Dr. Beattey’s research focuses on developing and deploying evidence-based decision making in clinical, legal, and public policy contexts.

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Dr. Beattey is co-editor of Oxford University Press’s The Ethical Practice of Forensic Psychology: A Casebook

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Beattey, R. A., Bender, H. A., Silva, D., Boone, K. B., Friedman, M., Kaufmann, P. M., Woodhouse, J. C., Sweet, J. J., (2025). IOPC Survey of Test Security Practices and Perspectives of Licensed Psychologists. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2025.2528903

Bender, H. A., Beattey, R. A., Katsman, K., Lokai, A., Sacks-Zimmerman, A., & Spat-Lemus, J. S. (2024). A-147 patient-centric considerations for selecting the language of procedure administration in candidates for epilepsy surgery: Implications for data interpretation, prognostication and outcomes. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 39(7),1089, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acae067.161

Boone, K. B., Kaufmann, P. M., Sweet, J.J., Leatherberry, D., Beattey, R. A., Silva, D., Victor, T., Boone, R. P., Spector, J., Hebben, N., Hanks, R. A., & James,J (2024). Attorney demands for protected psychological test informaion: Is access necessary for cross examination or does it lead to misinformation? An Interorganizational Position Paper. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 38(4), 889-906 DOI:10.1080/13854046.2024.2323222

Borod, J.C., Stafford, R.J., Meltzer, E.P., Twaite, J.T., Scorpio, K.A., Uguru, O., Beattey, R.A., Meli, G.M., Saad, A.E., & Sharma, D. (2023). Transient global amnesia. In R.P. Roos (Editor in Chief), MedLink Neurology. San Diego, CA: MedLink Corporation.

Woodhouse J., Bender, H.A., Beattey R.A., Boone, K.B., Hartman, D. (2023, October). Dealing with threats to third party observation, violations of test security, and standing for the scientific principles of our field. National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA. 

Beattey, R.A. (2023, August). Responsibilities and Requirements of the Law when Requested or Ordered to Reveal Confidential or Privileged Information. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.

Beattey, R. A. & Fondacaro, M. R. (2018). The misjudgment of criminal responsibility. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 36, 457-469. DOI:10.1002/bsl.2354.

Beattey, R. A., Cornwell, M., Murphy, H., Stein, V., Braun, T., Goldstein, M. A., & Bender, H. A. (2017). Caution warranted in extrapolating from Boston Naming Test item order construct. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 24 (1), 65-72. DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2015.1089505. 

Pirelli, G., Beattey, R. A., & Zapf, P. A. (Eds.). (2016). The Ethical Practice of Forensic Psychology: A Casebook. New York: Oxford University Press.

Beattey, R. A., Matsuura, T., & Jeglic, E. (2014). Judicial bond setting behavior: The perceived nature of the crime may matter more than how serious it is. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20 (4), 411-420. DOI: 10.1037/law0000020.

Calkins, C., Jeglic, E., Beattey, R. A., Zeidman, S., & Perillo, A. D. (2014). Sexual violence legislation: A review of caselaw and empirical research. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20 (4), 443-462. DOI: 10.1037/law0000027.

Beattey, R. A. (2008). The great bathhouse bugaboo. Michigan State University Journal of Medicine & Law, 12 (2), 129-145.     

Beattey, R. A. & Calkins, C. (2016, Nov.). Changing science does not necessarily alter the law. Monitor on Psychology, 34.

Beattey, R. A. (2016, Fall). Conceptualizing and teaching professional ethics post Hoffman. American Psychology Law Society Newsletter, 5-6.

Mercado, C. C. & Beattey, R. A. (2013). When legal rights and treatment conflict. Monitor on Psychology, 44 (10), 22.

Mercado, C. C. & Beattey, R. A. (2012). Is that normal behavior?Monitor on Psychology, 43 (11), 25.