Criminal & Juvenile Justice

Improving Mental Health Care in Criminal Justice Settings

By Amalia Corby, MS (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Advocacy Office) Did you know that an estimated 15% of men and...

[CROSS-POST] I-O Psychologists’ Passion Projects: Increasing Fairness for Job Seekers with Criminal

This blog post is cross-posted from APA’s Psych Learning Curve, a blog run by APA’s Education Directorate where psychology and education...

The Work Is Never Done: Mental Health, Mass Incarceration, and African American Custodial Grandparen

By Frances Adomako, Ed.M (Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, Howard University) Traditionally, African American grandparents have...

How Psychologists and Peer Mentors Can Work Together to Fight Human Trafficking in the United States

By Paola M. Contreras, PsyD (Asst. Professor, William James College) and Diya Kallivayalil, PhD (Asst. Professor, Harvard Medical...

Jury Bias: Can You Argue the Facts When Race Enters the Mix?

By Silvia L. Mazzula, PhD (Asst. Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY) I’m sure you’ve heard it – only...

[CROSS-POST] Put Aside What We Don’t Know and Support Justice-Involved Youth with Mental Health Need

This post originally appeared on the Campaign for Youth Justice blog and is cross-posted with their permission. By Micah...

Why Evidence-Based Community Policing Needs to be the Norm, Not an Exception

By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD Longstanding tensions between police and communities of color have reached a boiling point in the United...

Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans

By Erlanger A. Turner, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Houston-Downtown) & Jasmine Richardson Note: An...

How to Talk to Our Kids about the Tragic Shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas

By Robin Gurwitch, PhD Families around the country are coming together to talk about the officer-involved shootings in Louisiana,...

Addressing Biased Policing Through Science-Based Training

This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By Lorie Fridell, PhD...

Psychologists Address Police Interactions with Boys and Men of Color

2015 APA Annual Convention Do you know that feeling when you hear something really meaningful? For me it often involves a pit in my...

“Death by Legal Intervention” by the Numbers

This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By Suzanne Lea, PhD...