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Lita Furby, PhD (2000*) Missoula Montana. PhD in Developmental Psychology, Stanford University (1969).

Selected Publications:

• "How should we measure 'change' -- or should we?" Psychological Bulletin (with Lee Cronbach)
• "Risk-taking in adolescence: A decision making perspective." Developmental Review (with Ruth Beyth-Marom)
• "Sex offender recidivism: A review," Psychological Bulletin (with Weinrott & Blackshaw)
• "Psychology and justice", Justice: Views from the social Sciences (ed., R. L. Cohen)
• "The origins and early development of possessive behavior," Political Psychology
• "Rape prevention: A typology of strategies," Journal of Interpersonal Violence
• "Measuring values: A conceptual framework for interpreting transactions with special reference to contingent valuation," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (with Baruch Fischhoff)

Special Interests: Human judgment and decision making; research methods for social change and social justice; evaluation research; environmental problem solving; sexual assault; possessive and acquisitive behavior.

Related Professional Activities: Research consultant to a variety of community groups.