Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:00 | 
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Congratulations to those of you who received the 2012 EAPL-S awards! Awards were handed out at the EAPL conference in Nicosia, Cyprus. For all of you who applied but didn't receive an award, we wish you the best of luck for next year. This year's international winners are:
Poster awards:
*Note that poster awards are evaluated and awarded during the EAPL conference.
First Place, 200 Euro: Bianca Baker (Germany). Poster titled: "Do learning disabled offenders have a type 1 & 2 victim fixation?"
Second Place, 150 Euro: Liza Zvi (Israel). Poster titled: "Perceived prospects cooperation and physiological responses in the concealed information test."
Third Place, 100 Euro: Wail Rehan (Finnland): Poster titled: "Effects of MAOA genotype and childhood experiences of physical and emotional abuse on aggressive behavior in adulthood. Failure to replicate interactive effects."
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Tuesday, 01 May 2012 00:00 | | |
The EAPL-S is excited to announce that you can now buy your very own copy of the Psychology and Law Factbook
Enjoy 15% off until May 15th!This edited book is the result of countless hours of work contributed by over 20 authors who are conducting research the area of psychology and law (a.k.a. forensic psychology). From the back: Providing easy access to empirical information on important issues. This factbook is an excellent resource for anyone interested in psychology and law. It provides the reader with a series of empirically based articles that present a quick and accessible overview of a wide variety of topics. The articles in this book are intended for distribution as handouts, and represent an excellent textbook supplement for introductory psychology and law courses. This text is also extremely useful for professionals or laypeople who are in contact with offenders, victims, corrections, or the legal system in any way. Topics covered by this book include criminal profiling, eyewitnesses, sex offenders, deception detection, victims of crime, false confessions, forensic neuropsychology, the insanity defense, psychopathy, and many other forensic topics. All articles are peer reviewed and written by graduate students and professionals conducting research in the field of psychology and law. This is a not for profit organization, so all proceeds from this book go towards funding further student research. To celebrate the book's release the price of the book is reduced by 15% (off of the regular price of $34.99) from now until May 15th, 2012. There is additionally a publisher coupon code "MAYBOOKS12" that will reduce the price by an additional 20% (valid until May 31st).!
Saturday, 07 April 2012 00:00 | | |
About the fact-sheet series: Fact sheets summarize current literature into a short (2 page) document intended for distribution. Fact-sheets are extremely useful for academics, professionals or laypeople who are in contact with offenders, victims, corrections or the legal system in any way. They provide a means to disseminate empirically based information in a way that is both quick and useful. Fact sheets undergo the EAPL-S peer review process and editing before publication. About the author: This article was co-authored. The primary (guest) author is Carmen Reid, University of British Columbia (Canada). The co-author and editor is Julia Shaw, EAPL-S co-president and Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia (Canada).
View this document in it's full glory by downloading the pdf here.
Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:00 | | |
About the fact-sheet series: Fact sheets summarize current literature into a short (2 page) document intended for distribution. Fact-sheets are extremely useful for academics, professionals or laypeople who are in contact with offenders, victims, corrections or the legal system in any way. They provide a means to disseminate empirically based information in a way that is both quick and useful. Fact sheets undergo the EAPL-S peer review process and editing before publication. About the author: This article was written as a guest post by Jay Toomey, PhD candidate at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York (CUNY).
View this document in it's full glory by downloading the pdf here.
Friday, 30 March 2012 00:00 | | |
Apply for EAPL-S Cyprus 2012 awards today! Applications are due April 7th, 2012.EAPL-S aims to provide students with mobility awards and conference incentives for each psychology and law related conference. The following travel and poster awards were all generously donated by the EAPL for the 2011-2012 year, and will be awarded at the EAPL Cyprus 2012 conference. Travel AwardsThe EAPL-S is encouraging student conference attendance by providing one award to the student traveling the longest distance to the conference, one for the student with the highest GPA (each worth € 150) and one for the best research paper. You may only apply for one (1) of these awards. Application: To apply for these awards provide proof of conference registration and EAPL membership and evidence that you have been accepted to present a poster or paper at the conference. You will also need to provide the following, depending on which award you are applying for:
Submit all required materials by March 31st, 2012, to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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