Bartol, C. R.  (1996).  Police psychology: Then, now, and beyond.  Criminal Justice and Behaviour, 23 (1), 70-89.

    Bartol summarizes the past, present, and "forecasts the future" of police psychology.  The article investigates the future of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the MMPI-2, small town/rural policing, the changing composition of law enforcement, as well as graduate training.

    Kassin, S. M.  (1997).  The psychology of confession evidence.  American Psychologist, 52 (3), 221-233.

    The author raises questions concerning police interrogation techniques, including the risk of false confessions, and the impact that such evidence may have on a jurors.  He concludes that the criminal justice system (U.S.) does not sufficiently protect suspects from such techniques.  Kassin presents the problem as threefold: (1) Police, "routinely use deception, trickery, and psychologically coercive methods of interrogation"; (2)  such
techniques may cause false confessions; and (3) when false confessions are presented in court, "juries do not sufficiently discount the evidence..."