Grad School Series: GRE
Tips on preparing for the GRE.
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Are judges and lawyers well equipped to identify valid evidence in the courtroom?
Review of Chorn & Kovera (2019) - Variations in Reliability and Validity Do Not Influence Judge, Attorney, and Mock Juror Decisions
Can collaboration reduce expert bias?
The human mind, although complex and intelligent, is prone to cognitive errors. We often overestimate our ability to think clearly and...
Judging Risk: Judicial Use of Adolescent Risk Assessment
Through the advancement of technology, algorithmic tools have become widespread and are currently being implemented in the criminal...
Grad School Series: Going to Graduate School
Tips on accepting a graduate school offer, moving, and starting graduate school. Additional information on costs of starting graduate school
Grad School Series: Picking a Program
Tips on interviewing and selecting the graduate program that is the right fit.
Grad School Series: Letters of Recommendation
Information on who to ask for a letter of recommendation and what information to provide. Information about getting involved in research.
Grad School Series: How To Apply To Graduate School
Please read Should I Go To Graduate School? before reading this post. I also recommend reading Dr. Reed's background to give you context....
Grad School Series: Should I Go To Graduate School?
I recommend reading the first blog post in this series which provides information about Dr. Reed's background for context. Before...
Grad School Series: Meet Dr. Reed
Every semester, I have at least a dozen undergraduate students contacting me for advice about graduate school. Questions take many forms...
Where does probation monitoring end and parenting begin?
The juvenile justice system is designed to be different than the adult justice system. In theory, it takes a more rehabilitative...
Avoiding the unavoidable: Pretrial publicity and it's effects on jury selection
With the expansion of technological media over the past few decades, court trials have faced more intense public interest and media...
Sexual harrassement and assault: Is reporting sooner always better?
Within the past four years, sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations have increased immensely across the world. This is in part...
Assessing Prosecutorial Orientation
In the 1980s and 1990s, the justice system was focused on being “tough on crime” and fighting the “war on drugs.” However, recently the...
Angrier Black Men? Increased Probation Term Burdens
When placed on probation (or parole), offenders are given terms with which they must comply. Anger management therapy is a common...
Risk assessment in the courtroom: Can algorithms discriminate against poor defendants?
Have you ever stopped to consider just how inescapable algorithms are in our daily 21st century lives? They tell us the fastest route to...
The double-edged sword: Stereotype threat is perpetrating coercive policing tactics
Police brutality against minorities and police reform have become major issues in America, particularly with the widespread media...
Get Me Out of Here: How Outcome Uncertainty Drives Confessions
It might be easy to say to yourself “I would never falsely confess to a crime.” Confessions are strong evidence that can have...
The hidden victims: Missing data and insufficient police training for people with mental illness
Police brutality has been in the minds of countless Americans daily with the uproar of the BLM movement and the recognition of the...
Who is competent to be executed?
Capital punishment has been a debatable topic in the criminal justice system—especially when it comes to mental health and whether the...