DEPARTMENT OF

Human Development



 
 
 
Law Psychology & Human Development

Within HD is a trans-disciplinary center for the integration of research and outreach in the social sciences, legal studies, and public policy. Included are scholars from the fields of developmental psychology, social psychology, organizational behavior, cognitive psychology, anthropology, sociology, and law.

Fall '09 Official LPHD Speakers!

Tom Tyler 11/6/09-MVR G87, 2:15pm   

Title:Legitimacy and criminal justice: The benefits of self-regulation

Thomas Grisso 3/5/10-MVR 114, 2:15pm

Title: TBA

Saul Kassin 4/2/10-MVR 114, 2:15pm

Title: TBA

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What HD is doing in this area

HD has scholars conduct research on, "negotiation under stress," child abuse and violence, children's disclosures legal policies, and legal decision making about children (e.g., decisions by judges, juries, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, child protective services personnel, and parents) and decisions about children's competence to participate in the legal process and children's memory as it affects their participation in the legal process (e.g., as defendants, as plaintiffs, as third-party witnesses). Law schools increasingly want to hire Ph.D.s who work at this interface and, within psychology departments, psychology and law courses are very popular.

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Courses
  • HD 2330  Children and the Law
  • HD 3190 - Memory and the Law (Law students may petition to take for credit)
  • HD 4200 - Laboratory in Risk and Rational Decision Making (Law students may petition to take for credit)
  • HD 4140 - Social and Psychological Aspects of the Death Penalty (Law students may petition to take for credit)
  • PSYCH 2650 - Psychology and Law
  • PSYCH  / COGST 4910 - Research Methods in Psychology
  • HD 6020 - Research in Risk and Rational Decision Making
  • HD 6190/ LAW 7743 - Memory and the Law
  • HD 6140/ LAW 7743 - Social and Psychological Aspects of the Death Penalty
  • LAW 6011 - Administrative Law
  • LAW 6822 - Social Science and the Law
  • LAW 5151 - Torts
  • LAW 7162 - Contemporary American Jury
  • PSYCH / COGST 6910 - Research Methods in Psychology 

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Core Faculty

Charles Brainerd, Professor
Human Development

Steve Ceci, Professor
Human Development

John Eckenrode, Professor
Human Development

Valerie Reyna, Professor
Human Development

Qi Wang, Associate Professor
Human Development

Wendy Williams, Professor
Human Development

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Related Faculty

John Blume, Associate Professor
Law School

David A. Dunning, Professor
Psychology

Valerie Hans, Professor
Law School

Sheri L. Johnson,Professor
Law School

Elizabeth A. Mannix Professor
Johnson School of Management

Kathleen M. O'Conner, Associate Professor
Johnson School of Management

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Professor
Law School

Annelise Riles, Professor
Law School and Anthropology

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