Monday, June 7, 2010

On the road again--blogging lite June 8-17

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I will be on the road again for the next 1.5 weeks.  I will be attending and presenting at a professional conference June 8-12.  From June ...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

iPost: Americans have low SCOTUS IQ

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Story at SLP blog link below http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2010/06/a-helpful-reminder-that-americans-dont-know-muc...

iPost: Is there racial discrim in DP juries?

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Story at Link below http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/studies-racial-discrimination-jury-selection-continues-death-penalty-cases Sent from KMc...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Updated K. McGrew blogmaster CV, Bio, and Conflict of Interest Disclosure statements

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I have made access to my CV, Bio, and Conflict of Interest Disclosure easier to find at all three of my professional blogs.  This informati...

iPost: More blow back on test author suing to stop critical scholarly article on his instrument

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http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-coverage-of-psychopathy-censorship.html Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile). (If messa...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

iPost: Federal judge rules against fMRI evidence

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Story at link below http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2010/06/federal-judge-rules-against-fmri-lie.html Sent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQM...

Brain injury outcome tests, scales and questionnaires book

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Looks like a good resource for finding descriptions of measures of outcomes post brain injury.  A Compendium of Tests, Scales and Questionn...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Court Decision: Thomas (Thomas v Allen, AL, 2010) affirmed as MR/ID

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On May 27 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that Kenneth Thomas (2010) ( click here for earlier 2009 decision) is a person with MR/...

Research Brief 5-31-2010: Forensic psychology education and training

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DeMatteo, D., Marczyk, G., Krauss, D. A., & Burl, J. (2009). Educational and Training Models in Forensic Psychology. Training and Educat...

Law Review Articles: Structural vision of habeas corpus

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Primus, E. B. (2010). A Structural Vision of Habeas Corpus. California Law Review, 98(1 ), 1-57. ( click here to view ) The article discuss...

Law Review Articles: Neuroimaging; false confessions

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Brown, T., & Murphy, E. (2010). THROUGH A SCANNER DARKLY: FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING AS EVIDENCE OF A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT'S PAST MENTAL ...

Research Briefs 5-31-10: Don't blink--you may be quilty

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Leal, S., & Vrij, A. (2010). The occurrence of eye blinks during a guilty knowledge test. Psychology Crime & Law, 16(4) , 349-357. A...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

iPost: Psychopath instrument author sues to block critical article in journal

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Hmmmm....interesting stuff related to legal challenges about validity of frequently used forensic instrument and critical journal article ...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

The Texas lawyer with a perfect death penatly record----- 100% loses

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This story has been all over the blawgosphere the past few weeks....I might as well join the bandwagon.  As the person who sent this to me ...

Court decision: So Close, Yet So Far Away – Or How the Burden of Proof Matters (Ramirez v AZ 2010) - Guest post Kevin Foley

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Below is another guest blog post (by Kevin Foley ) re: the recent denial of post conviction relief from execution due to mental retardation/...
Friday, May 28, 2010

iPost: Last words of the executed

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At DPIC blog. The book "Last words of the executed". http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/books-last-words-executed Sent from KMcGrew i...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

IiPost: Do neuropsych tests measure same abilities when translated to Spanish

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Do neuropsychological tests have the same meaning in Spanish speakers as they do in English speakers?. By Siedlecki, Karen L.; Manly, Jenni...

iPost: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law - Volume 16, Issue 2

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A new issue is available for the following APA journal: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law Volume 16, Issue 2 Insightful or wishful: Lawyer...

iPost: Adapting psych instruments to other languages: Master plans good idea

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The adaptation of assessment instruments to the various European languages. By Schweizer, Karl European Journal of Psychological Assessment...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

iPost: Good law blawgs

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Thanks to the SLP blog for listing some of the good blogs related to criminal law (check via link below) and all the news regarding DP h...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

iPost: New WISC-R to WISC III Flynn Effect study

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The Flynn Effect in the WISC Subtests Among School Children Tested for Special Education Services Tomoe Kanaya and Stephen Ceci Journal...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

iPost: justcrimes list of best free legal search engines

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iPost: fMRI lie detection and Daubert standard

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Story at MIND HACKS link below http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2010/05/brain_scan_lie_detec.html Kevin McGrew PhD Educational Psychologist...

iPost: SCOTUS Graham decision and neuroscience

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The SCOTUS decision re Graham was all over the blawgosphere the past few days. The NEUROETHICS AND LAW blog had an interesting observation...

iPost: What is best predictor of death penalty?

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Story at link below http://justcrim.typepad.com/deathpenalty/2010/05/aclu-blog-one-of-the-biggest-predictors-of-who-gets-sentenced-to-death-...

Gresham (2009): Intellectual Assessment in Atkins Cases and Use of School Diagnoses PPT

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Dr. Frank Gresham has graciously agreed to make his APA 2009 presentation "Intellectual Assessment in Atkins Cases and Use of School ...

Court decisions: Hearn v TX (2010), Dunn v LA (2010), Lizcano v TX (2010), Rodrigues v Wong (CA, 2010)

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Four recent Atkins Court Decisions have been added to the ICDP Court Decisions (n-105) blog side bar.  They are listed with a only a  ...
Monday, May 17, 2010

FYI: Miscellaneous news, law review articles, and info from the legal blogosphere.

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Various tidbits that have accumulated in my in-box over the past few weeks, as I've been busy attending to some critical non-blog relate...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

iPost: US sentencing guideline comission annual seminar

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Info at SLP link below http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2010/05/annual-national-ussc-seminar-only-a-month-away-.html...

iPost: More on fMRI evidence and the courts

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Story at link below http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2010/05/brain-research-hippocampus-hot-fmri-not.html Kevin McGrew PhD Education...