Psychology
in the Courtroom:
Books, Chapters and Articles
= new link as of June 1, 2012
Book Chapters
Carlsmith, K. M., & Darley, J. M. (2008). Psychological aspects of retributive justice. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 41.
Lassiter, G.D., Geers, A.L., Munhall, P.J., Handley, I.M, & Beers, M.J. (2001). Videotaped confessions: Is guilt in the eye of the camera. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 33.
Memon, A. Cronin, O, Eaves, R. and Bull, R. (1996) An empirical test of the 'mnemonics components' of the Cognitive Interview. In: G.M. Davies, S. Lloyd-Bostock, M. McMurran and C. Wilson (eds.) Psychology. Psychology and Law: Advances in Research. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Olson, E. A. & Wells, G. L. (2002). Eyewitness testimony. Annual Review Psychology, 54:277-295.
Penrod, S.D., Cutler, B.L. (1992). Eyewitnesses, Experts, and Jurors: Improving the Quality of Jury Decisionmaking in Eyewitness Cases. In J. Misumi, B. Wilpert, and H. Motoaki (Eds.). Organizational and Work Psychology. Hilldale, N.J.;Erlbaum.
Wells, G. L. & Loftus, E. F. (2002). Eyewitness memory for people and events. In A. Goldstein, Ed. Comprehensive handbook of psychology, 11, Forensic psychology. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Articles
Baron, J. (1995). Blind justice: Fairness to groups and the do-no-harm principle. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 8, 71-83.
Baron, J. & Beattie, J. (1995). In-kind vs. out-of-kind penalties: preference and valuation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 1, 136-151.
Baron, J. & Ritov, I. (1993). Intuitions about penalties and compensation in the context of tort law. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 7, 17-33.
Bauml, K-H. & Kuhbandner, C. (2007). Remembering can cause forgetting -- but not in negative moods. Psychological Science, 18, 111-115.
- Blog entry about the research
Bright-Paul, A., Jarrold, C., & Wright, D. B. (2005). Age-appropriate cues facilitate source monitoring and reduce suggestibility in three- to seven-year-olds. Cognitive Development, 20, 1-18.
Bright-Paul, A., Jarrold, C., & Wright, D.B. (2008). Theory of mind development influences suggestibility and source-monitoring. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1055-1068.
Deffenbacher, K. A.; Bornstein, B. H.; Penrod, S. D. & McGorty, K. (2004). A meta-analytic review of the effects of high stress on eyewitness memory. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 687-706.
Fein, S., Morgan, S. J., Norton, M. I., & Sommers, S. R. (1997). Hype and suspicion: Effects of pretrial publicity, race, and suspicion on jurors’ verdicts. Journal of Social Issues, 53, 487-502.
Foxhall, K. (2000). Suddenly, a big impact on criminal justice. Monitor on Psychlogy, Volume 31, No. 1.
Gabbert, F., Memon, A., Allan, K., and Wright, D. (2004). Say it to my face: examining the effects of socially encountered misinformation. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 9, 215-227.
Gabbert, F., Memon, A., & Wright, D. B. (2006). Memory conformity: Disentangling the steps towards influence during a discussion. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 480-485.
Goodman-Delahunty, J., Granhag, P. A., Hartwig, M., & Loftus, E. F. (2010). Insightful or wishful: Lawyers’ ability to predict case outcomes. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 16, 152.
- Blog entry about the research
Hasel, L. E. & Kassin, S. M. (2009) On the presumption of evidentiary independence: Can confessions corrupt eyewitness identifications? Psychological Science, 21, 122-126.
Holmgren, J. A., & Fordham, J. (2011). The CSI Effect and the Canadian and the Australian jury. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 56, Supplement s1, S63-71.
- Press release about the research
- Online article about the research
Hope, L., & Wright, D. B. (2007). Beyond unusual? Examining the role of attention in the weapon focus effect. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 951-961.
Horry, R. & Wright, D.B. (2008). I know your face but not where I saw you: Context memory is impaired for other race faces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 610-614.
