Amicus Brief in the area of Psych and Law

Amicus Brief in the area of Psych and Law

You will be required to find, read, and incorporate a minimum of 6 EXPERIMENTAL research papers that come from peer-reviewed psychology journals that give weight to the social framework you are trying to explain that are current to the last 10 years. You can use papers older than 10 years, as long as they are still current/relevant/agreed upon by research (they should link/be anchored by another more recent paper). You can use non-experimental papers only in addition to the experimental papers. The purpose of this review is to inform the reader of the existing studies and evidence concerning this issue, and educate them on the topic, or remove
bias commonly thought to be true. This is not to pick sides on the case, but instead to help the jury make an informed decision on a court case based only on the fact evidence, not on preconceived biases. Start by 1) introducing a topic generally, 2) getting into specifics about the common (but incorrect) ideas about the issue, 3) then showing the counterintuitive but correct evidence about the issue in a compelling way, 4) then pulling all the evidence together to draw a conclusion. The review is not a summary of all the articles; rather, it discusses the relevant points of studies relevant to your topic.
Conclusion
Don’t forget to link everything back to your specific case example, and provide a conclusion about the issue and instruction in this case (WITHOUT taking over the court room OR speaking to the ultimate issue!), creating a social framework the triers of fact can think about so they decide a verdict based on only an unbiased evaluation of the legal evidence.
An APA style REFERENCE section should be included at the end (on a separate page) listing all articles, books, and other media used as a resource for the paper.