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Are law schools prioritizing students' mental health?
Attorneys suffer from significantly higher rates of stress, depression, substance abuse, and mental health problems than general adult...

Meghana Gavirneni
Jan 2, 20213 min read


The Hidden Cost of the Bail System
If you were to think about jail, you might think it is filled with convicted criminals who pose a significant threat to public safety....

Rubi Gonzales
Dec 11, 20203 min read
The Age of Suggestibility: Can the Courts Trust a Child's Forensic Interview?
Whenever a child is suspected to suffer from child abuse and neglect it is essential to obtain information from the child that could be...

Priscila Rodante
Dec 4, 20203 min read
Documentation Status, Neighborhood Affluence, and Police Perception are Interlinked
Did you know that your attitude and perception of the criminal justice system can be influenced by the type of neighborhood you live in?...

Vanessa Rivero
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Logistic v. Linear: Choosing the right model for your study
Behind most important scientific theory, major discovery, or breakthrough, there are data and statistical analyses. Researchers are...

Brenda Torres
Nov 21, 20202 min read
Jurors Can't Ignore Media Biases
High profile cases often attract a significant amount of media attention, which makes the process of jury selection insanely difficult....

Aaron Balcazar
Nov 17, 20202 min read


Are courts biased against self-represented people?
Imagine you are going through a messy divorce. The judge tells you that you have the right to an attorney, but you don’t have enough...

cinthya Magallanes
Nov 7, 20202 min read
Can You Tell the Difference Between Child Neglect and Poverty?
Imagine your elementary-school-age daughter's best friend Destiny comes over after school one afternoon. You try to call her mom Tina,...

Priscila Rodante
Oct 30, 20203 min read


“Gisty” Intuition: How Jurors Generate Awards
What do jurors think about to generate damage awards? Step into the mock jury deliberation room with researchers Reed, Hans & Reyna to see

Addie Rodriguez
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Moving social psychology into the age of open science
It is 2011 and you’ve just read an article in the prestigious Journal of Personality and Social Psychology that seemed to offer...

Brenda Torres
Oct 17, 20203 min read


Innocent but Criminal for Life
When someone is released from prison after being wrongfully convicted, what happens to them? Many might assume that after exoneration,...

Vanessa Rivero
Oct 9, 20202 min read
Jails and Prisons: COVID-19 Hotspots that need to be Contained
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated many socioeconomic difficulties in our society. If you were lucky, you were able to stay home...

Aaron Balcazar
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Are kids too immature to plea?
If you were arrested right now, do you feel confident enough in your knowledge of the criminal justice system to navigate the arrest,...

cinthya Magallanes
Sep 25, 20201 min read


Mother Knows Best.... When She is Legally Informed
Review of Mothers’ Legal Knowledge and Juvenile Arrests by Cavanaugh, Paruk & Cauffman (2020)

Priscila Rodante
Sep 18, 20202 min read
“Jury of your peers”: A standard we aren’t currently meeting
If you were asked to describe the American justice system, how would you describe it? Does your description include the phrase “jury of...

Grace Hanzelin
Sep 11, 20203 min read


Can we view police body cam evidence objectively?
Review of Subjective Interpretation of “Objective” Video Evidence by Salerno and Sanchez (2020)

Rubi Gonzales
Sep 4, 20202 min read


Eyewitness Identifications: How reliable are they really?
Review of Wells et al. (2020) revised Eyewitness White Paper.

Vanessa Rivero
Aug 28, 20203 min read


Does mathematical ability make you a better juror?
Imagine you were called for jury duty and asked to decide a case where a pedestrian was hit by a car. It was clear the driver was...

Brenda Torres
Aug 21, 20202 min read
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