PSCH 595: Psychology and Law Brown Bag

The weekly brown bag provides a regular meeting time for students and faculty involved in Psychology and Law at UIC. Sessions vary in content, and include research presentations by faculty and/or students, talks by outside speakers, and discussions of consulting issues or other topics in the field. Below is a description of the topics (and speakers) represented at the Brown Bag in Fall 1999.

Psychology and Law "Brown Bag" Seminar Series (PSCH 549)
Wednesdays, BSB 2040, 2:00 - 3:00
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Aug. 25 Introduction and planning.

Sept. 1 Bette Bottoms: "Discussion of the APLS Presidential Initiative Meeting and of a planned chapter on the future of children and law research"

Sept 10 We will join the UIC Law and Society Seminar Series. Note new time and place: Sept.10 at 3:00 in 4011 BSB. Speakers: Mike Maltz (Criminal Justice) and Dick Barrett (Sociology) will present their research on infanticide.

Sept. 15 Discussion of: Rind, B., Tromovitch, P., & Bauserman, R. (1998). A meta- analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples. Psychological Bulletin, 124, 22-53.

Sept. 22 Jim Akers (Howard Brown Health Center): "HIV in the Workplace: Legal Disability Issues and Ethics "

Sept. 29 Sara Ullman (Department of Criminal Justice) and Henrietta Filipas: "Social Reactions to Sexual Assault Victims and Predictors of PTSD Symptom Severity"

Oct. 6 Becki Campbell: "Objectivity and Subjectivity in Advocacy Research: A Discussion on the Nature of Bias and Knowledge"

Oct. 15 We will join the UIC Law and Society Seminar Series. Note new time and place: Oct. 15 at 3:00 in Political Science (room TBA). Speaker: Evan McKenzie: "Gangs, Crime, and Demography in Oak Park"

Oct. 20 Kari Nysse: "Detecting Deception in Children: Are Trained Legal and Social Service Professionals More Accurate than Novices?"

Oct. 27 Michelle Oberman (Depaul School of Law): "Coming to Terms with Contemporary Statutory Rape Laws"

Nov. 3 Andrew Conway: "Individual Differences in Susceptibility to False Memories"

Nov. 10 Tamara Haegerich: " "The Effects of Stereotypes of Juvenile Offenders on Jurors' Pre- and Post-Deliberation Verdict Preferences."

Nov. 17 Janice Nadler (American Bar Foundation): "The Effects of Perceived Injustice on Deference to the Law."

Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 1 Leslie Ellis and Nancy Marder (Kent Law School): "The Effects of Defendant Net Worth on Punitive Damage Awards"

Aug. 25	Introduction and planning.
Sept. 1	Bette Bottoms: "Discussion of the APLS Presidential Initiative Meeting and of a planned chapter on the future of children and law research"
Sept 10	We will join the UIC Law and Society Seminar Series. Note new time and place: Sept.10 at 3:00 in 4011 BSB. Speakers: Mike Maltz (Criminal Justice) and Dick Barrett (Sociology) will present their research on infanticide.
Sept. 15	Discussion of: Rind, B., Tromovitch, P., & Bauserman, R. (1998). A meta- analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples. Psychological Bulletin, 124, 22-53.
Sept. 22	Jim Akers (Howard Brown Health Center): "HIV in the Workplace: Legal Disability Issues and Ethics "
Sept. 29	Sara Ullman (Department of Criminal Justice) and Henrietta Filipas: "Social Reactions to Sexual Assault Victims and Predictors of PTSD Symptom Severity"
Oct. 6	Becki Campbell: "Objectivity and Subjectivity in Advocacy Research: A Discussion on the Nature of Bias and Knowledge"
Oct. 15	We will join the UIC Law and Society Seminar Series. Note new time and place: Oct. 15 at 3:00 in Political Science (room TBA). Speaker: Evan McKenzie: "Gangs, Crime, and Demography in Oak Park"
Oct. 20	Kari Nysse: "Detecting Deception in Children: Are Trained Legal and Social Service Professionals More Accurate than Novices?"
Oct. 27	Michelle Oberman (Depaul School of Law): "Coming to Terms with Contemporary Statutory Rape Laws"
Nov. 3	Andrew Conway: "Individual Differences in Susceptibility to False Memories"
Nov. 10	Tamara Haegerich: " "The Effects of Stereotypes of Juvenile Offenders on Jurors' Pre- and Post-Deliberation Verdict Preferences."
Nov. 17	Janice Nadler (American Bar Foundation): "The Effects of Perceived Injustice on Deference to the Law."
Nov. 24	Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 1	Leslie Ellis and Nancy Marder (Kent Law School): "The Effects of Defendant Net Worth on Punitive Damage Awards"