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The tender years doctrine, or the practice of awarding infants and young children to mothers in custody disputes, was employed...

Social-emotional assessment in school psychology plays a pivotal role in fostering students’ emotional well-being, interpersonal skills, and overall development. This...

This article focuses on the psychology of procedural justice (PJ) and the law. PJ is a judgment about the fairness of...

The Parenting Stress Index (PSI), developed by Richard Abidin in 1976, is a screening and diagnostic assessment tool commonly used...

Sociometric assessment plays a crucial role in understanding and fostering social dynamics in educational settings. This article delves into the...

Child rearing has always been one of life’s major challenges and potential sources of self-fulfillment. In today’s world, divorce and...

Written language assessment plays a pivotal role in school psychology, offering a comprehensive understanding of students’ literacy development and facilitating...

Prosecutorial misconduct is any courtroom behavior on the part of the prosecutor that violates trial rules and denies defendants their...

The Parent-Child Relationship Inventory (PCRI) is a 78-item self-report instrument designed to measure mothers’ and fathers’ perceptions of their relationship...

This article explores the fundamental role of behavioral concepts in the field of school psychology, emphasizing their significance in understanding...

Two general types of incidence surveys exist: the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) and the Crime Victim Surveys (CVS). The former...

This article explores the concept of behavioral momentum within the context of school psychology, illuminating its theoretical foundations and practical...

Child custody evaluation (also known as evaluation of parental responsibility) refers to the use of the legal system to resolve...

Classical conditioning, a fundamental concept in psychology, holds substantial relevance within the field of school psychology. This article explores the...

Psychologists are often asked to evaluate and to provide testimony about parental capacity. The Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory, a...

In the field of school psychology, the concept of generalization plays a pivotal role in understanding and shaping student behavior...

The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), developed by Mary Main and associates, has been identified as an effective, psychometrically sound instrument...

This article delves into the concept of keystone behaviors in school psychology, examining their definition, theoretical underpinnings, identification, and intervention...

The Ackerman-Schoendorf Parent Evaluation of Custody Test (ASPECT) was among the first forensic assessment instruments developed specifically for use in...

Operant conditioning is a foundational concept in the field of school psychology, with profound implications for understanding and modifying student...

Religion has the ability to affect death penalty trials in numerous ways. The most studied include the effects of jurors’...

This article delves into the concept of schedules of reinforcement in the field of school psychology. Schedules of reinforcement are...

The issue of racial bias in the death penalty has long been a significant concern in the system of capital...

Behavioral consultation plays a pivotal role in the domain of school psychology, serving as a collaborative and evidence-based approach to...

Mental retardation and the death penalty has been a controversial topic for decades. The U.S. Supreme Court has found, in...

Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC) is a collaborative and evidence-based approach in school psychology that bridges the gap between school, home,...

Mental illness and the death penalty have been a controversial topic for decades. The U.S. Supreme Court has found that...

Cross-cultural consultation in school psychology is a critical framework for addressing behavioral and academic challenges in increasingly diverse educational settings....

Ecobehavioral consultation in school psychology represents an evolving framework for understanding and addressing behavioral issues in the complex and interconnected...

This article explores the critical role of mental health consultation within the field of school psychology. It delves into the...

This article explores the multifaceted role of social class in school psychology, shedding light on its profound impact on educational...

The article on ethnicity in school psychology examines the pivotal role of ethnicity in the field of school psychology, emphasizing...

This article on gender in school psychology delves into the multifaceted intersection of gender dynamics with education, emphasizing the significance...

The article on race in school psychology delves into the intricate dynamics of race and its profound impact on the...

This article provides a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted role of socioeconomic status (SES) in the field of school psychology....

This article explores the critical role of school psychologists in understanding and addressing developmental milestones across the lifespan of students....

Egocentrism, a fundamental concept in the field of psychology, is characterized by the cognitive and emotional tendency to view the...

The interrogation of those suspected of wrongdoing, although of great importance to society, has not been researched extensively compared with...

Police selection is a process by which police agencies decide on which applicants are suitable for law enforcement training. The...

Criminal cases often hinge on the testimony of eyewitnesses; sometimes those eyewitnesses are police officers. Police eyewitnesses perform the same...

A fitness-for-duty evaluation (FFDE) is just what the term suggests, an evaluation of an individual’s fitness to do his or...

A false confession is a narrative admission to a crime that is made, orally or in writing, by an innocent...

Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is an interdisciplinary approach to the study and practice of law and the role of legal actors....

A number of different methods are used to treat substance abuse. The most common method often used by treatment facilities...

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) allow competent persons to document advance instructions for their future mental health treatment or designate a...

Proxy decision making (also known as substituted judgment) refers to the use of the legal system to replace one person’s...

Patients who are subjected to involuntary hospitalization in a psychiatric facility or who accept voluntary admission retain certain rights within...

Mental health courts are specialty criminal courts with a separate docket to deal with mentally ill persons, who are disproportionately...