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
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)
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
“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