Contributors to the volume include Richard J. Bonnie, professor of law and director of the institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, who appraises the use of the law to discourage unhealthy personal choices; Stanley L. Brodsky, professor of psychology at the University of Alabama, who discusses psychologists' roles in litigation aimed at institutional change; Jack P. Gibbs, Centennial Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University, who presents a theoretical framework for research on criminal deterrence; Gary B. Melton, professor of psychology and law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Michael J. Saks, associate professor of psychology and adjunct professor of law, Boston College, who focus on the function of law as a "moral guidepost" for a community; Stephen J. Morse, Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law and professor of psychology, psychiatry, and the behavioral sciences, University of Southern California, who discusses the relevance of psychology to the definition of legal responsibility; and Laura Nadar, professor of anthropology at the University of California-Berkeley, who examines the different ways the two sexes use and shape the law.
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