Description: I. CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND THE LAW: POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACTUAL EFFECTS. 1. Children Under the Law: The Paradigm of Consent,Koocher. 2. The Impact of Social Science Research on the Judiciary,Hafemeister & Melton. II. DIFFUSION OD CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH TO LEGAL AUDIENCES. 3. The Diffusion of Social Science Research to Policymakers: An Overview,Weiss. 4. Child Development Research and the Legislative Process,Takanishi & Melton. 5. From within the System: Educational and Research Programs at the Federal Judicial Center,Bermant & Wheeler. 6. Getting Child Development Research to Legal Practitioners: Which Way to the Trenches?,Grisso & Melton. III. PROCEDURES FOR INTRODUCING CHIOLD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INTO THE LEGAL PROCESS. 7. Opportunities Lost: The Theory and the Practice of Using Developmental Knowledge in the Adversarial Trial,Saks. 8. The High Road to the Bench: Presenting Research Findings in Appellate Briefs,Tremper. 9. Judicial Notice of ''Facts'' about Child Development,Melton. IV. CONCLUSIONS. 10. Professional Responsibility in the Dissemination of Psychological Research in Legal Contexts,Weithorn. 11. Guidelines for Effective Diffusion of Child Development Research into the Legal System,Melton.

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