The present volume consists of up-to-date review articles on topics relevant to psychology and
law and will be of current interest to the field. Notably the majority of these topics are
currently attracting a great deal of research and public policy attention in the U.S. and
elsewhere as evidenced by programs at the American Psychology-Law Society and related
conferences. Topics for the present volume include: attitudes toward the police (Cole et al.)
alibis (Charman et al.) hate crimes based on gender and sexual orientation (Plumm & Leighton)
the role of gender at trial (Livingston et al.) neuroimages in court (Glen) intimate partner
violence (Mauer & Reppucci) post-identification feedback (Douglass & Smalarz) and individual
differences in eyewitness identification (Snowden & Bornstein) veterans¿ wellbeing (Berthelot
& Prager) and plea bargaining (Levett).
