Distinguished Contributions to Forensic Psychology Award
The Distinguished Contribution to Forensic Psychology is granted annually, at the discretion of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. The award is announced in October and the recipient is invited to present an address at AP-LS the following year. The Executive Committee may seek nominations for the award, and anyone wishing to make a nomination may contact a member of the Executive Committee to do so.
Psychologists Honored in Past Years
| 2008 | ![]() | Randy Otto | On Improving Forensic Evaluation Practices |
| 2007 | ![]() | Ira Packer | |
| 2005 | ![]() | Daniel Shuman | Rethinking Compensation for Mental and Emotional Harm |
| 2004 | ![]() | Kirk Heilbrun | |
| 2003 | Robert Fein | ||
| 2002 | Gail Goodman | ||
| 2001 | Robert Hare | ||
| 2000 | Steven Ceci | ||
| 1999 | Paul Lipsitt | ||
| 1998 | Henry Steadman | ||
| 1997 | ![]() | Alan Goldstein | |
| 1996 | Stanley Brodsky | ||
| 1995 | Elizabeth Loftus | ||
| 1994 | Stephen Golding | ||
| 1993 | Charles Patrick Ewing | ||
| 1992 | Saleem Shah | ||
| 1991 | John Monahan | ||
| 1990 | Norm Poythress | ||
| 1989 | Stephen Morse | ||
| 1988 | Thomas Grisso | ||
| 1987 | Ted Blau | ||
| 1986 | David Shapiro | ||
| 19851 | Richard Rogers | ||
| 1first year of award | |||





