F 636-6393/ 6391 [email protected] Tue 5-6, Fri 4-5, & by appt. Robert Emmons, JD office 916A 212-661-7300 [email protected] [email protected] Law & psychology ** Readings: E. Greene, & K. Heilbrun (2014/2011). Wrightsman’s psychology and the legal system. (8/7 ed.) Belmont CA: Wadsworth. www.coursesmart.com/9781133956563?__professorview=false&__hdv=6.8 plus selected articles. Reference: S.M. Fulero & L.S. Wrightsman (2009). Forensic psychology (3 ed.). Belmont CA: Wadsworth. [454 p.] L.S. Wrightsman, A.L. Batson, & V.A. Edkins. (Eds.). (2004). Measures of legal attitudes. Belmont CA: Wadsworth. [31 scales] www.ap-ls.org www.apa.org www.spssi.org/ny http://astcweb.org Fridays 6-8:45 pm, room 816 Sep 5 12 Introduction; legal research 1-24 [9:50 am] Bronx Criminal Court visit 19 Policework, law, behavioral science Takooshian'81 25-44, 174-179; Basler'80; Wolinsky'82; Beavers'99 Caffrey’11; Takooshian'12a 69-92; Knapp'72; Rabasca'00; Takooshian’07 26 Jeffrey Deskovic: "False Confessions" Deskovic'07; Takooshian'12b; Yaniv'14 Victims of crime 119-131; Rieff'77; Symonds'80 [practice exam] The concerned citizen O'Connor'84; Bodinger'82; Bassiouni'83; Angels'93; Bellune'81; Takooshian'83; Barsumyan'92 The criminal justice process Oct 3 *10 Kevin Cook, "Kitty Genovese: 50 years later" 17 E X A M 1. 24 Evidence & Law: Witnesses, confessions, entrapment 93-108 witness; 162-173 confess; Kassin’12 Buckhout'75; Wells'00; Emmons'10 31 Evidence & Science: Hypnosis, polygraph 146-154 profile, 154-162 deception; Frye'23; Gentile'79 Nov 7 The court in principle 188-196 trial; 266-283 jury; US v Wade'64 14 The court in practice 294-318 juries; 283-286 jury work; Andrews'82; Seltzer-06 21 Corrections 45-68 crime; 319-328 corrections 28 [ THANKSGIVING ] _____ Dec 5 [Open session] 12 [Open session] 19 E X A M 2. ** The course grade is based on the 2 of these 3 scores (50% each): 2 exams equally, and one optional research report (due Dec 12). Class participation and exercises are taken into account. This schedule is flexible, to allow for class discussion and guest speakers.