Karen L. Salekin
Assistant Professor 		Primary Concentration:
  Secondary Concentration:
Psychology-Law  
     
Contact Information:
  Courses:
Office: 410 Gordon Palmer Hall
  • Psychology, Law, & Justice
  • Forensic Assessment
  • Psychology-Law Practicum
  • Undergraduate Research

 

Phone: 205-348-0679
FAX: (205)  348-8648  
E-Mail: ksalekin@bama.ua.edul 
  Website: For More Info and Links  
Research Interests:

Forensic Assessment

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  • Mental Retardation
  • Mitigation
  • Competence to Stand Trial
  • Competence to waive Miranda Rights
  • Criminal Responsibility
  • Risk and Protective Factors (juvenile delinquency)
 
Research Affiliations: Developmental Disabilities Researchers
  Youth Services Institute
 
Recent Publications:

Salekin, K. L. (estimated to be Summer 2006).  Capital Mitigation from a Developmental Perspective:  The Importance of Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and the Construct of Resilience.  In M. Costanzo, D. Krauss, & K. Pezdek (Eds.) Expert Psychological Testimony for the Courts.  Sage Publications.
 

Salekin, K. L., & Rogers, R. (Estimated to be Fall 2006).  The Assessment of Malingering in Criminal Settings.  In L. B. Schlesinger (Ed.), Explorations in criminal psychopathology:  Clinical syndromes with forensic implications, Revised.  Springfield, IL:  C. C. Thomas.

 

Salekin, K. L. (2005).  The suggestive interview and the taint hearing:  How much is too much?  Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 5, 49-64.

 

Rogers, R., Jackson, R. L., Sewell, K. W., & Salekin, K. L. (2005). Detection strategies for malingering: A confirmatory factor analysis of the SIRS. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 32, 511-525.
 

Lochman, J. E., Barry, T. D., & Salekin, K. L. (2005).  Aggressive/oppositional behaviors (Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders) (pp. 1577-1585).  In L. Osborn, T. DeWitt, L. First & J.A. Zenel (Eds.) Pediatrics. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby.