CURRICULUM VITAE

Professional Presentations/Workshops

Relocation, Very Young Children and Child Custody Evaluation: Forensic, Research and Ethical Considerations, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 48th Annual Conference, Research, Policy and Practice in Family Courts: What's Gender Got to do with it? Orlando, Florida, June 1-4, 2011 (with Jonathan W. Gould, Ph.D., Psy.D. & Pamela Ludolph, Ph.D.).

The Integrated Approach to the Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence in Child Custody Evaluation. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 48th Annual Conference, Research, Policy and Practice in Family Courts: What's Gender Got to do with it? Orlando, Florida, June 1-4, 2011 (with Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D. & James R. Flens, Psy.D., ABPP).

Relocation and Forensic Mental Health Evaluation in Colorado: Issues involving Very Young Children. Invited lecture, Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association, Family Law Section, December 14, 2010, Denver, CO.

Tailoring Parenting Plans for Hard to Fit Cases, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Ninth Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, Cambridge, Mass, October 30, 2010 (with Linda Fieldstone, M.Ed. & Honorable Linda Fidnick).

Integrated Approach to the assessment of intimate partner violence in child custody evaluation. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Ninth Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, Cambridge, Mass, October 29, 2010 (with Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D. & James R. Flens, Psy.D., ABPP).

Relocation and Forensic Mental Health Evaluation in Colorado: Issues involving Very Young Children. Continuing Legal Education, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, August 31, 2010.

Gatekeeping and Child Custody Evaluation: Theory, Measurement & Applications. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 47th Annual Conference, June 3, 2010 (with James R. Flens, Psy.D., ABPP and H. D. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., ABPP).

Intimate Partner Violence and Child Custody: Evaluation and Expert Testimony. Invited Lecture. Mississippi College of Law, Jackson, MS, April 12, 2010.

Intimate Partner Violence, High Conflict, and Crafting Safe and Effective Parenting Plans. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Regional Training Conference: Interventions for Family Conflict: Stacking the Odds in Favor of Children. Reno, NV, November 7, 2009 (with Leslie Drozd, Ph.D. & James R. Flens, Psy.D., ABPP)

Expert Testimony in Family Law Litigation: Forensic Roles, Issues, and Child Custody Evaluation. Lecture at University of Pennsylvania Law School, October 19, 2009.

Assessing Partner Violence, Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section, Family Law Institute. Breckenridge, CO, August 8, 2009 (with Susan K. Bryant, Esq.)

Relocation, Custody Evaluation, and the Very Young Child:  Attachment and Risk Assessment, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 46th Annual Conference: Children, Courts and Custody: Back to the Future or Full Steam Ahead? New Orleans, May 29, 2009 (with S. Margaret Lee, Ph.D. and Jeff Atkinson, J.D.)

Child Custody Evaluation and Relocation: Legal and Psychological Perspectives. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 46th Annual Conference: Children, Courts and Custody: Back to the Future or Full Steam Ahead? New Orleans, May 29, 2009 (with Jeff Atkinson,  J.D. and S. Margaret Lee, Ph.D.)

Expertise, Ethics, and Helpfulness to the Court: Promises and Perils in the Role of Child and Family Investigator. All day Workshop sponsored by Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee conference, Arvada, CO, March 6, 2009 (with Jonathan W. Gould, Ph.D., ABPP).

Social Capital and Integrated Approach to Child Custody Evaluation: Application to Relocation. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Eighth International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations. Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 26, 2008 (with Jonathan W. Gould, Ph.D., ABPP).

Legal and Clinical Issues in Cases of Relocation. Reconceptualizing Child Custody: Past, Present, and Future - Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together. Cosponsored by American Psychological Association (APA) and American Bar Association (ABA).  Chicago, May 3, 2008 (with Professor Jeffrey Atkinson)

Considerations in Giving Ethical Mental Health Testimony. Panel workshop: "Evaluators Under Fire: The Limits of Conclusions & Recommendations,"Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Colorado Chapter. University of Denver Sturm College of Law, January 11, 2008 (with Bill J Denver Fyfe, Ed.D., Steve Epstein, Esq., and Hon. Carol Glowinsky)

Fact or Fiction in Child Custody Evaluation? Assessing the Credibility of Self-Report Data. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 44th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. (with James R. Flens, Psy.D., ABPP & H. D. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., ABPP

Child Custody Evaluation and Expert Testimony. Mississippi College of Law, November 9, 2006. Jackson, MS.

Relocation and Child Custody: Research & Forensic Evaluation. Mississippi College of Law. November 10, 2006. Jackson, MS.

Application of Gatekeeping to Child Custody Evaluation. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Seventh International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations. October 20, 2006, Atlanta, GA (with Melisse Eidman, LCSW, Kirkpatrick, H. D., Ph.D. ABPP & Jonathan W. Gould, Ph.D.).

Custody Evaluation and Parenting Plans for Relocation: Risk Assessment for High Conflict or Partner Violence. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 43rd Annual Conference, June 1, 2006, Tampa, FL. (with Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D.).

Controversial Issues in Child Custody Evaluation. All day pre-conference training institute. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 43rd Annual Conference, May 31, 2006, Tampa, FL (with Lorraine Martin, M.S.W., David M. Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP, Nancy Olesen, Ph.D.)

Parenting Evaluation for the Relocation Case in Light of the New Case Law. 2006 Family Issues Conference, Colorado State Judicial Department, Vail, CO, May 19, 2006.

Partner Violence in Contested Parenting Cases. 2006 Family Issues Conference, Colorado State Judicial Department, Vail, CO, May 18, 2006.

Evaluation of the Relocation Case and Crafting Long Distance Parenting Plans. Association of Multidisciplinary Professionals Serving Families, Colorado Springs, CO, March 10, 2006.

Domestic Violence and Parenting Plans, Plenary Address for Association of Family and Conciliation Court-Arizona, Sedona, AZ, February 4, 2006.

Relocation from the Evaluator's Perspective in the Shadow of Spahmer and Ciesluk. Workshop, Child and Family Investigator's Workshop, Sponsored by 9th Judicial District of Colorado and Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO, December 16, 2005.

Considerations in Crafting Parenting Plans. Workshop, Child and Family Investigator's Workshop, Sponsored by 9th Judicial District of Colorado and Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO, December 16, 2005.

Relocation from the Evaluator's Perspective in the Shadow of Spahmer and Ciesluk. Workshop, Domestic Salon, 4th Judicial District of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, October 4, 2005.

A Practical, Research-Based Approach to Evaluating the Relocation Case. Workshop for Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Regional Training Conference. September 23, 2005, Breckenridge, CO.

Custody Evaluation Task Force Open Forum, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Regional Training Conference. September 23, 2005, Breckenridge, CO.

Relocation from the Evaluator's Perspective in the Shadow of Spahmer and Ciesluk. Workshop, Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee monthly meeting,  Denver, CO, September 11, 2005.

Your Honor May I? - A discussion regarding "Relocation." Plenary Session, Family Law Institute, Colorado Bar Association, Breckenridge, CO, August 5, 2005 (with Jennifer Weaver, J.D. & Hon. Lael Montgomery).

Considering Children's Preferences in Custody Disputes, Workshop for Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 42nd Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, May 21, 2005 (with Dianna Gould-Saltmann, J.D. & Lyn R. Greenberg, Ph.D.)

Custody Evaluation Standards Task Force, Workshop for Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 42nd Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, May 21, 2005, Co-Chair of Task Force (presentation with Lorraine Martin, M.S.W. & David Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP)

Evaluating the Child Custody Relocation Case: An Integrated Approach, presentation at Family Issues Conference, Colorado state judicial conference, Vail, CO, May 5, 2005.

Evaluating the Child Custody Relocation Case: An Integrated Approach, Invited Plenary address to the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, California Chapter, Annual Meetings, February 12, 2005, Sonoma, CA.

Assessment of Partner Violence within the Context of a Child Custody Evaluation: Research, Subtypes, and Risk Assessment, with Jonathan W. Gould, Ph.D. Invited Workshop for Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, California Chapter, Annual Meetings, February 11, 2005, Sonoma, CA.

The Investigation Component in Child Custody Evaluations. Core skills workshop, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Sixth International Child Custody Symposium, October 14-16, 2004, Nashville, TN (with Jonathan Gould, Ph.D. & David Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP).

An Integrated Approach to Evaluating the Relocation Case. Family Law Institute,
Colorado Bar Association, Steamboat Springs, CO, August 7, 2004.

Considering Child Preferences in Custody Decisions: Research, Assessment and Issues. Workshop, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 41st Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX, May 13, 2004 (with Nadia Abdelazim, J.D., M.S.W. & H. D. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., ABPP).

Does Therapeutic Jurisprudence Compromise the Mental Health Community? William G. Austin, Ph.D., Andrew Loizeaux, Psy.D., Cheryl Providence, Ph.D., & Magistrate Louis Gresh. State of Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, Vail, May 8, 2004.

Mediator's Role for the Child Custody Relocation Case, Workshop, Association for Conflict Resolution, Denver, July 12, 2003.

Removal - Evaluation and Determination, Workshop, State of Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, Vail, CO, May 3, 2003 (with Magistrate Jann Dubois)

A Practical Approach to Evaluation and Conflict Resolution in Child Custody Relocation Cases, Pre-Conference all day Institute, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Fifth International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, November 7, 2002, Tucson, AZ. (with Jonathan W. Gould, Ph.D. & Leslie Ellen Shear, J.D.)

Use of Collateral Sources of Information: Evaluator or Investigator? Workshop, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts: Fifth International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, November 8, 2002, Tucson, AZ (with H.D Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.)

Update on Research and Professional Developments, Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee (State IDC), Spring Conference, with William Fyfe, Ed.D., May 5, 2002, Vail, CO.

Approaching  Relocation Cases: Risk Assessment, Research, and Practical Problem Solving. Workshop presented at "Serving the Best Interests of the Child," Sponsored by Office of the Child's Representative, State of Colorado, January 10, 2002, Steamboat Springs, CO.

Evaluating and Litigating the Removal Case (with Rick Loman, J.D.), Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee (State IDC) on children and divorce, Spring Conference, Challenging Conventional Wisdom on Divorce, Parenting Time and Removal, Breakout Session, May 5, 2001, Vail, CO. [Co-Sponsored, MDIDC and Colorado Chapter American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.]

Relocation: Risk Assessment and Bridging the Gap between the Law and Science, Panel: Handling of a Relocation Case: Substantive Law and Mental Health Perspective.
American Bar Association, Section of Family Law, April 19, 2001, Kansas City.

Psychological and Legal Considerations in Relocation Cases. Association of Family & Conciliation Court, Kiawah, SC, Fourth International Congress on Child Custody Evaluations, November 10, 2000, Workshop.

Relocation: From File to Trial. (With Linda Elrod, J.D., Larry Fong, Ph.D., Lori Nachlis, J.D.). Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, New Orleans, 37th Annual Conference: Alienation, Access & Attachment, May 31, 2000, All Day Training Institute.

Professional Trade Journals and Newsletters Publications

Austin, W. G., (2012, in press). Parental gatekeeping in custody disputes. American Journal of Family Law, Issue 4.

Austin, W. G. (2009). The Psychological Scientist-Practitioner Model in the Forensic Context: Application to Child Custody and Relocation Disputes. Colorado Psychologist.

Austin, W. G., & Lee, S. M. (2008). Child Custody Evaluation: Overview of Forensic Procedures, Issues, and Ethics. Unpublished paper.

Austin, W. G. (2008, November 28). Comments on the revised draft of Uniform Relocation of Children Act. Prepared for the meetings of a committee of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Grapevine, TX.

Austin, W. G. (2008, October 11). Comments on initial Draft of the Uniform Relocation of Children Act. Prepared for the meetings of a committee of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Grapevine, TX.

Martindale, D. M., Martin, L., & Austin, W. G. (2005, Summer). Comment on Trubitt's "The incorporation of play therapy modalities in a comprehensive child custody evaluation." AFCC News, 24(3), 8-9.

