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Ongoing [Since the beginning of 2003, author of the case notes found in Developments in Mental Health Law (DMHL), which are also distributed periodically via e-DMHL (an electronic supplement to (DMHL)]
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Castles Made of Sand? Rediscovering Child Abuse and Society's Response (in preparation).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Neither Fish Nor Fowl: Developing a Model to Better Respond to Financial Abuse of the Elderly (in preparation).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, One Size Doesn't Fit All: Crafting Responses to the Criminal Offenses Committed by Individuals with a Mental Disorder That Interweaves Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Mental Health Courts (in preparation).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Amy Woolard, Promising the Impossible: The Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators [a review of Eric C. Janus, Failure to Protect: America's Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State], The Law and Politics Book Review (an electronic publication of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association) (2007).
Kamela L. Nelan & Thomas L. Hafemeister, Mens Rea and Actus Reus, in Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law (Brian Cutler ed., Sage 2007) (accepted for publication).
James E. Tysse & Thomas L. Hafemeister, Amnesia and the Determination of Competency to Stand Trial, 25(2) Dev. Mental Health L. 65 (2006).
Lisa M. Dennis & Thomas L. Hafemeister, Detained Juvenile Offenders with Substance Abuse Treatment Needs: An Examination of Associated Legal Issues, 1(1) Suffolk J. Health & Biomedical L. 49 (2004).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Parameters and Implementation of a Right to Mental Health Treatment for Juvenile Offenders, 12(1) Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 61 (2004).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Questions Surrounding Jury Selection: When Should Parties Have to Justify Their Use of Peremptory Challenges If They Appear to Be Based on Group Stereotypes? 35(3) APA Monitor on Psychology 60 (2004).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Shelly L. Jackson, The Effectiveness of Sanctions and Law Enforcement Practices Targeted at Underage Drinking That Do Not Involve the Operation of a Motor Vehicle, in Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility 490 (Committee on Developing a Strategy to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking, Richard J. Bonnie & Mary Ellen O'Connell eds., National Research Council & Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2004).
Sharon G. Garner & Thomas L. Hafemeister, Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Mental Health Courts: Finding a Better Means to Respond to Offenders with a Mental Disorder, 22(2) Developments Mental Health L. 1 (2003).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Deterrent Effects of Lost Driving Privileges: Should Underage Individuals Lose Their Licenses for Drinking Unrelated to Motor-Vehicle Operation? 34(3) APA Monitor on Psychology 18 (2003).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Financial Abuse of the Elderly in Domestic Settings, in Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America 382 (Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect, Richard J. Bonnie & Robert B. Wallace eds., National Research Council of the National Academies, 2003).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Is Age-based "Reverse Discrimination" Acceptable in the Workplace? 34(8) APA Monitor on Psychology 66 (2003).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Can Candidates for Judicial Election Be Banned from Announcing Their Views on Disputed Issues? 33(3) APA Monitor on Psychology 18 (2002).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, The Constitutionality of Sex Offender Lists on the Web, 33(8) APA Monitor on Psychology 20 (2002).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Ninth Circuit Rejects Immunity from Liability for Mental Health Evaluations, 32(2) APA Monitor on Psychology 16 (2001).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Sexual Predator Laws: Is an Irresistible Impulse Required to Involuntarily Commit Offenders, 32(8) APA Monitor on Psychology 18 (2001).
