A5013788517- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Ethics in medical practice
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Jury Decision Making Processes
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
University of Alabama
2018-2021
Louisiana State University
2018
National Audubon Society
2018
In sexually motivated crimes, female defendants are treated more leniently and jurors punitive, relative to their male counterparts. However, few studies have examined the impact interactions of juror, defendant victim sex in non-sexually crimes. this study, mock responded an assault case which both was manipulated, creating four conditions. The reported higher confidence a guilty verdict, regardless defendant's victim's sex. Additionally, - particularly females were confident verdict when...
In the United States, prosecutors are typically allotted a large amount of discretion when litigating criminal case. Although some level is necessary for various reasons (e.g., lack resources), concerns have arisen in both scholarly and popular discourse that prosecutorial remains generally unchecked. Furthermore, research suggests may be influenced by extralegal factors making decisions about how to proceed with charges. this study, responded case alleged intimate partner violence, which...
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), a popular measure of personality, psychopathology, and interpersonal functioning, has demonstrated utility to address various psycholegal questions. This case law review examines large sample randomly selected published U.S. decisions ascertain how the PAI been applied considered by legal decision makers. indicates instrument is in criminal civil settings, particularly preadjudication forensic mental health evaluations (e.g., competency proceed)...
Purpose Unconscious biases against certain groups aid in forming assumptions which may be promulgated the USA via popular news media linking rare but memorable violent acts with specific groups. However, relationship between marginalized group association, regarding motive for and individual consumption has never been directly examined. This study aims to examine this relationship. Design/methodology/approach In present study, individuals read a vignette of mass shooting perpetrator’s...
Evaluator judgments of defendants’ mental state at the time offense (MSO) can influence trier fact and have implications for fairness justice; however, current practices, their alignment with best practice guidelines, are effectively unknown. The limited existing literature indicates there some substantive differences between recommendations MSO evaluations how they conducted in practice. mixed methods study expanded those findings by revealing several discrepancies among evaluators endorsed...