- Blog entry about the research
Horry, R. & Wright, D.B. (2009). Anxiety and terrorism: The effects of automatic stereotypes upon visual attention and recognition memory for White and Middle Eastern faces. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 345-357.
Kassin, S. M., & Sommers, S. R. (1997). Inadmissible testimony, instructions to disregard, and the jury: Substantive versus procedural considerations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 1046-1054.
Lassiter, G.D. (2002). Illusory causation in the courtroom. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 204-207.
Lassiter, G.D., Geers, A.L., Handley, I.M, Weiland, P.E., Munhall, P.J. (2002). Videotaped interrogations and confessions: A simple change in camera perspective alters verdicts in simulated trials. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 867-874.
Lassiter, G.D., Munhall, P.J., Geers, A.L., Weiland, P.E., Handley, I.M. (2001). Accountability and the camera perspective bias in videotaped confessions. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 53-70.
Loftus, G.R. (2010). What can a perception-memory expert tell a jury? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17, 143-148.
London, K., Bruck, M., Wright, D. B., & Ceci, S. J. (2008). How children report sexual abuse to others: Findings and methodological issues. Memory, 16, 29-47.
Memon, A., Holley, A., Wark, L., Bull, R., & Koehnken, G. (1997). Eyewitness performance in Cognitive and Structured Interviews. Memory, 5, 639-655.
Memon, A., Holley, A., Wark, L., Bull, R., & Koehnken, G. (1996). Reducing suggestibility in child witness interviews. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10, 503-518.
Münsterberg, H. (1908/1927). "On the witness stand: Essays on psychology and crime".
Norton, M. I., Sommers, S. R., & Brauner, S. (2007). Bias in jury selection: Justifying prohibited peremptory challenges. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20, 467-479.
Olson, E. A. & Wells, G. L. (2002). Eyewitness identification: Information gain from incriminating and exonerating behaviors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 8, 155-167.
Olson, E. A. & Wells, G. L. (2003). Distorted retrospective eyewitness reports as functions of feedback and delay. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 9, 42-52.
Olson, E. A. & Wells, G. L. (2004). What makes a good alibi? A proposed taxonomy. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 157-176.
Ross, D.F., Benton, T.R., McDonnell, S., Metzgerr, R., & Silver, C. (2007). When accurate and inaccurate eyewitnesses look the same: A limitation of the ‘pop-out’ effect and the 10- to 12-second rule. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 677-690.
Shelton, D., Kim, Y., & Barak, G. (2007). A study of juror expectations and demands concerning scientific evidence: Does the "CSI Effect" exist? Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, 9, 331-368.
Skagerberg, E.M. & Wright, D.B. (2008). The co-witness misinformation effect: Memory blends or memory compliance? Memory, 16, 436-442.
Skagerberg, E. M. & Wright, D. B. (2008). Manipulating power can affect memory conformity. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22, 207-216.
Skagerberg, E.M. & Wright, D.B. (2008). The prevalence of co-witnesses and co-witness discussions in real eyewitnesses. Psychology, Crime, & Law, 14, 513-521.
Skagerberg, E.M. & Wright, D.B. (2009). Susceptibility to postidentification feedback is affected by source credibility. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 506-523.
Smith, L. L., Bull, R., & Holliday, R. (2011). Understanding juror perceptions of forensic evidence: Investigating the impact of case context on perceptions of forensic evidence strength. Journal of Forensic Science, 56, 409-414.
Sommers, S. R. (2007). Race and the decision-making of juries. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12, 171-187.
Sommers, S. R., & Douglass, A. B. (2007). Context matters: Alibi strength varies according to evaluator perspective. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12, 41-54.
Sommers, S. R., & Ellsworth, P. C. (2000). Race in the courtroom: Perceptions of guilt and dispositional attributions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 1367-1379.
Sommers, S. R., & Ellsworth, P. C. (2001). White juror bias: An investigation of racial prejudice against Black defendants in the American courtroom. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 7, 201-229.
Sommers, S. R., & Kassin, S. M. (2001). On the many impacts of inadmissible testimony: Selective compliance, need for cognition, and the overcorrection bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1368-1377.