Shelly Jackson & Thomas L. Hafemeister, The Impact of Parental Consent and Notification Policies on the Decisions of Adolescents to Be HIV Tested, 29(2) J Adolescent Health 81 (2001).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, A Candidate Everyone Might Agree On (contested presidential election of 2000), 146(241) Chi. Daily L. Bull. 5 (Dec. 8, 2000).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Case Study from a Maryland Hospital: Response from a Lawyer, Fall-Winter 2000 Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter 6 (2000).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Informed Consent: Must a Clinician Disclose Personal Information? 31(8) APA Monitor on Psychology 76 (2000).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Supreme Court Examines Impact of Errors in Detecting Bias During Jury Selection, 15(2) Violence & Victims 209 (2000).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Susan R. Hall, & Joel A. Dvoskin, Administrative Concerns Associated with the Treatment of Offenders with Mental Illness, in Treating Adult and Juvenile Offenders With Special Needs 419 (Jose B. Ashford, Bruce D. Sales, & William Reid eds., 2000).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Shelly Jackson, Grandparent Visitation: Who Should Decide? 31(2) APA Monitor on Psychology 81 (2000).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Book Review--Law in a Therapeutic Key: Developments in Therapeutic Jurisprudence, 17 Behav. Sci. & L. 673 (1999).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Can Cops Bring Media When They Enter a Home? 30(2) APA Monitor on Psychology 49 (1999).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, End-of-Life Decision Making, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Preventive Law: Hierarchical v. Consensus-Based Decision Making Model, 41(2) Ariz. L. Rev. 329 (1999).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Supreme Court to Examine Errors in Discerning Juror Bias, 30(8) APA Monitor on Psychology 42 (1999).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Legal Aspects of the Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders, in Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders 44 (Robert M. Wettstein ed., 1998).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Supreme Court to Hear First ADA and HIV Case, 29(3) APA Monitor on Psychology 50 (1998).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Supreme Court to Review Anti-Gang Law Ordinance, 29(8) APA Monitor on Psychology 63 (1998).
1997 Thomas L. Hafemeister, Juror Stress, 1 Neb. Lawyer 6 (May 1997), reprinted at 41-March Advocate (Idaho State Bar) 14 (1998).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, When One Partner Is HIV Seropositive, 28(11) APA Monitor on Psychology 42 (1997).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Should Suicide Be Legalized? The Supreme Court Considers Whether to Permit Physician-Assisted Suicide [Judicial Notebook], 28(2) APA Monitor on Psychology 22 (1997).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Protecting Child Witnesses: Judicial Efforts to Minimize Trauma and Reduce Evidentiary Barriers, 11(1) Violence & Victims 71 (1996).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Steven M. Banks, Methodological Advances in the Use of Recidivism Rates to Assess Mental Health Treatment Programs, 23(2) J. Mental Health Admin. 190 (1996).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Paula L. Hannaford (with the Greenwall Coordinating Council), Resolving Disputes Over Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Health Care Provider's Guide (1996) (available from author or National Center for State Courts).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, National Probate Court Standards, 32(3) Ct. Rev. 6 (1995).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Paula L. Hannaford, The Evolution of American Probate Courts and Emerging Standards to Guide Their Progress, 12(2-3) Prob. L.J. 109 (1995).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Current Legal Issues in Adoption, 18(1) State Ct. J. 11 (1994).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, The Impact of Health-Related Issues on the Courts, 228 Nat'l Inst. Just. J. 25 (1994).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Legal Issues, in The Counseling Sourcebook: A Practical Reference on Contemporary Issues 186 (Judah L. Ronch et al. eds., 1994).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & John P. Petrila, Treating the Mentally Disordered Offender: Society's Uncertain, Conflicted, and Changing Views, 21(3) Fla. St. U.L. Rev. 729 (1994).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Donna M. Robinson, The Views of the Judiciary Regarding Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Decisions, 18 Law & Psychol. Rev. 189 (1994).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & W. Larry Ventis, Juror Stress: Sources and Implications, 30(10) Trial 68 (1994).
Paula L. Hannaford & Thomas L. Hafemeister, The National Probate Court Standards: The Role of the Courts in Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings, 2(2) Elder L.J. 147 (1994) (reprinted in part in Lawrence A. Frolik, Aging and the Law: An Interdisciplinary Reader 243 (1999)).
Commission on National Probate Court Standards, National Probate Court Standards (1993) (principal author, project director) (available from the National Center for State Courts).
Coordinating Council on Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Decision Making by the Courts, Guidelines for State Court Decision Making in Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Cases (West, rev. 2d ed. 1993) (principal author, project director).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Juror Stress, 8(2) Violence & Victims 177 (1993).
Pamela Casey, Ingo Keilitz, & Thomas L. Hafemeister, Toward an Agenda for Reform of Justice and Mental Health Systems Interactions, 16(1) Law & Hum. Behav. 107 (1992).