Austin, W. G. (2005, February). Considering the Process of Support for the Other Parent and Gatekeeping in Parenting Evaluations. Colorado IDC News: The Newsletter  of the State of Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, 7(1), 10-13.

Austin, W. G. (2003, Winter). In memoriam: "The Little Green Book," 1988-2002. MDIC News (The Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee Newsletter), 3-5.

Austin, W. G. (2002). Symbiosis between Law and Science in Child Custody: Issues Raised by In re Marriage of Martin (2002). Colorado IDC News: The Newsletter  of the State of Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, 4 (2, Summer), 1,3-5,11.

Austin, W. G. (2001, Relocation in Parental Responsibility Cases: Bridging the Gap between Law and Science. Paper presented to Senate Judiciary Committee, Colorado State Senate, Sixty-third General Assembly, February 12, 2001 regarding Senate bill 029 to modify C.R.S. §14-10-131 on relocation. [Note the bill was passed by both houses on May 5, 2001.]

Austin, W. G. (2001). The Evaluation Role of the Special Advocate: Expert Status, Prediction, and Perils. Colorado IDC News:  The Newsletter of the State of Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, 3, (1, Spring), 3-5, 7 and Colorado Psychological Association Bulletin, 34, (4, April), 5, 9-10, 15.

Austin, W. G. (1999). A Risk Assessment Approach to Mental Health Evaluations for the Parental Responsibility Relocation Case.  Colorado IDC News: The Newsletter of the State of Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, 2 (1, Spring), 6-11.  Also appearing in Parental Responsibility: A Professional's Guide to Practice,  Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference on Children and Divorce, Sec. 2, Removal: Children's Needs, Parents Needs. Breckenridge, CO: September, 1999.  Colorado Bar Association:  CLE in Colorado, Inc.

Austin, W. G. (1999).  Expert Testimony on the Ultimate Issue:  A Conservative
View. MDIC News (The Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee on Children & Divorce Newsletter), (October), 1, 6.



FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY LEGISLATIVE, APPELLATE & OTHER ACTIVITIES

Finalist on ballot for election to the Ethics Committee, American Psychological Association, 2010.

Advisory Committee on Child & Family Investigator qualifications to the Colorado Supreme Court

American Bar Association, Section of Family Law, Model Relocation of Children Act, Observer and Representative for Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, October 22, 2010.

Uniform Law Commission, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Observer and Representative for Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Uniform Relocation of Children Act, October 10-11, 2008, Grapevine, TX.

Relocation in Parental Responsibility Cases: Bridging the Gap between Law and Science, Presentation to Senate Judiciary Committee, Colorado State Senate concerning Senate Bill 029 on behalf of the State of Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, 63rd General Assembly, State of Colorado, February 12, 2001 [provided the technical basis and research for legislative change in C.R.S. § 14-10-129 concerning relocation of the primary residence of a child]. This testimony is cited in the Colorado Supreme Court Decision: In re Marriage of Ciesluk, 113 P.3d 135, 139, 141 (Colo. 2005).

Warshak, R. A., Sanford, S. L., Kelly, J. B., Bray, J. H. et al., Amici Curiae Brief of , on Behalf of LaMusga Children, In the Marriage of LaMusga, Supreme Court of California, Case No. S107355, April 2003. [co-Amicae Curae]

Shear, L. E., Fuller, M. G., Olesen, N. M., Stettman, P. P., Lamb, M. E. et al. (2004). Amici Curiae brief, In re the Marriage of LaMusga, Supreme Court of California. [co-Amicae Curae]

Consultant to Florida Chapter of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, The Parenting Plan Task Force, Empirically Based Parenting Plans: What Professionals Need to Know, 2010.

MODEL STANDARDS FOR CUSTODY EVALUATION

Co-Chair for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Model Standards of Practice for Child Custody Evaluation (2006).