Sommers, S. R., & Norton, M. I. (2007). Race-based judgments, race-neutral justifications: Experimental examination of peremptory use and the Batson challenge procedure. Law and Human Behavior, 31, 261-273.
- Blog entry about the research
Sommers, S. R., & Norton, M. I. (2008). Race and jury selection: Psychological perspectives on the peremptory challenge debate. American Psychologist, 63, 527-539.
Spencer, B.D. (2007). Estimating the accuracy of jury verdicts. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 4, 305-329.
- Blog entry about the research
Vidmar, N. (1998). The performance of the American civil jury: An empirical perspective. Arizona Law Review, 40, 849-900. [added 11/18/07]
Wells, G.L. & Bradfield, A.L. (1999). Distortions in eyewitnesses' recollections: Can the postidentification-feedback effect be moderated? Psychological Science, 10, 138-144.
Wells, G. L., Malpass, R. S., Lindsay, R.C.L., Fisher, R. P., Turtle, J. W., & Fulero, S. M. (2000). From the lab to the police station: A successful application of eyewitness research. American Psychologist, 55, 581-598.
Wells, G. L., Memon, A., & Penrod, S. D., (2006). Eyewitness evidence: Improving its probative value. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 7, 45-75.
Wells, G. L., Olson, E. A. & Charman, S. D. (2002). The confidence of eyewitnesses in their identifications from lineups. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 151-154.
Wells, G.L., Small, M., Penrod, S., Malpass, R. S., Fulero, S. M., & Brimacombe, C. A. E. (1998). Eyewitness identification procedures: Recommendations for lineups and photospreads. Law and Human Behavior, 22, 1-39.
Wegner, D. M., Swann, W. B., Jr., & Giuliano, T. (1982). Where leading questions can lead: The power of conjecture in social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42, 1025-1035.
Wright, D. B. (2006). Causal and associative hypotheses in psychology: Examples from eyewitness testimony research. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 12, 190-213.
Wright, D. B. (2007). The impact of eyewitness identifications from simultaneous and sequential lineups. Memory, 15, 746-754.
Wright, D. B., Gabbert, F., Memon, A., & London, K. (2008). Changing the criterion for memory conformity in free recall and recognition. Memory, 16, 137-148.
Wright, D. B., Gaskell, G. D., & O'Muircheartaigh, C. A. (1997). The reliability of subjective reports of memory. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 9, 313-323.
Wright, D. B., & Hall, M. (2007). How a “reasonable doubt” instruction affects decisions of guilt. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29, 85-92.
Wright, D. B., Mathews, S., A. & Skagerberg, E. M. (2005). Social recognition memory: The effect of other people's responses for previously seen and unseen items. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 11, 200-209.
Wright, D. B., & McDaid, A. T. (1996). Comparing system and estimator variables using data from real line-ups. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10, 75-84.
Wright, D.B., Memon, A., Skagerberg, E.M., & Gabbert, F. (2009). When eyewitnesses talk. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18, 174-178.
Wright, D. B., & Osborne, J. E. (2005). Dissociation, cognitive failures, and working memory. American Journal of Psychology, 118, 103-113.
Wright, D. B., Ost, J., & French, C. C. (2006). Ten years after: What we know now that we didn’t know then about recovered and false memories. Psychologist, 19, 352-355.
Wright, D. B., & Skagerberg, E. M. (2007). Post-identification feedback affects real eyewitnesses. Psychological Science, 18, 172-178.
Wright, D. B., Startup, H. M., & Mathews, S. A. (2005). Mood, dissociation, and false memories using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm. British Journal of Psychology, 96, 283-293.
Wright, D. B., Varley, S., & Belton, A. (1996). Accurate second guesses in misinformation studies. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10, 13-22.
Wright, D. B., & Wareham, G. (2005). Mixing sound and vision: The interaction of auditory and visual information for earwitnesses of a crime scene. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 10, 103-108.
Zarkadi, T., Wade, K. A., & Stewart, N. (2009). Creating fair lineups for suspects with distinctive features. Psychological Science, 20, 1448-1453.
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