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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law : an Official Law Review of the University of Arizona College of Law and the University of Miami School of Law

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law is an esteemed law review journal affiliated with the University of Arizona College of Law and the University of Miami School of Law. This interdisciplinary publication explores the intersection of psychology, public policy, and law, providing insightful research and analysis on topics such as criminal justice, mental health, discrimination, and legal decision-making. With a focus on promoting evidence-based policies and practices, this journal serves as a valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in the field.

Details
Abbr. Psychol Public Policy Law
Start 1995
End Continuing
Frequency Quarterly
p-ISSN 1076-8971
Country United States
Language English
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 4734 75
SJR / Ranks: 5650 762
CiteScore / Ranks: 7421 3.60
Recent Articles
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Kaasa S, Tatar 2nd J, Dezember A, Cauffman E
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2019 Mar; 24(4):418-429. PMID: 30906181
The current study examined perceptions of fair treatment in a past court experience among a sample of incarcerated youth (n = 364). Perceptions were compared for youth whose cases were...
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Stolzenberg S, McWilliams K, Lyon T
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2018 Nov; 24(3):379-392. PMID: 30479470
Children's memories for their conversations are commonly explored in child abuse cases. In two studies, we examined conversational recall in 154 4- to 9-year-old children's reports of an interaction with...
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Stevenson M, Fabricius W, Braver S, Cookston J
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2018 Nov; 24(3):365-378. PMID: 30410297
Petitions by custodial parents to relocate children away from non-custodial parents present difficult choices for family courts. In the current study, the sample (N = 81) was randomly recruited through...
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Fitzgerald R, Price H, Valentine T
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2018 Aug; 24(3):307-325. PMID: 30100702
The medium used to present lineup members for eyewitness identification varies according to the location of the criminal investigation. Although in some jurisdictions live lineups remain the default procedure, elsewhere...
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Van Ryzin M, Fishbein D, Biglan A
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2018 May; 24(1):128-143. PMID: 29731600
This paper reviews research suggesting that the prevention of intergenerational poverty will be enhanced if we add evidence-based family and school prevention programs to existing efforts to reduce poverty in...
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Reyna V, Hans V, Corbin J, Yeh R, Lin K, Royer C
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2017 Oct; 21(3):280-294. PMID: 29075092
Despite the importance of damage awards, juries are often at sea about the amounts that should be awarded, with widely differing awards for cases that seem comparable. We tested a...
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Evans A, Stolzenberg S, Lyon T
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2017 Jun; 23(2):191-199. PMID: 28652686
"Do you know" and "Do you remember" (DYK/R) questions explicitly ask whether one knows or remembers some information while implicitly asking for that information. This study examined how 104 4-...
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Appelbaum P, Scurich N, Raad R
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2015 Aug; 21(2):134-144. PMID: 26240516
Demonstrations of a link between genetic variants and criminal behavior have stimulated increasing use of genetic evidence to reduce perceptions of defendants' responsibility for criminal behavior and to mitigate punishment....
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Stevenson M, Najdowski C, Salerno J, Wiley T, Bottoms B, Farnum K
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2015 Jun; 21(1):35-49. PMID: 26074717
We investigated whether and how a juvenile's history of experiencing sexual abuse affects public perceptions of juvenile sex offenders in a series of 5 studies. When asked about juvenile sex...
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Stolzenberg S, Lyon T
Psychol Public Policy Law . 2014 Sep; 20(1):19-30. PMID: 25242881
Little is known about how the dynamics of sexual abuse and disclosure are discussed in criminal court. We examined how attorneys ask child witnesses in sexual abuse cases ( =...