Coordinating Council on Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Decision Making by the Courts, Guidelines for State Court Decision Making in Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Cases (2d ed. 1992) (principal author, project director) (available from the National Center for State Courts).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Comparing Law Reviews for Their Amenability to Articles Addressing Mental Health Issues: How to Disseminate Law-Related Social Science Research, 16(2) Law & Hum. Behav. 219 (1992).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Guidelines for State Court Decision Making in Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Cases (I), 7(4) Issues L. & Med. 443 (1992).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Guidelines for State Court Decision Making in Life-sustaining Medical Treatment Cases (II), 16(3) State Ct. J. 4 (1992).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Helping the Courts Decide: Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Project of the National Center for State Courts, in Life and Death Decisions: State Jurisprudence after Cruzan and Webster 67 (Margot L. White ed., 1992).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Ali Amirshahi, Civil Commitment for Drug Dependency: The Judicial Response, 26(1) Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 401 (1992).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & W. Larry Ventis, Juror Stress: What Burden Have We Placed on Our Juries? 16(4) State Ct. J. 35 (1992), reprinted at 56(6) Tex. B.J. 586 (1993).
Ingo Keilitz, Thomas L. Hafemeister, & Patricia Wall, An Evaluation of the Court Psychiatric Clinic of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (1992) (available from the National Center for State Courts).
Bruce B. Way, Jeraldine L. Braff, Thomas L. Hafemeister, & Steven M. Banks, The Relationship Between Patient-Staff Ratio and Reported Patient Incidents, 43(4) Hosp. & Community Psychiatry 361 (1992).
Coordinating Council on Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Decision Making by the Courts, Guidelines for State Court Decision Making in Authorizing or Withholding Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment (1st ed. 1991) (principal author, project director) (available from the National Center for State Courts).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Goals to Guide the Interactions of the Mental Health and Justice Systems, 18(3) J. Mental Health Admin. 178 (1991).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Ingo Keilitz, & Steven M. Banks, The Judicial Role in Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Decisions, 7(1) Issues L. & Med. 53 (1991).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Ingo Keilitz, & Steven M. Banks, State Courts and Decisions About Life-Sustaining Treatment [Correspondence], 324(5) New Eng. J. Med. 343 (1991).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Donna M. Robinson, A Survey of Judges About Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment [Correspondence], 324(23) New Eng. J. Med. 1673 (1991).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Mary Thrower, Electing Judges: Should Judges Be Representatives of the Community? [Judicial Notebook], 22(4) APA Monitor on Psychology 32 (1991).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Charting the Course Between Life and Death: The Supreme Court Takes Its First Cautious Steps in Cruzan, 10(2) Prob. L.J. 113 (1990).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, James R. Ogloff, & Mark A. Small, Training and Careers in Law and Psychology: The Perspectives of Students and Graduates of Dual Degree Programs, 8 Behavioral Sci. & Law 263 (1990).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Improving Interactions With the Community Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities System: A Manual For Judges and Criminal Justice Personnel of Illinois (1989) (available from the National Center for State Courts).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Improving Interactions With the Criminal Justice System: A Manual for Community Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities Providers of Illinois (1989) (available from the National Center for State Courts).
Ingo Keilitz, John C. Bilzor, Thomas L. Hafemeister, Venel Brown, & Denise Dudyshyn, Decisionmaking in Authorizing and Withholding Life Sustaining Medical Treatment: From Quinlan to Cruzan, 13(5) Mental & Physical Disability L. Rep. 482 (1989).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, The Impact of Social Science Materials on the Judiciary: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis (Dissertation Abstracts International, University Microfilms No. 88-18,622, 1988).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Gary B. Melton, The Impact of Social Science Research on the Judiciary, in Reforming the Law: Impact of Child Development Research 27 (Gary B. Melton ed., 1987).
Bruce D. Sales & Thomas L. Hafemeister, Law and Psychology, in Applied Specialties in Psychology 331 (Elizabeth M. Altmaier & Merle E. Meyer eds., 1985).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Bruce D. Sales, Interdisciplinary Evaluations for Guardianships and Conservatorships, 8 Law & Hum. Behav. 335 (1984).
Thomas L. Hafemeister, Bruce D. Sales, & David Suggs, Behavioral Expertise in Jury Selection, in Law and Mental Health: International Perspectives 123 (David N. Weisstub ed., 1984).
Bruce D. Sales & Thomas L. Hafemeister, Empiricism and Legal Policy on the Insanity Defense, in Mental Health and Criminal Justice 253 (Linda A. Teplin ed., 1984).
Thomas L. Hafemeister & Bruce D. Sales, Responsibilities of Psychologists Under Guardianship and Conservatorship Laws, 13 Prof. Psychology 354 (1982).