Ronald Roesch
I am a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. I received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois. I was awarded the Social Issues Dissertation Award and the Consulting Psychology Research Award. I am past-president of the American Psychology-Law Society and past-editor of the scholarly journal, Law and Human Behavior. Currently, I am the editor of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. My research focuses on competency to stand trial, juvenile capacity, juvenile waiver to adult court, risk assessment, and other forensic assessment issues.
I received the 2009 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS), and will receive the Outstanding Contributions to Psychology and Law Award from AP-LS in 2010.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Health Psychology
- Law and Public Policy
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Research Methods, Assessment
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Books:
- Roesch, R., Hart, S. D., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (Eds.). (1999). Psychology and law: The state of the discipline. (Volume 10). New York: Plenum.
- Roesch, R., & McLachlan, K. (Eds.). (2018). Clinical forensic psychology and law. New York: Routledge.
- Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., & Eaves, D. (2006). Fitness Interview Test-Revised: A structured interview for assessing competency to stand trial. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
- Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., Eaves, D., & Webster, C. D. (1998). The Fitness Interview Test (revised edition). Burnaby, BC: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
- Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., & Hart, S. D. (2010). Forensic psychology and law. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
- Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2008). Evaluation of competence to stand trial. New York: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles:
- Viljoen, J. L., & Roesch, R. (2005). Competency to waive interrogation rights and adjudicative competence in adolescent defendants: Cognitive development, attorney contact, and psychological symptoms. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 723-742.
- Viljoen, J. L., Roesch, R., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Zapf, P. A. (2003). The role of Canadian psychologists in conducting fitness and criminal responsibility evaluations. Canadian Psychology, 44, 369-381.
- Zapf, P. A., & Roesch, R. (2005). An investigation of the construct of competence: A comparison of the FIT, the MacCAT-CA, and the MacCAT-T. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 229-252.
Other Publications:
- Roesch, R. (2000). Forensic psychology. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (pp. 383-386). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.
- Roesch, R., & McLachlan, K. (2008). Capacity to waive Miranda rights. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law (pp. 56-59). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Roesch, R., & McLachlan, K. (2008). The Fitness Interview Test-Revised. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law (pp. 322-324). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Roesch, R., McLachlan, K., & Viljoen, J. L. (2007). The capacity of juveniles to understand and waive arrest rights. In R. Jackson (Ed.), Learning forensic assessment (pp. 265-289). NY: Routledge.
- Roesch, R., Viljoen, J. L., & Hui, I. (2004). Assessing intent and criminal responsibility. In W. O'Donohue & E. Levensky (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology: Resource for mental health and legal professionals (pp. 157-174). New York: Academic Press.
- Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., Golding, S. L., & Skeem, J. L. (1999). Defining and assessing competency to stand trial. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 327-349). New York: Wiley.
Ronald Roesch
Department of Psychology
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
Canada
- Phone: (778) 782-3370
- Fax: (778) 782-3427