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...
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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...
Criminal Either Way: How False Confessions Impact Perceptions of Exonerees
When thinking about exoneration – release from prison after a wrongful conviction is overturned – one might envision a rejoiceful scene...
The Risk of Risk Assessment
The justice system uses pre- and post-trial risk assessment tools to measure several risk factors for defendants, like rearrest, failure...
Psychopaths: Maybe they're born with it, maybe it's labeling
When we say “iPhone,” what thoughts come to your mind? Is it different than the thoughts when you hear “Android” or “cell phone” more...
Drugs, Drinking, and Driving: Plea Bargaining and DUI Cases
Arrests for driving under the influence, or DUI arrests, are the most common type of arrest in the U.S, with 1 in 10 arrests related to...
A legal psychology lesson on correlation and causation
For the past several decades, Legal Psychology has been very interested in the role of perceptions of procedural justice in the legal...
Happy Cop vs. Sad Cop: Do emotions influence interrogations?
Emotions are crucial to the human experience – they are the primary driving factor behind our thoughts and behavior. And our thoughts,...
Cite your sources! Misinformed juries deliver biased verdicts
Imagine you are one of the jurors tasked with the responsibility of determining guilt in a murder trial. The trial is long, and you are...
Impact of racial stereotypes on white people's willingness to fund rehabilitation policies
The American justice system has huge racial disparities – racial and ethnic minorities, particularly those who live within Black...
Guilty or Not Guilty? It's de-bait-able
In an investigation, police officers have a variety of questioning techniques that they may use to elicit information or confessions from...
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