Charles P. Ewing

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SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

Research Focus: Criminal Law, Forensic Psychology, Violent Behavior, The Role of Mental Health Professionals in National Security and Safety, Professional Ethics
Links: Curriculum Vitae

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Biography Publications

Books

PREVENTING THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF CHILDREN: LEGAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVES (Oxford University Press:  2014)

JUSTICE PERVERTED: SEX OFFENDER LAW, PSYCHOLOGY, AND PUBLIC POLICY (Oxford University Press: 2011)

INSANITY: MURDER, MADNESS, AND THE LAW (Oxford University Press:  2008)

TRIALS OF A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST (John Wiley & Sons: 2008)

MINDS ON TRIAL (2006)

FATAL FAMILIES: THE DYNAMICS OF INTRAFAMILIAL HOMICIDE (Sage Publications: 1997)

KIDS WHO KILL (Lexington Books: 1990)

WHEN CHILDREN KILL: THE DYNAMICS OF JUVENILE HOMICIDE (D.C. Heath & Co.:  1990)

BATTERED WOMEN WHO KILL: PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF-DEFENSE AS LEGAL JUSTIFICATION (1987)

PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW: A CLINICAL AND FORENSIC HANDBOOK (Charles Patrick Ewing, ed.) (Professional Resource Press: 1985)

CRISIS INTERVENTION AS PSYCHOTHERAPY (Oxford University Press: 1978)

Journal Articles

A New Standard for Research on juvenile Homicide Offenders and Victims, PSYCCRITIQUES (2012) vol. 57

Ethical Expert Testimony, an Uneasy Moral Adventure: A Grateful Response, JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & LAW (Federal Legal Publications:   2009) vol. 36: 653

Ethical Concerns in Forensic Consultation Regarding National Safety and Security, JOURNAL OF THREAT ASSESSMENT (with Michael G. Gelles) (2003) vol. 2: 95

The Prohibition of Ultimate Opinions: A Misguided Enterprise, JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE (with R. Rogers) (2003) vol. 3: 65

Sensible Zero Tolerance Protects Students, HARVARD EDUCATION LETTER (2000)

Yes: Good lawyering can weed out unscientific testimony, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (American Bar Association:   1997)

The graying of America: Law and the elderly patient, CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY  (1993) vol. 38: 863-864

The measurement of insanity: Debating the merits of the R-CRAS and its alternatives, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW & PSYCHOLOGY (1992) vol. 15: 113-123

Preventive detention and execution: The constitutionality of punishing future crimes., LAW & HUMAN BEHAVIOR (1991) vol. 15: 139-163

Juveniles or Adults? Forensic assessment of juveniles considered for trial in criminal court, FORENSIC REPORTS (1990) vol. 3: 3-13

Law and Psychiatry: Caveat Lector, CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY (1990) vol. 35: 480-481

Psychological self-defense: A proposed justification for battered women who kill, LAW & HUMAN BEHAVIOR (1990) vol. 14: 579-594

Battered women: Interdisciplinary perspectives, CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY (1989) vol. 34: 14

Student and voter subjects: Differences in attitudes toward battered women, JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE (1989) : 289-297

Ultimate Opinion Proscriptions: A Cosmetic Fix and a Plea for Empiricism, LAW & HUMAN BEHAVIOR (1989) : 357-374

Battered women and public opinion: Some realities about the myths, JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE (1987) vol. 2: 2

Diagnosing and treating insanity on death row: legal and ethical perspectives, BEHAVIOR SCIENCE & THE LAW (1987) vol. 5: 175-185

Juvenile and family mental health law in sociohistorical context, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW & PSYCHOLOGY  (1987) vol. 10: p. 91-109

Juvenile homicide: The need for an interdisciplinary approach, BEHAVIOR SCIENCE & THE LAW (1987) vol. 5: 3-10

Juvenile justice reform in New York State: The juvenile offender law, LAW & POLICY (1987) vol. 8: 463-477

The use of law for prevention in the public interest, Prev. in Hum. Serv. (1987) vol. 5: 239-276

Crisis intervention: Two very different approaches, CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY (1986) vol. 31: 540-542

Schall v. Martin: Preventive detention and dangerousness through the looking glass, BUFFALO LAW REVIEW (1985) vol. 34: 173-226

"Dr. Death" and the case for an ethical ban on psychiatric and psychological predictions of dangerousness in capital sentencing proceedings, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LAW & MEDICINE (1983) vol. 8: 407-428

Book Chapters

“Above all, do no harm”: The Role of Health and Mental Health Professionals in the Capital Punishment Process (with Steven K. Erickson) in AMERICA’S EXPERIMENT WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (Carolina Academic Press, 3rd edition, 2013)

Legal Contours of Expert Testimony (with Steven Erickson), HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, 2nd ed. (Wiley:   2012) vol. 11 p. 62

Lessons for Forensic Psychology Practice Drawn from the Law of Malpractice (with Stuart A. Greenberg, D.W. Shuman, S.R. Feldman, and C. Middleton), FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY: EMERGING TOPICS AND EXPANDING ROLES (Wiley:   2007)

Expert Testimony: Law and Practice, Handbook of Psychology. Volume 11, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY (A.M. Goldstein, ed.) (Wiley & Sons:   2003) p. 55

Criminal defenses, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (David Levinson, ed.) (Sage Publications:   2002)

Criminal trial, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (David Levinson, ed.) (Sage Publications:   2002)

Parricide, CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANGEROUSNESS: EMPIRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (G.F. Pinard & L. Pagani, ed.) (Cambridge University Press:   2000) p. 181

Teenage Violence, VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA (R. Gottesman, ed.) (Scribner:   1999)

Violence, custody and visitation, VIOLENCE IN OUR LIVES: IMPACT ON WORKPLACE, HOME AND COMMUNITY (Elizabeth K. Carll, ed.) (Allyn & Bacon:   1999)

"Above all, do no harm": The role of health and mental health professionals in the capital punishment process, AMERICA'S EXPERIMENT WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE ULTIMATE PENAL SANCTION (James R. Acker, Robert M. Bohm, Charles S. Lanier, ed.) (Carolina Academic Press:   1998) p. 461-476

Crisis intervention as brief psychotherapy, HANDBOOK OF THE BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPIES (Richard Wells, Vincent J. Giannetti, ed.) (Plenum Publishing:   1990) p. 277-296

Mental health clinicians and the law: An overview of current law governing professional practice, PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW: A CLINICAL AND FORENSIC HANDBOOK (Charles Patrick Ewing, ed.) (Professional Resource Press:   1985) p. 527

Crisis intervention: Helping clients in turmoil, INNOVATIONS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE (P. Keller, L. Ritt, ed.) (Professional Resource Press:   1982) p. 5-15

Ethical issues in clinical practice, INNOVATIONS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE (P. Keller, L. Ritt, ed.) (Professional Resource Press:   1982) p. 399-410