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1 Infant, Child, and Adolescent Development and the Law: Intersections, Interactions, and Influences
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Early Maltreatment, and Parental Rights Versus Children’s Welfare (Stacks et al., Huntington, Palacios et al.) Early Maltreatment, and Parental Rights Versus Children’s Welfare (Stacks et al., Huntington, Palacios et al.)
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Child Witnesses, and False Allegations Versus False Denials (Slonecker et al., Enriquez et al.) Child Witnesses, and False Allegations Versus False Denials (Slonecker et al., Enriquez et al.)
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Child Offenders, and Punishment Versus Leniency (Frick et al., Brabeck et al.) Child Offenders, and Punishment Versus Leniency (Frick et al., Brabeck et al.)
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Joint Custody and Parents’ Rights in a Different Context (Fabricius) Joint Custody and Parents’ Rights in a Different Context (Fabricius)
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10 The Promise and Problems of Policy-Minded Developmental Research: Recognizing Our Implicit Value Judgments and the Limits of Our Research
Get accessThomas D. Lyon, JD, PhD is the Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. A magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, Lyon received his PhD. in Developmental Psychology from Stanford University. His research goal is to identify the most productive means of questioning children about abuse and violence He is past-president of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Section on Child Maltreatment (Division 37) and a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and 30 book chapters and law review articles. He received the APA Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Developmental Psychology and the APSAC Outstanding Research Career Achievement Award. His work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Justice, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, the California Endowment, the Haynes Foundation, and the California Office of Emergency Services.
Michael E. Lamb, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He obtained his PhD in Psychology from Yale University. Lamb researches early family relationships, child care, developmental science and related public policy. This work has focused on children’s testimony, divorce, child custody, child maltreatment, and the effects of child care on children's psychosocial development. His work on family relationships has focused on the role of parents and the importance of their relationships with children. He has also researched how custody arrangements affect parents’ relationships with children and the benefit of shared parenting after divorce. Lamb has extensively researched forensic interviews with allegedly abused children and has developed best practices in regards to interviewing children about abuse. Lamb headed the Section on Social and Emotional Development of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for 17 years, has published approximately 700 professional articles and chapters, edited or authored 50 books, and is the Editor of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. In addition, he is the former President of the American Psychological Association’s Division on Developmental Psychology and the recipient of lifetime achievement awards from the Association of Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, the Society for Child Development, and the American Psychology-Law Society as well as four honorary degrees from Universities in North America and Europe.
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Published:18 December 2023
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Abstract
Children come into contact with the legal system for myriad reasons, including as suspected victims of maltreatment, in divorce cases when custody is at issue, as unaccompanied minors in immigration hearings, or as suspected offenders of crime. Considerable scientific research has been devoted to identifying how this involvement may adversely affect children and how the system might be altered to reduce those effects. In order to maximize the value of this research, it is imperative that scientists recognize both the value judgments that sometimes underlie their work and how their work’s focus on outcomes often clashes with a legal focus on rights. This recognition, along with a clear articulation of the limitations of the direct policy implications of the work, will lead to stronger legal-oriented research with children.
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