Law and Human Behavior

Editor

Margaret Bull Kovera
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Associate Editors

David DeMatteo
Drexel University

Amy Bradfield Douglass
Bates College

Bradley D. McAuliff
California State University, Northridge

Patricia A. Zapf
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Consulting Editors

Paul S. Appelbaum
Columbia University

Marcus Boccaccini
Sam Houston State University

Brian Bornstein
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Neil Brewer
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Maggie Bruck
Johns Hopkins University

Steve Charman
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Steven Clark
University of California at Riverside

Deborah Connolly
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Dennis Devine
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Kevin Douglas
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John Edens
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Eric Elbogen
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David L. Faigman
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Par Anders Granhag
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Edith Greene
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Thomas Grisso
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Jennifer Groscup
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Grant Harris
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Stephen Hart
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Maria Hartwig
John Jay College, City University of New York

Kirk Heilbrun
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Larry Heuer
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Jennifer S. Hunt
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Matthew T. Huss
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Saul Kassin
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Norbert Kerr
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Daniel A. Krauss
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R. C. L. Lindsay
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John Monahan
University of Virginia School of Law

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Steven Penrod
John Jay College, City University of New York

Kerri Pickel
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Gianni Pirelli
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

Debra Poole
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Jodi Quas
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Allison D. Redlich
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Jennifer K. Robbennolt
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Richard Rogers
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Mary Rose
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Barry Rosenfeld
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David F. Ross
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Barry Ruback
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Randall Salekin
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Regina A. Schuller
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Seto
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ontario, Canada

Diane Sivasubramaniam
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Jennifer Skeem
University of California at Irvine

Christopher Slobogin
Vanderbilt University Law School

Brian C. Smith
Graceland University

Samuel Sommers
Tufts University

Loretta J. Stalans
Loyola University

Nancy Steblay
Augsburg College

Christina A. Studebaker
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Colin Tredoux
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Jodi Viljoen
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Gina Vincent
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Aldert Vrij
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Glenn D. Walters
Kutztown University

Nathan Weber
Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia

Gary Wells
Iowa State University

Editorial Assistant

Jacqueline L. Austin
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

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References

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Journal Article:
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225–229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Authored Book:
Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Chapter in an Edited Book:
Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger III & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309–330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

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