AFCC TASK FORCE ON INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND CHILD CUSTODY

Member of Task Force for Association of Family and Conciliation Courts for creating guidelines for consideration of the issue of intimate partner violence in child custody evaluations and disputes (2011)

WORKING GROUP OF APA & ABA

Member of joint working group on "Abuse, Neglect and Endangerment" of the American Psychological Association and the American Bar Association (appointed by the president of APA)

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS

CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION MODEL STANDARDS

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (2006, May). Model standards of practice for child custody evaluation. Madison, WI: Author; Martindale, D. M., Martin, L., Austin, W. G. et al. (2007). Model standards of practice for child custody evaluation. Family Court Review, 45(1),70-91.

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Austin, W. G., Langely, C., & Atkinson, J. (2011, in press). Research, Risk Assessment, and Relocation Law in England and Wales: Do Children's Best Interests Require a Different Approach? Child and Family Law Quarterly.

Austin, W. G., Kirkpatrick, H. D., & Flens, J. R. (2011, in press). Expert Roles in Child Custody Cases: Work Product Review, Case Consultation, and Case Analysis. Family Court Review, 49.

Austin, W. G., Dale, M. D., Kirkpatrick, H. D., & Flens, J. R. (2011). Forensic expert roles and services in child custody litigation: Work product review and case consultation. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices,8(1).

Kirkpatrick, H. D., Austin, W. G., & Flens, J. R. (2011). Psychological and legal considerations in reviewing the work product of a colleague in child custody evaluation. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices, 8(1), 103-123.

Austin, W. G. (2009). Responding to the call to child custody evaluators to justify the reason for their professional xxistence: Some thoughts on Kelly and Ramsey (2009). Family Court Review, 47 (3), 544-551.

Austin, W. G. (2008). Relocation, research and forensic evaluation: Part I: Effects of residential mobility on children of divorce. Family Court Review, 46(1), 136-149.

Austin, W. G. (2008). Relocation, research and forensic evaluation: Part II: Research support for the relocation risk assessment model. Family Court Review, 46(2), 347-365.

Austin, W. G., & Gould, J. W. (2006). Exploring three Functions in Child Custody Evaluation for the Relocation Case: Prediction, Investigation, and Making Recommendations for a Long-Distance Parenting Plan. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices, 3, 65-110.

Kirkpatrick, H. D., & Austin, W. G. (2005). Response to Amundson, Lux, and Hindmarch: Critique of investigative practices article. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices, 2(4), 85-93.

Austin, W. G., & Kirkpatrick, H. D. (2004). The Investigation Component in Forensic Mental Health Evaluations: Considerations in the Case of Parenting Time Evaluations. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices, 1:2, 23-43.

Gould, J. W., Kirkpatrick, H. D., Austin, W. G., & Martindale, D. (2004). A Framework and Protocol for Providing a Forensic Work Product Review: Application to Child Custody Evaluations. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices, 1(3), 37-64.

Austin, W. G. (2002). Guidelines for Utilizing Collateral Sources of Information in Child Custody Evaluations. Family Court Review, 40, 177-184.

Austin, W. G. (2001). Partner Violence and Risk Assessment in Child Custody Evaluations. Family Court Review, 39, 483-496. Also published in Austin, W. G. (2005). Partner Violence and Risk Assessment in Child Custody Evaluations. In N. Ver Steegh (Ed.), Essays from the Family Court Review (pp. 104-117). New York: Blackwell. Originally published in Family Court Review, 39 ( 2001).

Austin, W. G. (2000).  A Forensic Psychology Model of Risk Assessment for Child Custody Relocation Law.  Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 38, 186-201. 

Austin, W. G. (2000).  Relocation Law and the Threshold of Harm: Integrating Legal and
    Behavioral  Perspectives. Family Law Quarterly, 34, 63-82.         

Austin, W. G. (2000). Risk Reduction Interventions for the Child Custody Relocation Case.  Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 33, 65-72.

Austin, W. G. (2000).  Assessing Credibility in Allegations of Martial Violence in the High-Conflict Child Custody Case.  Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 38, 462-477.

