AP-LS Book Award

The American Psychology-Law Society Book Award is given for a scholarly book devoted to psychology and law issues.  The award is intended to recognize outstanding scholarship in psychology and law. 

Eligibility: Nominations are open to scholarly books (not textbooks) from all areas of psychology and law published in the two prior years (i.e., books published in 2006 and 2007 will be considered for the 2008 Book Award).

Nominations/Applications: Nomination letters should include:

• Title and publisher of the book
• Month and year of publication, and
• The names and addresses of all authors or editors.

Self nominations are encouraged.

Send Nominations to: Dr. Richard Redding (redding@law.villanova.edu), Chair, Book Award Committee

Nomination Deadline: September 15 (every 2 years)

Decision Made By: Book Award Committee

To be Awarded: Biennially, AP-LS Annual Meeting Recipient receives a plaque Recipient to give invited address

Previous Award Winners (given every two years)
2007-08	Roger J.R. Levesque, Adolescents, Media, and the Law
2005-06	William Foote and Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Evaluating Sexual Harassment: Psychological, Social and Legal Considerations in Forensic Examinations
2003-04	Barry Rosenfeld, Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die
2001-02	Kirk Heilbrun, Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment (1st time award was made)