Dr. Cunningham is an exemplar of a 'scientist-practitioner.' He is actively involved in research and scholarship as reflected in these recent contributions to peer-reviewed journals and edited books.
Most Recent Scholarship
Cunningham, M. D. (in press). Evaluations for capital sentencing. A volume in the Oxford forensic best practices series, Series Editors: A. Goldstein, T. Grisso, and K. Heilbrun. New York: Oxford University Press.
Cunningham, M. D., Sorensen, J. R., Vigen, M. P., & Woods, S. O. (in press). Inmate homicides: Killers, victims, motives, and circumstances. Journal of Criminal Justice.
Cunningham, M. D., & Tassé, M. (in press). Looking to science rather than convention in adjusting IQ scores when death is at issue. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.
Cunningham, M. D. & Sorensen, J. R. (2010). Improbable predictions at capital sentencing: Contrasting prison violence outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 38, 61-72.
Sorensen, J. R. & Cunningham, M. D. (2010). Conviction offense and prison violence: A comparative study of murderers and other offenders. Crime & Delinquency, 56, 103-125.
Cunningham, M. D. (Ed.) (2009). Capital sentencing (special issue). Journal of Psychiatry and Law., 37 (2-3).
Cunningham, M. D., Sorensen, J. R., & Reidy, T. J. (2009). Capital jury decision-making: The limitations of predictions of future violence. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 223-256.
Cunningham, M. D. (2009). Introduction to special issue: Progress, perspectives, and best practices in capital sentencing evaluations. Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 37, 125-130.
Macvaugh, G. & Cunningham, M. D. (2009). Atkins v. Virginia: Implications and recommendations for forensic practice. Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 37, 131-187.
Sorensen, J. R., & Cunningham, M. D. (2009). Once a killer always a killer? Prison misconduct of former death-sentenced inmates in Arizona. Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 37, 237-207
Cunningham, M. D. (2009). [Professional profile] (p. 30). In R. M. Regoli & J. D. Hewitt, Exploring criminal justice: The essentials. Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Cunningham, M. D. (2008). Competency to waive appeals (pp. 123-125). In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law (Vol. 1). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Cunningham, M. D. (2008). Institutional misconduct among capital murderers (pp. 237-253). In M. DeLisi & P. J. Conis (Eds.), Violent offenders: Theory, research, public policy, and practice. Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Kuanliang, A., Sorensen, J. R., & Cunningham, M. D. (2008). Juvenile offenders in an adult prison system: A comparative examination of rates and correlates of misconduct. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 1186-1201.
Cunningham, M. D., Reidy, T. J., & Sorensen, J. R. (2008). Assertions of “future dangerousness” at federal capital sentencing: Rates and correlates of subsequent prison misconduct and violence. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 46-63.
Cunningham, M. D. (2007) Capital violence risk assessment [case report] (pp. 287-290). In Mary A. Conroy & D. Murrie, From risk assessment to risk management: A model for forensic practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Cunningham, M. D. (2007). Forensic psychology evaluations at capital sentencing (pp. 211-238). In R. L. Jackson (Ed.), Learning forensic assessment. Mahwah, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Cunningham, M. D. & Sorensen, J. R. (2007). Capital offenders in Texas prisons: Rates, correlates, and an actuarial analysis of violent misconduct. Law and Human Behavior, 31, 553-571.
Cunningham, M. D. & Sorensen, J. R. (2007). Predictive factors for violent misconduct in close custody. Prison Journal, 87, 241-253.
Sorensen, J. R. & Cunningham, M. D. (2007). Operationalizing risk: The influence of measurement choice on the prevalence and correlates of violence among incarcerated murderers. Journal of Criminal Justice, 35, 546-555.
Cunningham, M. D. (2006). Dangerousness and death: A nexus in search of science and reason. American Psychologist, 61, 828-839.
Cunningham, M. D. (2006). Informed consent in capital sentencing evaluations: Targets and content. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 37, 452-459.
Cunningham, M. (2006). Special issues in capital sentencing. In Conroy, M. A., Lyons, P. M., Jr., & Kwartner, P. P. (Eds.). Forensic mental health services in Texas [special issue, electronic version]. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 2, 205-236.
Cunningham, M. D. & Sorensen, J. R. (2006). Actuarial models for assessment of prison violence risk: Revisions and extensions of the Risk Assessment Scale for Prison (RASP). Assessment, 13, 253-265.
Cunningham, M. D. & Sorensen, J. R. (2006).Nothing to lose? A comparative examination of prison misconduct rates among life-without-parole and other long-term high security inmates. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 33, 683-705.
Lyon, A. D. & Cunningham, M. D. (2006) Reason not the need: Does the lack of compelling state interest in maintaining a separate death row make it unlawful? American Journal of Criminal Law, 33, 1-30.