Austin, W. G., Williams, T. A., III, Worchel, S., Wentzel, A. A. & Siegel,  D. (1981).
Effect of mode of adjudication, presence of defense counsel, and favorability of verdict on observer's evaluation of a criminal trial, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 11, 281-300.

Austin, W. G. (1979). The concept of "dessert" and its influence on simulated decision
    makers' sentencing decisions, Law & Human Behavior, 3, 163-186.

Austin, W. G., Friedman, J.D., Martz, R.A. Hooe, G.S., & Ball, K.P. (1978). Responses to favorable sex discrimination,  Law & Human Behavior, 1, 283-298.

Austin, W. G. & Williams, T.A., III. (1977). A survey of judges' responses to simulated legal cases: A research note on sentencing disparity. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 68, 306-310.

Book Chapters

Austin, W. G. (2012, in press).  Relocation, research, and child custody disputes. In L. Drozd & K. Kuehnle (Eds.), Parenting plan evaluations: Applied research for the family court. Oxford University Press.

Austin, W. G. (2010). Relocation and forensic mental health evaluation in Colorado: Issues involving very young children. In R. M. Smith (Ed.), The role of the child and family investigator and the child's legal representative in Colorado. Denver: Colorado Bar Association (pp. C-1 - C-23). Denver: Colorado Bar Association.

Austin, W. G. (2009). The child and family investigator's evaluation for the relocation case. In R. M. Smith (Ed.), The role of the child and family investigator and the child's legal representative in Colorado (pp. C9-1 - C9-24). Denver: Colorado Bar Association.

Austin, W. G., Thomas, S., & Arnold, A. (2009). Domestic violence: Assessment of the issue of intimate partner violence by the Child and Family Investigator. In R. M. Smith (Ed.), The role of the child and family investigator and the child's legal representative in Colorado (pp. C17-1 - C17-27). Denver: Colorado Bar Association.

Shuman, D. W. & Austin, W. G., &. (2008). Return of the ultimate issue issue: Talking to the court in child sexual abuse cases. In M. Connell & K. Kuehnle (Eds.). Critical issues in child sexual abuse assessment. New York: Wiley.

Austin, W. G. (2007).The child and family investigator's evaluation for the relocation case. In R. M. Smith (Ed.), The role of the child and family investigator and the child's legal representative in Colorado. Denver: Colorado Bar Association (pp. C9-1 - C9-24). Denver: Colorado Bar Association.

Abidin, R., & Flens, J. R., & Austin, W. G (2006). The Parenting Stress Index. In R. P. Archer (Ed.), Clinical assessment instruments in forensic settings: Uses and limitations (pp. 297-328). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Austin, W. G. (2006).The child and family investigator's evaluation for the relocation case. In R. M. Smith (Ed.), The role of the child and family investigator and the child's legal representative in Colorado. Denver: Colorado Bar Association (pp. C9-1 - C9-20. Denver: Colorado Bar Association.

Austin, W. G. (2005). The child and family investigator's evaluation for the relocation case. In R. M. Smith (Ed.), The role of the child and family investigator and the child's legal representative in Colorado (pp. C9-1 - C9-28). Denver: Colorado Bar Association.

Austin, W. G. (2005). Partner Violence and Risk Assessment in Child Custody Evaluations. In N. Ver Steegh (Ed.), Essays from the Family Court Review (pp. 104-117). New York: Blackwell. Originally published in Family Court Review, 39 ( 2001).

Austin, W. G., & Gould, J. W. (2006). Exploring three Functions in Child Custody Evaluation for the Relocation Case: Prediction, Investigation, and Making Recommendations for a Long-Distance Parenting Plan. In P. M. Stahl & L. M. Drozd (Eds.), Relocation issues in child custody cases (pp. 63-108). New York: Hawthorne. [Originally published in Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices, 2006, 3, 65-110.]

Austin W. G. & Tobiasen, J. (1984). Legal justice and the psychology of conflict resolution. In R. Folger (Ed.), The Sense of Injustice: Social Psychological Perspectives.  New York: Plenum.

Austin, W. G. & Utne, M.D. (1974). Sentencing: Discretion and justice in judicial decision making. In B.D. Sales (Ed.),  Psychology in the legal process.  New York: Spectrum, 363-394.

Austin, W. G., Walster, E., & Utne, M.K. (1976).  Equity and the law:  Effects of a harmdoer's "suffering in the act" on liking and assigned punishment.  In L. Berkowitz & E. Walster (Eds.), Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol. 9.  New York: Academic Press, 163-189.

Other Psychology & Law Publications

Austin, W. G. (1976). Making sense of affirmative action. ASA Footnotes, 4 (November), 2.

Austin, W. G. (1976). Some observations on the study of psychology and law. American Legal Studies Newsletter, 3 (November), 7-12.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Austin, W. G. (1987). Anxiety disorders.  In C.R. Reynolds & L. Mann (Eds.), Encyclopedia of special education, Vol. 1, 104-107. New York: Wiley.

Austin, W. G. (1987). Childhood psychoses. In C.R. Reynolds & L. Mann (Eds.), Encyclopedia of special education, Vol. 1, 311-313. New York: Wiley.

Austin, W. G. (1987). Psychoneurotic disorders. In C.R. Reynolds & L. Mann (Eds.), Encyclopedia of special education, Vol. 3, 1273-1275. New Work: Wiley.

Austin, W. G. &  Tobiasen, J. (1982). Moral evaluation in intimate relationships. In J. Greenberg & R. Cohen (Eds.), Equity and justice in social behavior.  New York. Academic Press, 25-68.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

BOOKS

Worchel, S., & Austin, W. G. (1986). (Eds.), The psychology of intergroup relations. Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

Austin, W. G. & Worchel, S. (Eds.) (1979). The social psychology of intergroup relations. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Collaborator on Walster, E., Walster, G.W. & Berschied, E. (1978). Equity: Theory and research.  Boston, Allyn & Bacon.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Austin, W. G. (1986). Justice in intergroup conflict. In S. Worchel & W.G. Austin (Eds.) The psychology of intergroup relations. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 153-175.

Austin, W. G & Hatfield, E. (1980). Equity theory, power, and social justice. In G. Mikula (Ed.) Gerechtigkeit and soziale interaction.  Ben Switzerland: Huber, 25-68.  Justice and social interaction.  Bern Switzerland: Huber, 25-68.  Justice and social interaction.  New York: Springer-Verlag, 25-68.

Austin, W. G. (1979). Justice, freedom and self interest in intergroup relations. In W.G. Austin & S. Worchel (Eds.), The social psychology of inergroup relations.  Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole, 121-143. (Honorable mention award in the 1977 Gordon Allport intergroup relations competitions sponsored by the Society for the psychological Study of Social Issues & Division 9 of APA.)

Austin, W. G. (1977). Equity theory and social comparison processes. In J. Suls & R. Miller (Eds.), Social Comparison Theory: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. Hemisphere, CA, 279-305.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Austin, W. G., McGinn, N.C. & Susmilch, C. (1980). Internal standards revisited: Effects of social comparisons and expectancies on judgments of fairness and satisfaction, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 16,  426-441.

Austin, W. G. (1980). Friendship and fairness: Effect of type of relationship and task performance on choice of distribution rules. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 6 402-48.

Austin, W. G. (1979). Sex differences in bystander intervention in a theft.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 2110-2120.

Friedman, J. D. & Austin, W. G. (1978). Observers' reactions to an innocent victim: Effect of characterological information and degree of suffering.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 4, 569-574.

Austin, W. G. & McGinn, N.C. (1977). Sex differences in choice of distribution rule. Journal of Personality, 45, 374-394.

Austin, W. G. (1975). Observer's reactions to transrelational justice. Sociometry. 38, 474-496.

Austin, W. G. & Walster, E. (1974). Participants' reactions to "equity with the world," Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 528-548.

Austin, W. G. & Susmilch, C. (1974). Comment on Lane and Messe's confusing clarification of equity theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30, 208-216.

Austin, W. G. & Walster, E. (1974). Reactions to confirmations and disconfirmations of expectancies of equity and inequity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30, 208-216.